What does light snow pickles and heavy snow bacon mean?

Light snow pickles and heavy snow bacon refer to all kinds of pickles pickled in light snow solar terms and bacon pickled in heavy snow solar terms. The most common are bacon, sausage, brine chicken, salted fish and salted duck.

After the heavy snow and solar terms, the temperature began to get cold. At this time, pickling is not afraid of the deterioration of meat products, and the consumption demand for meat in the market will also increase. When pickling, materials such as star anise, pepper and cinnamon are usually added, smeared on the fish, and then dried in the shade or smoked, so that it can be eaten before and after the Spring Festival.

And the custom of brewing "yellow rice wine" in winter. At this time, it becomes cold in winter, and the wine can be fermented slowly at low temperature, without worrying about unsuccessful pickling. The yellow wine brewed at low temperature is more unique and delicious.

Lunar calendar165438+1October 12 is a festival to worship the gods, just in the solar terms of heavy snow. At this time, the villagers will get up early, cook a hearty breakfast, and cook pig hearts for the "shepherd", hoping that the shepherd will bless their six animals to flourish.

Xiaoxue's food:

1, soup

Before and after the light snow, it is the most lively period of Tujia people, and it is necessary to start the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new". After the pig is killed, people cook the pork, pig blood and pig viscera that are still hot, make local "soup", and then eat it together with the whole family.

2.lamb cake

In some parts of the south, there is a custom of eating Ciba before and after the light snow. This is a kind of food made of steamed and mashed glutinous rice. In some places, Ciba is made into a circle, symbolizing celebration and reunion. Ciba has different names in some areas. For example, Zhejiang calls it rice cake, which means "rice cake, rice cake, long life".

3.bacon

In China, many places have the custom of eating bacon in winter, especially people in southern cities, who have a special liking for bacon.

Before and after the light snow, the temperature gradually dropped and the weather became dry and cold, which was a good time to process bacon. In the past, many people in the south had to cook sausages, bacon and other foods themselves all winter to prepare bacon food. However, now people can also choose to buy from Shang Chao.