Dingbian is close to Inner Mongolia and is influenced by Mongolian customs. There are also habits of eating mutton. Every year in July and August, when the sheep are fat and fat, three or five people, or a group of ten people, buy a sheep to "play a flat." The so-called hand-caught lamb is to cut the mutton into individual chunks, cut into large pieces, put them in the pot, and put them in the pot. Each person takes a large piece of meat marked with a mark, while eating, while the north is idle* (left The right mouth piece), it is endless. The mutton of Dingbian Jijing, Baoziwan, Liujing, Wuzizi and other townships, people call their own reconciliation, even if it is cooked in white water, it is delicious and delicious.

"Big mutton is served with buckwheat noodles", which is the "hard early" of many people. Dingbian's "Lamb Meat", "Hand Grappling Lamb" and "Big Mutton" have already become delicious foods widely spread in the surrounding areas and even the whole country, and many foreigners have come here. In fact, in addition to the meat tender, delicious, fat and not greasy, the sheep of the fixed side also has a high value. Dingbian County is located in the northern part of northern Shaanxi. It is located in the Inner Mongolia grassland pastoral area and is overextended to the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi. It has complex topography and variety of plants. The county has a total land area of ​​10.38 million mu, vast land, rich grassland and forage resources, and the development of animal husbandry has unique conditions and advantages. The county is an important animal husbandry county in Shaanxi Province. At present, there are 45,600 large livestock stocks in the county, 234,500 live pigs, 1,624,200 sheep, 752,800 poultry, and 465.1 million yuan in animal husbandry. , accounting for 39.3% of the total agricultural output value. As one of the main producing areas of northern Shaanxi goats and beach sheep, the sheep farming industry has been one of the main sources of income increase for farmers in Dingbian County. In recent years, the county party committee and county government have adhered to the strategy of “a strong county in the petroleum industry and a rich county in agriculture”, which has made the sheep industry in the county have a great development. The farming method based on the free-range farming of farmers has been changed, and the development has been gradually carried out in the direction of regionalization and scale. The goat breeding base in Baishan District and the meat sheep breeding base in the northern beach area have been formed. Tan sheep is China's precious suede sheep species, and Dingbian County is listed as a national beach sheep superior production area. Dingbian County Tanyang Farm is located in Jiatun Village, Yanchangbao Town, 13 kilometers north of the county. The field was established in 1976. At present, the site covers an area of ​​2,600 mu, and there are 1,500 sheep, including 408 beach sheep, 532 white cashmere goats and 560 fattening sheep. In recent years, Tanyangchang has changed its management mode, gradually changing from quantity growth to quality growth, aiming at improving quality, optimizing structure and increasing efficiency, focusing on standardized production and vigorously promoting good breeding. According to the staff, the beach mutton is tender, has no astringency and is rich in nutrients. After the mutton is boiled, the broth is clear and transparent, and the fat is agglomerated on the surface. It has the unique aroma of the beach mutton, and the scent is overflowing. It has the name of “the inside of the house is cooked outside the house”. In addition to the edible value, Tanyang has a uniform curvature of the hairy skin, warmth without felting, white color, good luster, beautiful flower head, light fur, long and strong hair, soft roots and no felt. Inverted vertically or horizontally, such as water waves. The flower case is clear and the pattern is beautiful. It is the top grade in the suede. Lamb meat is a fixed side, Jingbian has a local special flavor snack, also known as slaughter lamb meat. Slaughtering lamb meat is a lamb that was born about 40 days after the beach sheep were born, mainly male lambs. There are two ways to eat lamb meat: one is steaming. The lamb's bones will be smashed into pieces of one inch square. The oil will be burned to the pot and burned into seventy-eight percent of the heat. Put the pepper noodles, ginger, garlic, onion, etc., burst the scent, put in the meat, and use the fire to stop About 10 minutes, until the meat is white, add the noodle sauce, and then stop for two or three minutes. After the water in the pot is dry (the meat itself is water), put the meat into the pot or bowl, steam into the cage, sprinkle Top MSG, 芫荽 can be eaten. This kind of eating is the best, delicious, crisp and fragrant, long-lasting. Practice: smash the lamb with bones, burn the sesame oil in the pot, add the pepper, the ground pepper, the onion, the garlic, the salt, the noodle sauce, and sauté the scent. Put the meat into the meat for 10 minutes, warm the water and stew the pork, and then add the pot. Steamed and cooked on the basket. On the table, the chopped green onion, scallions, and delicious taste are difficult to describe in words. Only by personal taste can you know that it is the hospitality of Dingjing County. The second is the stewing method. Put the meat into the hot pot of 70% or 80%, and block it for more than 10 minutes. Wait until the meat is white. Add the noodles and then stop the meat. The water disappears. Add warm water, salt, etc. After a few hours, put a little MSG, green onion, and simmer.

Technical requirements for quality of Dingbian mutton I. Variety of Shabeibei white cashmere goats II. The environment is at an altitude of 1300-1900 m in the loess hilly and gully area and the sandy sand-salt beach area, arid saline and alkali and desert grassland vegetation, drinking groundwater. Third, feeding management 1. Breeding method: combination of grazing and house feeding, grazing in September-March, and feeding in other seasons. 2. Forage: During the grazing period, the local natural pasture is the main; during the feeding period, the local forage grass and the artificial forage grass, silage corn and crop straw are used as roughage, supplemented with black beans, corn, bitter buckwheat, buckwheat, etc. Concentrate. 3. Standard for delivery: 15-20 months old, live weight 30-40 kg. 4. Environmental and safety requirements: Feeding environment, prevention and control of epidemic diseases must implement relevant state regulations and must not pollute the environment. Fourth, slaughtering and processing 1. Sheep source: produced from the health of the protected area. 2. Slaughtering and processing process: slaughtering and bleeding→ peeling, head removal, hoof and internal organs (including kidneys), go to sheep oil, large blood vessels, breasts, genitals → neatly trimmed, rinsed → acid drain → split, select → package → Quick freezing and refrigerating. Key process requirements: Acid removal: Acid is allowed to stand at 0 ° C to 4 ° C for 24 hours. V. Quality Features 1. Sensory Features: Color: Fresh mutton muscle color is bright red or deep red, shiny, fat milky white. The frozen mutton muscles are bright and shiny, and the fat is milky white. Elasticity: Fresh mutton muscle fibers are dense, firm and elastic. The frozen lamb has a tight muscle structure and a firm feel. Odor: Fresh, frozen lamb has no astringency. 2. Physical and chemical indicators: mutton moisture content ≤ 77.0%, protein content ≥ 18.0%, fat content ≤ 9.0%, amino acid content ≥ 17.0%. 3. Safety and other quality technical requirements: Product safety and other quality technical requirements must comply with relevant national regulations.

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Producers within the scope of Dingbian mutton production may submit an application to the Dingbian County Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau for the use of the “Special Mark for Geographical Indication Products”, which shall be reviewed by the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and reported to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for approval. The testing mechanism for the mutton mutton is selected by the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision in the testing institutions that meet the qualification requirements.