What do Fujian people eat on the solstice in winter?

On the solstice of winter, Fujian people eat ginger duck, warm soup mutton, glutinous rice cake, sugar balls and rice.

1, Ginger Duck: This is a "different kind of fireworks" on the menu of Fujian people's winter solstice. It is said that Xiamen people have a special liking for ducks, and they are studying different ways to eat them all year round, and they are ginger ducks from winter to day. People in Xiamen call ginger over three years old "Mother Ginger". Together with high-quality "Muscovy Duck", it is undoubtedly the first choice in winter.

2, warm soup mutton: Putian's warm soup mutton, also known as cylinder braised mutton, is to tie the whole goat with a rope, put it in a boiling pot, and simmer it with a slow fire; Then pour it into a clay pot or wooden bucket and stew it overnight.

Take it out the next day, wrap it in a wet towel and hang it; Finally, mutton in this way tastes tender but not tender, and it is a good ingredient for winter tonic.

3. glutinous rice cake: people in northern Fujian have the habit of eating glutinous rice cake from winter to Sunday. Pour the steamed glutinous rice into a stone mortar, one person uses a wooden pestle and the other person turns it, which is commonly known as "making rice cake". Beat glutinous rice into a thick paste, add some sesame oil to moisten it, knead it into thumb-sized balls by hand, and roll it in a powder bowl filled with fried sesame seeds, peanuts, beans and sugar.

Sugar ring: Zhangzhou custom, eat solstice sugar ring in winter. On the eve of the festival, every household grinds glutinous rice into balls and puts them on bamboo curtains. The next morning, it was boiled with brown sugar as a holiday breakfast. Different from the practice of wrapping jiaozi in other regions, Zhangzhou candied jiaozi mostly uses whole glutinous rice balls and cooks them directly in round soup made of brown sugar water.

5. Rice food: Fuzhou folk custom has the custom of rubbing the winter solstice circle, also called rice food, which is a winter solstice snack made of glutinous rice. The pronunciation of Fuzhou dialect is "fine", which means both reunion and filial piety. Put a bamboo basket on the table. Put some oranges, a pair of red chopsticks and a pair of paper flowers in the basket. Praying for good luck in the coming year has become an important activity in Fuzhou's winter solstice tradition.