What are the dietary customs in the long summer?

Jiaxing people's long summer custom is to eat water bamboo first, and it is just before the busy farming season in the lunar calendar. Eating glutinous rice (wild rice) is equivalent to adding nutrition to farmers.

There is also the saying of eating "boiled eggs" and "cook the meat". "white fried meat" is similar to white cut meat with garlic paste. Pork is cooked and sliced, then dipped in soy sauce. "White egg" is also called long summer egg, and there is a saying in Jiaxing that "it is more powerful to eat an egg in long summer".

2.quzhou customs

There is a saying in Quzhou that "the south wind comes and the barley is yellow". Because the southwest wind prevailed in the long summer, it was fashionable to eat wheat cakes and steamed bread in the long summer in the old society, which indicated that the new wheat had been listed.

There are two kinds of cakes, sweet and salty. The sweet one, filled with brown sugar, is called "old shell cake". The salty ones are scallion oil, pickles and pork. Some shops sell apple crisp, horseshoe crisp, steamed bread strips and so on. Jiang Shan Chang Xia wants to eat "Chang Xia Tang".

3. Lishui custom

"I don't eat long summer rice in the long summer, and my feet are soft." This is a common saying in Lishui. Since ancient times, Lishui people have cooked long summer meals and long summer eggs as soon as they arrive in long summer.

There are pea rice and broad bean rice in Lishui. Probably, fresh seasonal beans are suitable for long summer rice, stewed in a pot and soft and waxy.