In the collective farms controlled by the government, there are basically professional craftsmen with castration skills who are responsible for castrating pigs other than breeding pigs.
After being tricked, the domestic pigs become gentle and lazy in temperament, and lack the irritability and ferocity before being tricked. They will gain weight faster and lose their temper less often.
And generally in collective farms, a special area will be set aside to raise pigs, and they will not be raised next to the toilet, so the growth environment of domestic pigs will be relatively clean and refreshing.
This is very meaningful for improving the quality of pork.
In terms of raising methods, people at this time also have a relatively simple concept of selection, that is, pigs that grow meat quickly and have a more docile temperament are selected as breeding pigs, while pigs that grow meat slowly and have a more violent temperament are slaughtered as meat pigs.
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This simple method was explicitly issued by Liu Bei to the county governments, asking each county government to convey the message to the collective farms, so that they could gather together to improve the feeding methods.
After such selection from generation to generation, within a few decades, the quality of Zhongyuan pork will have a relatively obvious change.
These domestic pigs grow very quickly. When they grow up, they will be brought along with chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry. The person in charge of military logistics will purchase them from the collective farms with military expenses and then provide them to the soldiers of the army.
If there is a war mission, a large purchase will be launched temporarily, and a considerable part of the poultry produced by the collective farms in the surrounding area will be purchased, and all will be provided to the troops on the expedition to ensure that the soldiers on the expedition can eat enough meat.
This time Guan Yu led his army to the south of the Yangtze River, and a considerable part of the poultry in the collective farms in the Sanhe area was bought.
In addition, many grassland cattle and sheep were transported from Bingzhou and Youzhou and supplied to Guan Yu's army in large quantities, so they never lacked meat.
The New Year's Day has always been a festival that the Han people attach great importance to. Even when Liu Bei's supplies were not very abundant, he would do his best to provide the army with enough meat and wine during the New Year's Day so that they could have a good holiday.
Now that Liu Bei's power is greater and he has more supplies, he is more willing to do so.
The Huotou Army in the army received the order early and started preparations early. They dug earthen stoves in the open space, brought out all the iron pots, and mobilized all their hands to kill pigs and sheep, cut wild vegetables, and cut meat.
And because we were in a place with a lot of water in the south, southern soldiers who were familiar with water were allowed to fish in boats.
It's the middle of winter, and even in the south of the Yangtze River, the rivers are freezing. However, the ice is relatively thin and can break when you poke it. As long as there are fish in the river, a large number of fish will soon rush over like crazy.
The soldiers were overjoyed and immediately started fishing. One boat after another, they fished out the fat fish from the river and brought them back to the military camp and handed them over to the old firemen, enriching the New Year's menu.
The fire-headed soldiers in Liu Bei's army have always been a popular group. Everyone knows that they have the final say on whether the food is good or not, so no matter who they are, even the generals, they are polite to the old fire-headed soldiers.
And they are basically very capable.
In Liu Bei's army, even the Huotou Army has requirements. Not everyone can be a Huotou Army. If the cooking is not delicious, it is a huge waste and cannot be a Huotou Army.
Even the cooks in Liu Bei's own house were selected from veterans in the army.
Because Liu Bei mastered cutting-edge knowledge in the kitchen, these old cooks were often the food pioneers of this era. Following Liu Bei, they were the first to master the essence of fried food, the first to master the essence of hot pot, and the first to master the essence of stir-fry.
Soldiers in the army thus became the first beneficiaries of the progress of the times brought about by the development of cooking technology.
Logically speaking, military rations are the type of food that pays the least attention to taste in the world. As long as you can eat enough, as long as it can be supplied in sufficient quantity, nothing else matters. Even the basic point of being full is often not met.
However, in Liu Bei's army, the basic point of being full has been met very early. Liu Bei also wanted to improve the mood of the soldiers, so he put a lot of effort into military rations and provided the army with richer and more delicious meals as much as possible.
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Of course, this is not an easy task, so eating well is the main theme in normal times, and you should be as satisfied as possible in terms of eating well. Only during festivals or before wars, there will be many types of dishes.
The New Year's Day is the time when the army makes the most delicious food regardless of cost, and it is also the time when the soldiers are happiest and happiest.
Three days before the New Year's Day, the soldiers discovered that "big construction work" had begun at the Huotou Army camp.
Many kitchen utensils that are not usually used have been moved out for use, and meat that is not usually seen has been moved out and piled up into hills.
The cold weather has become the best way to preserve meat, and nature has become a big refrigerator. Fresh meat that is not easy to eat in the past can be eaten happily during the New Year.
There began to be a lot of joy and laughter in the army. Everyone seemed not to care that this was still a battlefield and the enemy might attack at any time. They were just enjoying themselves and getting ready to celebrate the festival.
From this day on, the Huotou Army camp was brightly lit and steaming day and night. It never stopped from morning to night. In order to better prepare for the New Year's dinner, the Huotou Army used all their special skills and vowed to
This time the banquet was very lively.
Guan Yu has always been dignified, but he is also a person who likes delicious food. He follows Liu Bei and does not pay attention to his appetite. However, if he has the opportunity, he will also pursue the idea of "never getting tired of fine food and fine food".
There is an old fireman in the Tianwei Military Huotou Camp. Since the wok became popular in the military camp, he has worked hard to practice the stir-frying technique. He quickly mastered the technique of stir-frying over high fire. People in the army say that he can travel all over the world with an iron pot and he is not afraid of anything.
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He was good at cooking, and his best dish, mutton stew, was famous throughout the army. It was so delicious that Guan Yu ordered that he not cook mutton stew. Generally, only those who have made great achievements can eat it as an incentive.
The soldiers made many meritorious deeds.
In order to set an example and take the lead, even Guan Yu was embarrassed to let him often cook for him, so he was very greedy.
This time, at Guan Yu's request, he brought out his special skills and led the whole battalion of Huotou Army to specialize in a mutton stew, in order to make the whole army enjoy the meal.
There were also old firemen who were good at cooking fish in other military camps. When I saw so many fresh fish this time, I used my special skills to fry the fish, then put them in a big pot and boiled them over high heat until they were thick and white.
The soup is delicious and tempting.
Or you can cut the fish into pieces and throw it directly into the pot to stew. You can add all kinds of spices that you would not normally put in, as if it was free of charge.
The bones left over from cooking meat and vegetables are all good, whether they are pork bones, lamb bones or fish bones, they cannot be spared.
Therefore, there are also old fire heads and their men who specially use these bones to make bone soup. They cook it in a big vat and cook it from morning to night. The aroma of the soup is overflowing.
When the breeze blows, the whole military camp can smell the fragrant smell.
These days are undoubtedly the happiest days for the Han soldiers. Although they are not able to eat big dishes, some meat-based appetizers have become the main part of the meals in these days.
Meat soup and rice have become the soldiers' biggest enjoyment these days.
The rich bone broth with enough salt mixed with the fragrant rice and wheat rice became everyone's favorite delicacy. Many soldiers shook their cheeks and couldn't stop talking after three or five bowls.
After training every day, it is the happiest thing for everyone to gather around the fire to keep warm and spread their arms to cook.
And this scene has become a rare and beautiful scenery on the battlefield.