Have you ever eaten raw skin？Do not worry. What I want to say is not that raw hides, but a special kind of food. In my hometown. This is a traditional dish for the Bai people. The custom of eating raw pig skin has a history of more than one thousand years. Now, I would like to tell you something about it.
As you have seen, in this photo, the skin of pig os golden yellow. Do you think it is special? That is because when the Bai people were kiling pigs, instead of using boiling water to shed the hair, the pigs were covered with straw. Burn through the skin of the pig, remove its fur then shave and wash. The skin for two or three inches, has actually been baked with straw. When the meat is fresh, cut the meat of pork belly, hindquarters, liver into thin sheets or filaments. Then make a wonderful dip including scallion, ginger, chili, soy sause, plum winegar, stewed plum, salt and so on.Then you can use skin dip it.
The raw pig skin is tender, smooth and a little sweet. There are no smell of blood. For thousands of years, it has been the favorite folk food of local Bai people. No matter which village you go, as long as there is funneral or wedding, there most be raw pig skin on the banquet.
Any tourist who travels to Dali, as long as he/she has the courage to eat raw pig skin, who must enjoy it, thinking it's delicious and want to eat again. Would you like to have a try?
