The Muong in Mai Ha commune in the past, are still proud of their cuisine, which is acknowledged through the popular propaganda in the society of famous idioms: “Grated root, greens, bitter bamboo shoot, honey. "Or" Steamed rice, guarded house, water, pigs "...
The dishes of Muong people are mainly exploited naturally and raised animals. With natural products such as wild vegetables, bamboo shoots, fishing in rivers and streams, hunting animals ... How to prepare dishes of Muong people is quite diverse but mainly uses the processing of food. item and stir fry.
Unique in taste
Muong people like to eat foods with a sour taste. Perhaps due to the hot and humid climatic conditions, foods are more easily metabolized, easier to eat and also more palatable, such as pickled fish and wild tomatoes; pickled sauerkraut, pickled papaya; Cassava pickled vegetables cooked fish ... Especially Muong people like pickled bamboo shoots. From sour bamboo shoots, they can combine other ingredients to make them into many dishes.
In addition to the sour taste, Muong people like to eat bitter foods, such as papaya leaves, young papaya fruits are the bitter flavors that are preferred by Muong people. Spotted vegetables are also bitter vegetables that are eaten, sometimes people prefer to eat this dish than meat and fish. The other leaf is a very bitter vegetable, cooked with taro. Bitter melon and fish intestine are preferred by many Muong people. They also like the honey of animals such as birds, pigs, chickens and ducks, which are raw materials for making dipping sauce.
Muong people also often eat hot spicy dishes, especially chili. In the home of the people always have a jar of chili.
Muong people eat less sweet foods. They usually eat only sweet in the form of fresh fruit. Molasses and sugar are only used for a few types of cakes or for dipping.
In eating and drinking, Muong people have gained a lot of good and profound experiences to become the cultural symbol of their people: “Lunches, guard houses, water, piglets, retreat days, next month / sticky rice, take care of rice, in the upland, in the Na / Small fish, big fish, in the pond, in the stream / Hunt in the forest to enjoy animals, be birds / Collect, look for, get vegetables, get fruits ”
Culinary culture of Muong people
Muong people in Mai Ha commune, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province have a tradition of making cakes with rice, sticky rice, glutinous rice flour, etc. Biscuits are made according to the regulations of festivals and festivals. For them, every holiday has certain cakes. Indispensable cakes for their festivals: banh chung, veg cake, drift cake, pudding, pancakes (pung tong khuyu) used in weddings, snails (pungng wach) to visit the sick ...
Meal structure of Muong people in Mai Ha commune, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province has a difference between weekdays and holidays. Sacrifice during their festivals, first of all to worship ancestors, deities, house ghosts, souls of plants, animals ... so raw materials are often rare, and bridges are processed. more strange ... Cattle on the traditional Lunar New Year of Muong people in Mai Ha commune, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province is not too fussy about the form, not decorated as beautiful as the deck of the Thai people, without pruning the flower like Vietnamese people…
Behavior in eating and drinking of Muong people in Mai Ha commune, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province is hierarchical. This is deeply reflected in family order and community, sympathetic spirit of solidarity and mutual help, between cousins, villages ... in the table, the crowd. It is also contained in the concession, food and drink of the healthy people with the sick, grandparents, parents, siblings, grandchildren, siblings, family members, pregnant women, pregnant women ... back then it took place voluntarily, voluntarily becoming a way of life for them
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