Traditional food in summer

1 duck meat

"Send ducks in summer, no disease." Eating ducks in summer is an ancient folk tradition. At this time, the summer heat comes first, and the autumn is cool. The transition of diet should not only clear the summer heat, but also properly prevent the cold.

2. Chicken head rice

Summer is a good time for a large number of chicken's head rice to go on the market. "Eat this treasure in summer, and you won't get sick for half a year!" When you go to Qiu Lai in summer, people are prone to depression and dryness in autumn. The older generation likes to cook sugar water with chicken's head rice to deal with autumn dryness, which is also commonly known as Euryale ferox. It is planted in swamps and lakes in the north and south of the river, but it is especially famous for its southern glutinous rice in Suzhou.

Step 3: potatoes

In summer, it is the homonym of "storing potatoes" and "eating potatoes". In Hunan, there is a custom of eating potatoes in summer. "Sweet potato grows in summer", and sweet potato stems are eaten before summer, and the growth center of Xia Hou sweet potato begins to turn underground.

4. White meatballs

Old Fuzhou also has a special diet in summer, that is, eating white balls. 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. White meatballs, consistent with the general meaning of glutinous rice balls, are also Fuzhou people's expectations for "family reunion".

5. Lotus root

As the saying goes, lotus is a treasure, and autumn lotus is the most helpful. Eating raw lotus root can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, while cooked food can nourish the stomach and strengthen the spleen. There are many practices of lotus root, such as fried lotus root, sweet and sour lotus root, lotus root ribs soup, lotus root box and so on.