V thanh phd lorn, nhi^u thii vui cong cong cung khong the Ian
THIT DONG DAT BAG
'y~'et. Mua dong nhu con tau dimg lai, nhuong dudng xa cho con tau xuan xuat phat va se dan tang toe do. Mien BSc c6 bdn mua ro ret, v6i mua xuan duong hoa dam a'm, va mua dong
te tai nhirng con gio mua dong bdc mua bay nhu muon van mui
kim gam. Nong thon c6 6 ram, thi thanh thi chan dem. Cuoi nam, trong mua phun gio bac hay thdi tiet hanh heo, cai rei khan lam ne ban tay, bep luoc banh chung moi gai nh6 goi thuang nhirng tam long them sum hop, nh6 nhung.
Trong cai ret dam lam ch6t ca ngoai dam ngoai ao, lam toi ta la bang au do... thi c6 mot mon an dac biet, d6'n nhiing gia dinh thieu kho cung c6 the nau lam mon an ngay Te't. Do la mon thit dong. Thit dong khong phai la thit miia dong ma la thii duoc dong dac lai vi ret buot.
Mien Nam khong c6 miia dong, muon an mon ngon ky la nay, phai nh6 tii lanh, ma nha van V u Bang (?) da tirng an nhung the la nhat nheo, c6 mui hSc va phai ccri ao de an thi he't di thii v i .
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Thit Ion la vai hoac mOng, thit ba chi cung duac, phai th6m dam ba mieng bi, va ngon han, n^'u quang vao n6i manh thit ga da loc xuang, con nguyen tam da ga noi han nhirng vet gai "da ga". Dun ky cho that nhtr, c6 them nhieu nu6c de khi dong, no la chat "trong trong", mau trdng hoac mau vang md nhu mat ong loang, nhu thach m6m mat chan rang va dau luoi. De qua dem, cai ret cuoi chap u u gio thoi. phai cam bSp ngo nudmg chuyen tu tay nay sang tay khac ma an cho am, di ra dudng luc khuya rat ngai, cai ret lam m6i con ngudi muon gan gui tri am hay ban tinh san se... cai ret ay se lam noi thit dong dong lai. Mat n6i la 16p ma mong da trang ra, min mang ma nha tho Bach Cu D i ddi Ducfng dem vi no v6i nu6c da nang Duong Quy Phi: "Da nhu ma dong".
Co the cim dao xan ra timg mieng dat len dia, ngon lanh
nhu mdt thuf banh, c6 thit nac, thjt mo, mieng bi va nhat la cha't "trong trong", chat dong (chinh la gielatin) dong dac.
A n thit dong du la ma cung khong ngay kh6ng ngan.
Mieng gio lua, mieng cha que, mieng thit ga, mieng mang ninh... duac mieng thit dong dua ti6n thi cai luai lai hoan nguyen nhu luc mdi bat dau vao c6. D i kem cii hanh nen tham therm, gion tan, chua diu thi khong ai c6 the tir choi, khong mon
nao CO thi xem thucmg no: Mon thit dong mien Bac.
Noi thit dong vira dun nhil xong, phai nhe tay, de nguy6n mot ch6 trong nai thoang gio, ngoai hien cang tot, khong dugc xe dich nira, kh6ng dong vao nira, keo no "long chan", khong dong lai duac, goi la vira, mat ngon. Nau noi thit dong dan gian khong cong phu bang n6i ca kho an Tet, con chim ham, con ga tan... nhimg quan trong la li^u luong vira phai de thit va bi ciing
nucfc nhuydn vao nhau, khong dac, khong loang, dt d6ng, c6