Recommended food for heavy snow

Recommended food for heavy snow: stewed mutton, candied haws and jiaozi.

1, stewed mutton

Beijingers like to eat stewed mutton in the snowy solar terms. Choose the best mutton, with ginger, onion, pepper and other seasonings, stew for several hours, the meat is fresh and tender, and the soup is rich. Therefore, every year, every household will stew mutton during the solar term of heavy snow, and the whole family will sit together and enjoy delicious food.

2. sugar-coated berries

Liaoning people like to eat candied haws in the snowy solar terms. In the Song Dynasty, the ancient practice began. The Chronicle of Yanjing Years Old records that candied haws are made of bamboo sticks, filled with hawthorn, begonia fruit, grapes, yam, walnut kernel and bean paste, and dipped in rock sugar, which is sweet, crisp and cold. Teahouses, theaters, streets and alleys can be seen everywhere, and now they have become traditional snacks in China.

3. jiaozi

Shandong people like to eat jiaozi in the snowy solar terms. Choose pork, leek and other ingredients as stuffing, wrap them in dough and cook them. It's delicious. Jiaozi has various cooking methods, such as boiling, steaming, frying and roasting. Since the Song Dynasty, there has been the custom of eating jiaozi in winter solstice, and since the Ming Dynasty, there has been the custom of eating jiaozi on the first day of the first month.

The custom of solar terms in heavy snow

1, heavy snow bacon: As the saying goes, "light snow bacon, heavy snow bacon". As soon as the solar term of heavy snow arrives, the temperature drops, which is a good season for curing meat. Every household is busy pickling "salty goods" to prepare for the Chinese New Year. Bacon strips, preserved fish strips and sausage strips have become a beautiful landscape in winter.

After cooked bacon is cooked, slice it with a knife. Slices are crystal clear and bright, and the color is rosy. It tastes mellow, fat but not greasy, and you can taste the taste of time in one bite.

2. Watch the ice show: "The mountain is covered with light snow, and the river is covered with heavy snow". In the solar term of heavy snow, the ice in the river is frozen, and people can skate and play as much as they like. "Ice Opera", also known as "Ice Opera", prevailed in Qing Dynasty. Men and women wear roller skates and pedal on the ice. They are as light as swallows and have their own unique skills.