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How about eating dog meat in cold weather? Please, thank you.

As the saying goes, "dog meat is fat at the solstice of winter." "Dog meat rolls three times, and the gods can't stand." Winter is a good time to eat dog meat. Dog meat is mellow, and some places call it fragrant meat. Mutton is a good tonic in winter. Dog meat has high nutritional value. Every 100g of dog meat contains protein 14.5g and fat 23.5g, which is comparable to beef and pork. It also contains potassium, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, vitamins and amino acids, and is an ideal nutritious food. There are many ways to eat dog meat, such as stewing, stewing, frying and marinating. When cooking, it is best to choose fat, healthy and disease-free dogs, and mad dog meat must not be eaten. Dogs that have just been slaughtered should not be eaten immediately because of the fishy smell. They should be salted first to remove the fishy smell, then taken out and cut into pieces, and then thoroughly washed with clear water. Stir with a little vinegar and bake thoroughly. After the water is dry, add 500 grams of water and a little vinegar to 500 grams of dog meat and mix well. Heat and boil to remove the floating foam and other substances in the noodle soup. Then add seasonings such as soy sauce, refined salt, yellow wine and sugar, and the same amount of seasonings mixed with clove, ginger, cinnamon, fennel, star anise, dried tangerine peel and pepper. Finally, add water to boil for about half an hour, then simmer for 2 to 4 hours with low fire until the dog meat is crisp and rotten, and then take out the pot. Add spices such as Chili powder and pepper to improve the taste when eating. Dog meat is not only delicious and nutritious, but also has the effect of medicine to treat diseases. Dog meat is sweet, salty, sour and warm, and has the functions of tonifying the middle energizer, invigorating qi, warming the kidney and strengthening yang. "Puji Fang" says that dog meat is "suitable for people who are weak after a long illness and benefit their qi." According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", dog meat can nourish blood and invigorate qi, especially taking two meridians of spleen and kidney, instantly warming the stomach and dispelling cold, "tonifying kidney and strengthening yang", which can make blood overflow and pulse boil. Therefore, Chinese medicine has always believed that dog meat is a good Chinese medicine, which has the functions of tonifying kidney and essence, warming and strengthening yang. There is also a folk saying that "eating dog meat to warm up and spending the winter without a quilt" and "drinking dog broth can treat the quilt as winter". Modern medical research has proved that dog meat contains a small amount of rare elements, which is beneficial to the treatment of cardiovascular and ischemic diseases and the regulation of hypertension. Dog meat can also be used for the weakness of the elderly, such as endless urination, cold limbs and listlessness. Braised dog meat, often eaten in winter, can enhance the cold resistance of the elderly. However, it should be noted that because dog meat is warm, patients with yang deficiency and internal heat, warm spleen and stomach, and hypertension should eat carefully or fast. In addition, dogs are prone to dry mouth after eating meat, and drinking rice soup can correct this side effect.