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Relishing dry meat stored for winters, Himachali way
by Hemant Chauhan
Shimla:
People living in the upper reaches in Himachal Pradesh,
which gets heavy snowfall during the winters, have devised
a unique method of storing meat by drying it and smearing
it with spices to prevent it from putrefying. The roads
to these hilly areas are blocked due to heavy snowfall
during winter. Therefore people in Himachal Pradesh start
collecting their food well in advance. "There are two
months of extreme cold, we chop the meat and store it
in cold places. We get the ration for winters. We eat
it with the dry meat in winters which is also good to
eat," said Sardar Singh, a villager. This method helps
them preserve food for long winters, which continue from
November to April. This tradition is a necessity for the
people here. The dry meat can be preserved for months
together without getting stale because of the climatic
conditions that prevail in the state. "Temperature in
hilly areas is very low so we first dry it, and once it
is dried it does not get stale due to cold temperature.
Therefore, it is kept hanging and later people eat and
relish the taste," said Lek Raj, another resident.
-Jan
21, 2009
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