Twenty-four solar terms Xiao Xue gourmet

Xiaoxue cuisine in the 24 solar terms includes Ciba, sliced soup, bacon, dried fish, mutton and beef.

1, Baba

Ciba is a traditional food in the south, and it is a custom in some places in the south to eat it on the day of light snow solar terms. Ciba is a kind of food made of steamed and mashed glutinous rice with different shapes. In some places, Ciba is round, symbolizing harvest, celebration and reunion.

2, planing soup

Planting soup is a traditional food of Tujia nationality. Before and after the light snow, Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing pigs to welcome the new year", which added a warm atmosphere to the cold winter.

3. Bacon

There is a folk custom of wind curing in winter, which means making bacon and storing it in winter. After the light snow, the temperature plummeted and the weather became dry, which was a good time to process bacon.

4. dried fish meal

In the southern coastal areas, fishermen will dry fish and store dry food. There is an agricultural proverb that October beans are too fat to see, which means that in October of the lunar calendar, you can catch "bean fish" in Baoqu, Chiayi County.

5. Mutton

Mutton is not only fresh and delicious, but also has high nutritional value. Compared with pork, it has less fat and cholesterol, but higher protein content, and rich nutrients such as various minerals and eight amino acids.

6. Beef

Beef is delicious and mellow, with high nutritional value, but low in fat. In the cold winter, it is enough to eat more beef.

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