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On that day in summer, all places must eat food. What do you eat in summer?

What to eat in summer? On that day in summer, all places should eat delicious 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. 2. longan. When the "summer heat" comes, the "summer heat" is over. Old Fuzhou no longer drinks herbal tea after the heat, but eats more things that "replenish qi" and "replenish blood". Old Fuzhou used to eat longan, peeled and soaked in porridge. 3. White ball. In addition, 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. 4. herbal tea. The custom of decocting medicinal tea in summer has been popular since the Tang Dynasty. In summer, every household has the habit of frying herbal tea. First go to the drugstore to make a prescription, and then cook tea at home, which means that eating something "bitter" in autumn is quite good for clearing away heat and fire, resolving food stagnation and removing lung heat. 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 is extinct in midsummer". 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. Health food in summer: 1, tremella fuciformis: It can moisten lung and relieve cough, promote fluid production and nourish yin, and also has the functions of eliminating muscle fatigue, strengthening brain and preventing aging. Recommended eating method: first wash the tremella and put it in a casserole until it is soft, then wash the tomatoes, peel them and mash them, boil them in tremella soup and add rock sugar to taste; You can also wash tremella and auricularia together and dip it in mustard soy sauce. It's delicious. 2. Pomegranate: Summer is the season to eat pomegranate. Vitamins C and E in pomegranate are higher than those in apples and pears. Pomegranate with red powder skin contains high vitamin C, and pomegranate with green skin contains high vitamin E. Pomegranate is mild, sweet and sour, and has the functions of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, killing insects and stopping dysentery. Pomegranate can be eaten directly or drunk by squeezing juice. Acid pomegranate is very effective in preventing and treating diarrhea, and sweet pomegranate can prevent and treat throat thirst. 3. Corn: Summer is the season when corn matures. Lysine in fresh corn is an essential amino acid for human body, which can only be taken from food, but the content in other foods is very small. Therefore, fresh corn is one of the main sources of lysine. The nutritional value of special corn is higher than that of ordinary corn. For example, the content of protein, vegetable oil and vitamins in sweet corn is 1-2 times higher than that in common corn, and the content of "life element" selenium is 8- 10 times higher. 4, yam: can clear the heart and soothe the nerves, replenish the middle jiao, help the five internal organs, strengthen the bones and muscles, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, and prevent arteriosclerosis. Recommended eating method: Mash the washed yam, add sugar to make stuffing, and wrap jiaozi with glutinous rice flour to eat; Can also be used as yam; Or peel, wash with light salt water, cut into small pieces, and add appropriate amount of osmanthus sauce as a cold dish. 5, American ginseng: anti-fatigue, anti-hypoxia, people will have symptoms such as yin deficiency and qi deficiency, dry mouth and thirst, fatigue. Putting some American ginseng in porridge or stew can not only calm and prevent autumn dryness, but also gently nourish. Recommended eating method: you can brew with American ginseng slices, which is very simple. Even when eating hot pot, putting American ginseng can effectively supplement it.