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Monday, 18/05/2020, 14:26 GMT+7

Spinning mouse Cao Lanh

It can be said that Southern cuisine has a profound characteristic of an open land. One of the most unique dishes of this land is the hamsters.

Currently, mouse meat in Cao Lanh, Dong Thap is still considered by gourmets as one of the specialties classified as "unique" of the West.

Especially the dishes of roasted rats, roasted rats, steamed rats ...

Specialty Cao Lanh

These are rats as big as rats in urban areas, but the difference is the fur of the hamster yellow-brown, looks like the fur of the crosshairs, the mule of the untouched forests of the Southern region. .

They often live in colonies in underground underground caves, very clever and extremely strong fertility, on average each female mouse 50-100 mice / year.

Once the harvest is completed, the villagers chase mice on mounds, spread nets to catch.

Those who were once experienced in the reclamation of the Mekong Delta were also good mouse-catchers.

People who burned straw, smoked people, sometimes forced to make rat meat in the middle of the field and then drink and drink there.

If caught the rat rats (large rats living alone on high mounds), the fun can be said to be endless intermittent in the way of speaking of the Southern people.

To get a dish of meat roast delicious and attractive is not easy, it takes a little meticulous and skilled.

First, people choose moderate large mice, about 5-7 children / kg.

Before plucking hairs should be dipped in boiling water so that it can be easier to break and skin will not tear, so that when turning, the mouse will have a yellow color and the brittle of mouse skin.

Then conduct colon cleansing, nail clippers and drafts; Marinate spices (drain - sugar - monosodium glutamate ...) to allow to absorb for 10-15 minutes.

After preliminary processing, we take the mouse hook into the rotary. Lu this rural people also known as the lagoon.

In the jar, people make an iron rim near the mouth of the jar; iron hooks have two heads, one end to hook into the mouth of the jar, the other end to hook cleaned mice; At the bottom, there is a hole in the bowl, connecting to the negative ground to put charcoal on baking.

To make the mouse rotate evenly and beautifully, each batch of about 30 children. After 15 minutes, remove the lid, turn the surface of the mouse, apply extra grease and spice juice and close the lid.

About 20 minutes later, take the mouse out, apply grease to the mouse skin glossy, yellow nursery.

This dish is very fat, delicious meat is no less than wild deer meat, so the western people call the mouse meat "Cao Lanh chicken field".

This dish is served with lemon pepper and laksa leaves, bananas, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.