What traditional food does Nanjing Xiaohan eat?

In ancient times, Nanjing people attached great importance to slight cold, but with the changes of the times, it has gradually faded, and now people can only find some traces in their lives.

During the slight cold, old Nanjing usually cooks meals with different contents. Cook short-legged yellow vegetables with sliced bacon, sausage or diced salted duck, and chop some ginger with glutinous rice. It's delicious. Among them, dwarf yellow, sausage and dried salted duck are all famous specialties in Nanjing, which can be described as "Nanjing vegetable rice" and even comparable to Laba porridge.

2. Eat frozen pears in the north.

Frozen pears are ordinary Pak Lei, frozen to dark black. After washing, you can eat it. It looks dark and unremarkable, but it tastes crisp and sweet, and the entrance is unforgettable.

Thaw some frozen pears in a pot. Northeasters refer to "thawing" as "slowing down" or "eliminating", thus forming a two-part allegorical saying, freezing autumn pears on New Year's Eve-looking for peeling (eliminating).

3. Eat soybean sprouts in Tianjin

According to "Miscellanies of Jinmen", there was a custom of eating soybean sprouts in Tianjin in the old days. Soybean sprouts are a specialty of Tianjin, which are made of Chinese cabbage buds. In winter to the future, cut off the stems and leaves of cabbage, leaving only the heart of cabbage, about 6 cm from the ground, covered with manure, airtight. After half a month, it was crisp and tender. At that time, the conditions were limited, and people would think of some ways to make up for the lack of potassium in winter vegetables. Now people's living standards have improved, and all kinds of vegetables and meat are available all year round. They are no longer worried about the shortage of vegetables in winter as they used to be.

Xiaohan traditional gourmet

4. Eat glutinous rice in Guangzhou

Traditionally in Guangzhou, Xiao Han eats glutinous rice in the morning. In order to avoid being too glutinous, it is generally 60% glutinous rice and 40% fragrant rice. Chop bacon and sausage, stir-fry peanuts, add some chopped onions and mix in rice.

Cantonese people are very particular about diet therapy. The slight cold is due to the strong rust smell and weak kidney qi in the middle of winter. Therefore, the diet should be sweetened and bitter, nourishing the heart and lungs, and nourishing the kidneys.

5. Eat Laba porridge in some areas

One of the important folk customs in the slight cold solar terms is to eat "Laba porridge". Before and after the slight cold solar terms, eating such rich hot porridge at this time can not only stimulate appetite, but also increase calories in the body, thus warming the stomach and dispelling cold.

6. Eat chicken soup in Nanjing

Old Nanjing also has the habit of eating a chicken and an egg every September, so on this chilly day, chicken soup and eggs are indispensable on the table of the citizens. It is said that most of the nutrients in chicken bones and chicken will be dissolved in soup and easily absorbed by the human body when boiled slowly with slow fire. It is a good product for invigorating qi and enriching blood in winter and contains a lot of calcium.

Stewed hens, with some health care materials will be better. Put whatever you have at home, such as red dates, lotus seeds, medlar, longan and so on. Can also be paired with mushrooms, yam, cordyceps, or scallops and seaweed. It tastes delicious and peaceful. Simmer for 2-3 hours, then skim off the grease. Eating and drinking chicken directly, making hot pot soup base, or cooking noodles with chicken soup in the morning are all good.