Spring equinox northern people traditional food introduction

There is a custom in old Beijing to eat donkey rolls on the vernal equinox to ward off evil spirits and pray for good fortune. Donkey rolls, also known as bean noodle cake, bean noodle cake without a doubt, with soybean flour as the main raw material, supplemented by red bean paste, sugar, sesame oil, cinnamon, green and red silk and melon kernel as filling, not only rich in flavor, ingredients are also diverse. It should be noted that the donkey roll is sticky, the elderly children should pay attention when eating, should not eat too quickly to avoid blocking the esophagus, causing danger.

2, sun cake.

"Sun cake, step by step". Spring equinox eating sun cake is also the old Beijing equinox custom, spring equinox day to worship the sun god, "please" eat sun cake. The sun cake is both a tribute to the sun on the spring equinox and a seasonal food, symbolizing the "high sun". Sun cake is made of glutinous rice and filling, glutinous rice has the effect of warming, sweet date paste filling is also in line with the concept of spring to save acid and increase sweet health. Moderate consumption of sun cake on the vernal equinox is good for regulating the balance of body functions and adapting to the changes of the season.

3, spring cake.

People in many places have the custom of eating spring cakes.

Eating spring pancakes, less spring pancakes unique side dishes - and vegetables. The so-called wakame is to use seasonal vegetables (such as leeks, bean sprouts, dried incense, etc.) cut into julienne, either mixed or fried. If you mix it, you blanch the bean sprouts in water, boil the dried vermicelli, make a sauce with cornstarch, vinegar and soy sauce, and mix the shredded vegetables with the sauce. Stir-fried, it is the shredded meat, shredded egg skin, mung bean sprouts, shredded dried tofu, hydrated vermicelli, spinach or leeks into the pan and stir-fried.