10 must-have food in the south on the hot summer day.

What traditional food do you eat in summer in the south?

1, eat Xiancao

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in summer. Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource.

It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat. After drying the stems and leaves, it can be made into Xiancao, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert.

2. Eat lychee, mutton and rice.

People in Putian, Fujian like to eat litchi, mutton and rice grains in summer. Some people say that the nutritional value of eating litchi in summer is as high as ginseng.

Litchi is a specialty of Putian, among which Songjiaxiang, Zhuangyuanhong and Eighteen Niang Red are excellent varieties, which are well-known in ancient and modern times. In Putian, litchi matured into a tree full of thyme before and after the heat. According to custom, litchi is often used as a gift between relatives and friends when summer comes.

Rice grains are made by mixing rice with white rice distiller's yeast, allowing it to ferment and fully mature; On the day of the great summer heat, it is said that cutting into pieces and adding some brown sugar to cook can "greatly replenish vitality". On summer day, relatives and friends often give litchi and mutton to each other.

3. Drink old melon and fresh lotus leaf soup

In Guangdong, especially in the Pearl River Delta, almost every household cooks summer soup in summer or hot weather. Old wax gourd and fresh lotus leaf soup for relieving summer heat is a traditional diet soup for relieving summer heat in Guangdong. It is mainly composed of old wax gourd, fresh lotus leaf and adzuki bean.

4, stir-fried grass tofu

The custom in Wenzhou in summer is to stir-fry grass tofu. Grass bean curd refers to bean curd made from Cao Xian, licorice, Prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and other Chinese herbal medicines, which can be eaten after cooling, cool and detoxify, promote fluid production and quench thirst. In the past, many families could cook for themselves.

5, eat ginger juice to adjust eggs

People in Jiaojiang, Taizhou also have the custom of eating ginger juice to adjust eggs in summer. Ginger juice can eliminate moisture in the body, and ginger juice can adjust eggs and "replenish people". Some elderly people like to eat chicken porridge, which is said to tonify yang.

Step 6 drink ginger tea

Drying ginger, drinking ginger tea and eating ginger juice to adjust eggs are the dietary customs of Taizhou people in midsummer. Because ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, it is passed down from generation to generation.

7. Eat chicken

Southerners have the habit of eating chicken in summer. There is a traditional folk tonic method, which is to eat broilers in summer. Broilers contain certain growth hormone, which is beneficial to children in growth and development period and middle-aged and elderly people with decreased hormone level. When making, appropriate amount of ginger is added to adjust the temperature difference between inside and outside the human body in summer, so that the human body can adapt to the external environment and play the role of eliminating dampness and strengthening the body.

8. Eat pineapple

Taiwan Province Province: Most of the waters around Taiwan Province Province are warm-water fish, with squid in the northeast, small rolling, Chizong and Changhua waters off Keelung, and yellow fin snapper. Taiwan Province Province folk proverb: Eat pineapple in summer, saying that pineapple is the best in this season. In addition, June 15 is a "semi-annual festival". Because June 15 of the lunar calendar is half of the whole year, the whole family will eat the "half-year round" together after worshipping God on this day. Half-year rings are made by grinding glutinous rice into powder and rubbing it with red noodles. Most of them will be cooked into sweets to taste, symbolizing reunion and sweetness.

9. Drink tea

After the summer heat, one of people's summer habits is drinking tea, especially in Jiangxi and other places. People have the custom of drinking tea in summer, and many people will make dried mume in the backyard into mume tea.

10, old duck soup

The formula widely circulated in the north and south is-the old duck supplements in summer. After the old duck is slowly stewed, add lotus root, wax gourd, Gordon Euryale seed and coix seed to make soup, which will clear away heat and nourish. Old duck is a good tonic in summer, which is not only rich in nutrition, but also has the effects of nourishing the yang of the five internal organs, clearing away the heat of fatigue, nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production because it lives in water all the year round.

Diet taboos in summer:

1, avoid drinking a lot of water.

People suffering from heatstroke should drink a small amount of water many times, and it is advisable to drink no more than 300 ml each time. Drinking plenty of water will dilute gastric juice, affect digestive function and cause hyperreflexia and sweating.

2, avoid simple tonic

After heatstroke, the summer heat has not disappeared. Although there is deficiency, it cannot be simply supplemented. It is a big mistake to think that you are weak and in urgent need of tonic. Because if the tonic is too early, it will make the summer heat difficult to subside, or the summer heat that has gradually subsided will come back, which is even more unworkable.

3. Avoid eating a lot of cold fruits and vegetables.

Most people suffering from heatstroke belong to spleen and stomach weakness. If you eat a lot of cold fruits and cold food, it will damage the yang of the spleen and stomach, make the spleen and stomach weak, and the cold and dampness will stagnate. In severe cases, there will be symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain.

4. Avoid eating a lot of greasy food.

Eat less greasy food after summer to adapt to the digestive function of gastrointestinal tract in summer. If you eat a lot of greasy food, it will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, so that a large amount of blood will stay in the gastrointestinal tract, and the blood delivered to the brain will be relatively reduced, and the human body will feel tired and more likely to cause indigestion.