Wishing to prepare something tasty from Asian cuisine, hostesses can meet quite often in the recipe such concepts as a fat tail, fat tail fat or fat. Let's understand what is it.
What is it?
Fat tail — a fat congestion at rams of a certain, so-called fat tail breed. It is located in a tail and has rounded shapes. Fat deposits are formed in the first 3-5 vertebras from the basis. Their sizes can rather impressive, up to a half of weight of an average sheep and reach 30 kg though the usual size is from 5-10 kg.
The nature conceived to create this stock during the period when rams actively are grazed and eat, and then fat is gradually spent during the adverse, droughty period.
The fat tail has an appearance of two symmetric hemispheres covered with wool between which the tail of an animal is seen.
Historical information
Fat tail mentions, the dated about 3 thousand years are known BC to scientists. So ancient mentions were found in a type of drawings on ware and mosaics of the Sumer cities where animals with characteristic fat formations were sacrificed. Traditionally Asian cuisine is characterized by use of fat tail fat in cookery and traditional medicine. Avars used a dried or dried fat tail in the course of preparation of many dishes, greased with it bread, added it to a meat stuffing for juiciness, on it fried products. It is the excellent preservative capable to keep meat products even in a strong heat.
Whether you know? Fat tail fat can be used for production of sweets and tea.
Most often use of fat tail fat can be met in culinary recipes and medications of the Arab countries, Central Asia, Iran, Kazakhstan and in regions of Transcaucasia.
Advantage of a mutton fat tail
Useful properties of a fat tail are most often used in the medical purposes:
- at treatment of catarrhal diseases (antiviral properties);
- for treatment of diseases of airways: bronchitis, tracheitis, bronchial pneumonia;
- at application inside for elimination of failure in work of fat exchange and dystrophy of a liver;
- controls and normalizes a hormonal background;
- neutralizes chronic and sharp inflammatory processes;
- stirs up brain activity, improves work of nervous system.
All these changes happen thanks to unique structure of a fat tail:
- minerals (magnesium, copper, zinc, selenium).
- fatty acids.
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- vitamins A, In and E.
- lanolin.
- phosphatides.
- ashes.
Valuable properties of a fat tail are often used in cosmetology at preparation of various creams and ointments. Possessing natural lanolin, it does skin velvety if to put a little substance on the steamed-out and cleaned face. And if on skin there are inflammatory processes, they can be eliminated, greasing necessary places with fat for several days.
Harm of a mutton fat tail
Fat tail fat can make harmful effects on a human body in case of presence of such diseases as:
- stomach ulcer;
- problems with work of a liver and kidneys;
- arrhythmia of a cardiac muscle;
- atherosclerosis;
- gastritis if the acidity is increased;
- diseases of a gall bladder.
Important! The uncontrolled and plentiful use of fat tail fat in the medical purposes can have negative impact on state of your health.
Application in traditional medicine
There is a huge number of various recipes of traditional medicine which actively use useful properties of a mutton fat tail, and it is impossible to study them all. Let's get acquainted with some of them.
Sore throat.
For example, for elimination of unpleasant and painful feelings in a throat it is possible to add to a cup with warm milk 0.5 tsps of the kindled fat tail.
Removal of fatty tumors.
For holding this procedure it is necessary to take a small piece of fat tail fat. At first it is required to be kindled, and then to place in the fridge. The cooled product should be applied on a fatty tumor surface. Repetition of this procedure within one or two weeks will be effective. Cold.
At emergence of the first symptoms of cold it is possible to apply grindings by curative mutton fat. It should be put to the area of a breast and back, to put on cotton clothes and to go to bed.
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Joint pain.
With fat tail fat inflammatory process in joints will help to eliminate grindings of joints, will reduce pain and puffiness.
Cosmetology.
Amazing properties of fat tail fat help to get rid of dermatitis, dryness of skin and work as expensive anti-aging creams.
If to put it on well steamed out face and a body after acceptance of a bathtub, then skin will find shine and many mimic wrinkles will become less noticeable at once. The procedure lasts 10 minutes then, the remains which were not absorbed need to be removed by means of soft fabric.
Whether you know? Sheep can recognize the shepherd. If on a pasture several different herds are grazed, and the shepherd will begin to call the, then his wards will approach it.
Calcaneal spur.
For holding a procedure it is required to take 1 crude egg with a shell, 100 g of fat tail fat and 100 g of acetic essence and all this to mix. Then to place in the cool dark place until it does not accept uniform consistence, it, on average, takes 1 day.
The received ointment should be applied on a gauze and to put to the problem place. For fixing it is better to put on a sock from above. For receiving smooth and soft heels it is necessary to do all this week.
Varicosity.
Elimination of this problem will demand a little patience as it can take about a month. On the damaged sites of veins it is necessary to put pieces of fat tail fat and to record them by means of bandage. It is necessary to change curative substance daily.
As it is correct to choose
It is possible to buy fat tail fat both in shop, and on a market. However it is necessary to remember such recommendations to make a good choice and a product brought a benefit maximum:
- fat of a young lamb has pleasant white color and a light aroma, and already old fat more yellow and the smell is felt stronger;
- to the touch it has to be elastic, that is not soft, but not firm.
Important! In house conditions it is possible to check that how quality fat tail fat you bought. For this purpose it is necessary to take a part it and to heat, the kindled fat of high quality has to be transparent and not leave a sediment.
How to store
In order that the product as much as possible kept all the useful properties it it is necessary to store in the fridge. It is better if it is a separate container that fat did not contact to other products. It should be noted that it is impossible to store fat too long, no more than 3 months, otherwise its curative properties will gradually lose the force. Useful properties of a fat tail, or fat tail fat, are known to many people for a long time and were transferred as secrets of traditional medicine and culinary traditions from generation to generation. In the modern world many advantages of this product are used also till today.