What does summer heat mean? Why do you want to eat ducks in hot summer? What is the origin?

Summer is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the fourteenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar. Summer is a solar term reflecting the temperature change. "Chu" means to hide and die, and "early summer" means that the hot summer has passed.

"Twenty-four solar terms" said: "Go, go, the heat is over." "Chu" means termination, which means that the heat is about to pass and the heat will end on this day. Summer represents a solar term in which the temperature changes from hot to cold.

Summer means the beginning of cool autumn. Since this day, the temperature difference in most parts of China has increased, with warm days and cool nights; But in some places, there will also be short-term high temperature weather of "autumn tiger". Nutritionists say that the diet at this time should follow the principle of moistening the lungs and strengthening the spleen in summer, and often eat foods that clear away heat, promote fluid production and nourish yin. Duck is a kind of moist food suitable for summer heat.

The custom of eating ducks has been circulated among the people. There are many ways to eat summer duck: boiled duck, lemon duck, ginger duck, roast duck, lotus leaf duck and walnut duck. Beijing still retains this tradition. Speaking of summer, Beijingers will go to stores to buy lilies and ducks for the summer. You can cook duck, boil yam, chop duck, steam duck, etc. And make some sauces according to your own taste.

If you like duck soup with kimchi flavor, you can buy Sichuan kimchi and cook it with ducks, but don't put soy sauce. The color of the soup is white, the taste is sour and refreshing, and the taste is particularly refreshing. Ducks can eat all kinds of flavors.