What food does Tianjin eat for the Spring Festival?

Tianjin's delicious food in the coming year: eating honeydew melon, eating jiaozi, steaming steamed bread and rice cakes.

1, eat honeydew melon

Melon is a sticky sugar made of yellow rice and malt. This kind of sugar has two shapes. The long candy bar is called "Guandong sugar", which is generally one foot long, and the flat candy bar is called "sugar melon". It's very small now. It used to be as big as a duck egg. There are tiny bubbles in honeydew melon, which tastes crisp and sweet and has a unique flavor.

Step 2 Eat jiaozi

There is an old saying in Tianjin called "deadly honeydew melon, life-saving jiaozi". There were many poor people in the past. Many people borrow money to make a living, and some people can't repay it in time. But in off-year this day, these debts will not be investigated, and people who avoid debts can go home and eat jiaozi with peace of mind. Eating jiaozi in off-year is also to send the kitchen god, which means "to send away the windward side of jiaozi".

Step 3 steam steamed buns

After the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, every household should steam steamed bread. Generally speaking, it can be divided into two types: worshipping God and visiting relatives. The former is solemn, while the latter is gorgeous. Especially to make a jujube hill for Kitchen God. "A steamed bread, neighbors to help". This is often a great opportunity for folk women to show their dexterity. Steamed bread is a handicraft.

4. Rice cake

In the past, on New Year's Eve, ceremonies were held according to the time marked in the imperial calendar, such as welcoming the gods, seeing them off, burning incense and offering sacrifices to them. As one of the important sacrifices, rice cakes are full of auspicious meanings.