What traditional food does heavy snow eat?

The traditional foods of the solar term in heavy snow include sugar, mutton, dog meat, lotus root, red sticky porridge and so on.

1, exchange sugar

Before and after the "heavy snow" solar term, there will be a scene of "changing sugar" on the streets of Wenzhou. Full-page caramel produced by caramel workshops all over the country is provided to small vendors who specialize in carrying burdens and walking around the streets, commonly known as "candy customers"

The "sugar customer" is holding a sugar knife and shouting to sell sugar. Children are often attracted, so parents will exchange their copper scraps, copper coins and other items with "sugar customers" for caramel. Because eating caramel in winter has the benefits of nourishing the body, this "sugar exchange" has also developed into a commercial operation mode.

2. Mutton

"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.

3. Dog meat

As the saying goes, "sell dog meat by hanging sheep's head", in fact, Wenzhou people have always said that "winter fragrant meat warms the stomach", and this fragrant meat is dog meat. The middle of winter is the best time to eat dog meat for tonic. In Daming Materia Medica, it is recorded that "the yellow dog is beneficial to people, and the residual color is slightly supplemented".

4. Lotus root

Lotus root grows in the mud and is the root of lotus root. When it comes to lotus, it is known as "out of the mud, not stained, clear but not evil". Lotus root is also delicious, and can be used to make many delicious foods, such as fried lotus root and glutinous rice lotus root, which are especially popular with the public.

5, red sticky porridge

After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually became cold. People pay great attention to keep warm indoors and outdoors, and wear 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".