Let's analyze why it is mutton, not beef, pork, fish, chickens and ducks, and so on! The Song Dynasty attached great importance to farming, and the main tiller of farming was yellow cattle. Labor force? Cattle are highly respected, so in the Song Dynasty, there was a rule not to kill cattle or eat beef! In this case, the meat in the restaurant in Song Dynasty can't be beef!

The meat we eat now is mainly pork, but in the Song Dynasty, farming was the main way. People mainly eat crops and make a living by selling them. It is unlikely to raise pigs that can eat crops well. After all, pigs can eat as much as a labor force. In this respect, we can rule out eating pork in restaurants in the Song Dynasty! Chicken, duck and goose meat was definitely available in restaurants in the Song Dynasty, but it was not the mainstream. After all, the meat yield of chickens, ducks and geese is very low, so it is impossible to make bacon!

The reason why the regular meat in restaurants in Song Dynasty is mutton is because sheep can be herded and raised. And raising sheep is relatively simple, just put it on the hillside. Raising sheep will not delay farming and there will be no extra cost. Nature is the best choice! Raising sheep in spring, summer and autumn and killing sheep to eat meat in winter should be the custom of the people of Song Dynasty!

Netizens are hotly discussing.

Regarding the dietary customs of people in the Song Dynasty, netizens said that the Song Dynasty was more prosperous. Under such circumstances, agriculture, industry and commerce have developed in an all-round way, and businessmen come and go, eating, drinking and having fun, which is naturally comprehensive! Netizens think that although there was no totem worship in the Song Dynasty, they respected scalpers. During this period, netizens thought that in the Song Dynasty, scalpers were only born and died, and there was no possibility of being killed!

poetic sentiment

Netizens said that it can also be seen from a large number of poems that people in the Song Dynasty liked mutton very much! Moreover, there are many cooking methods of mutton handed down from the Song Dynasty, which proves that people in the Song Dynasty like mutton very much!

People in the Song Dynasty often say when eating out? Xiao er cuts two Jin of meat? What do you think of this?