What must I eat in summer?

What to eat in summer? Must-eat food in summer 1. Ducks: The traditional dietary custom of Nanjing people is to eat ducks in summer. Ducks, especially the duck in the cooked area of Jiangning Lake in Nanjing, are the most sought after. It is reported that the ducks there are sweet and cold, fat and thin. If there is no time, the old Nanjing people will go to the deli to buy half a duck to go home; People who are free will stew "radish old duck pot" at home or make "braised duck pieces" for their neighbors. This is what the saying goes, send ducks in summer to save everyone. People in Hangzhou are used to dividing ducks into old ducks, young ducks and big ducks. As far as nutrition is concerned, old ducks have more lean meat, less water, better relative taste and nutrition, and are suitable for boiling soup to relieve summer heat, while meat ducks are mostly used to make roast ducks and sauced ducks. Here is a tip on how to distinguish an old duck from a young duck: an old duck generally has uniform hair, hard mouth and feet, yellow and black colors and hard bones to the touch. In addition, the same size, the old Abby Mallard duck is heavier. 2, longan: old Fuzhou is used to eating longan, longan peeled and soaked in porridge. It is reasonable to drink less herbal tea and eat more longan after the hot summer. At this time, pay attention to "invigorating qi" and "enriching blood" and avoid eating cold food; At the same time, longan is warm, beneficial to the heart and spleen, tonifying qi and blood, and has the effect of invigorating qi, which is beneficial to eat in this solar term; However, the diet should not be too rigid, and it is not stipulated that this solar term must eat longan porridge. Many people can eat like this at ordinary times, which is good. 3. White meatballs: Another food that old Fuzhou eats in summer is white meatballs. White meatballs are actually dumplings. The method is simple. Knead glutinous rice flour into small particles, cook soup, add some sugar and taste sweet, which can not only supplement carbohydrates, but also solve the problem of greasy mouth in summer. Glutinous rice has the function of nourishing yin, and you can drink glutinous rice porridge in autumn. Glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and enters the spleen, kidney and lung meridians, which can nourish the healthy qi of human body, and has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, promoting fluid production and stopping sweating. After eating, the whole body is hot, which plays a role in keeping out the cold and nourishing. Eating some glutinous rice food properly in autumn will have a good nourishing effect on the body. 4. Herbal tea: Every household has the habit of frying herbal tea in summer vacation. First go to the pharmacy to make a prescription, and then cook tea at home, which means eating something "bitter" in autumn. Herbal tea is quite beneficial in clearing away heat and fire, resolving food stagnation and clearing lung heat. If you feel thirsty before and after the summer heat, make tea with Ophiopogon japonicus or Dendrobium. Ophiopogon japonicus or Dendrobium is dry and cold, which helps to relieve summer heat and nourish yin; Drinking Sydney with honey and Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae has the functions of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, promoting fluid production and moistening lung, and is also suitable for people with qi deficiency. But you should drink less herbal tea in summer, because the heat is not serious at this time, and herbal tea is too bitter and cold, which is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach and is not good for the lungs and kidneys. 5. Sour plum soup: In the sixties and seventies of last century, there were tea stalls selling sour plum soup in the streets and alleys of Wenzhou City, so there was a proverb that "Sour plum soup in midsummer is exhausted". Making sour plum soup is very simple. Soak dried plums in boiling water at night and add rock sugar. After cooking and cooling, put it into a wooden ice bucket with a cover to reduce its temperature. It tastes sour and sweet, sweet and slightly salty, and tastes good. 6, sweet and sour lotus root: folk also have the habit of eating sweet and sour lotus root, lotus root has the effect of beauty and eliminating fatigue.