What does Wuxi Zhichang eat in summer?

Generally speaking, on the day of long summer, there is a custom of eating long summer eggs all over the country. The details are different.

Wuxi generally eats three fresh foods, which are divided into three fresh foods: ground, trees and water. The three fresh plants are broad bean, amaranth and cucumber (amaranth, wheat, broad bean, amaranth, broad bean and garlic sprout); Three fresh trees are cherry, loquat and apricot (one is plum, apricot and cherry, and the other is plum, cherry and toon head); The three kinds of fresh water are marine fish, puffer fish and shad (shad, shad and yellow croaker, as well as shad, whitebait and mackerel). Among them, tasting fresh land is the most common.

In some places, there is a custom of eating moldy tofu in the long summer, saying that eating moldy tofu will not bring bad luck.

It is said that eating eggs in the long summer is called "summer tonic", so that people will not lose weight in summer, have enough energy and work effectively. The old Chinese doctor said that salted duck eggs are strong in summer, which coincides with the nutritionist's statement. Nutritionists say that duck eggs are rich in inorganic salts such as calcium and iron, which are higher than eggs and fresh duck eggs, and are the first choice for calcium and iron supplementation in summer.