What traditional food do you eat in the snowy season? Brief introduction of traditional food eaten in heavy snow and solar terms

"Tonifying in winter, killing tigers in spring", heavy snow reminds people to start tonic, and the role of tonic is to improve human immune function, promote metabolism, improve the phenomenon of chills and spend the winter healthily. Old Nanjing loves to eat mutton in snowy days, which can dispel cold and nourish, replenish qi and deficiency, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and enhance cold resistance. Mutton can also increase digestive enzymes and help digestion. Experts suggest that eating mutton in winter can be matched with yam and medlar, which is more nutritious.

As for the northern nationalities, it's quite cold at this time. For example, there is a saying in Baotou that "light snow kills pigs and heavy snow kills sheep". When the snow season comes, it is time to kill pigs and prepare for the new year's goods. At this time, no matter who slaughters livestock, relatives and friends will come to help, and the host will prepare dining tables and side dishes. Therefore, the light snow season is a time for family and friends to catch up and contact their feelings.

2, red sticky porridge

After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually became cold. People pay great attention to indoor and outdoor warmth, and put on winter clothes to prevent freezing and frostbite. There is a folk saying in northern Shandong that "people only drink red sticky porridge", which means that when it is cold, they no longer visit their homes, but only drink warm sweet potato porridge at home.

Porridge can replenish the spleen and stomach, moisten and nourish the lungs, and is an excellent choice for health preservation. Millet porridge has the effects of nourishing yin and blood, harmonizing stomach and calming nerves, while sweet potato is also called "tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin", which makes people "live longer and have fewer diseases".