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What are the northern specialties?

There are great differences in eating habits between the north and the south. The north usually prefers pasta to the south. But jiaozi is the best of many northern cuisines, and it is indispensable in many important festivals. The following is the information I collected about the northern special cuisine for your reference, hoping to help friends in need.

North special food

1, pot meat

Pot-wrapped meat, formerly known as pot-fried meat, is a northeast dish, which was initiated by Zheng Xingwen, chef of Harbin Daotai House in Guangxu period. Pot-wrapped pork is sliced pork tenderloin, wrapped in fried meat pulp, fried in a pot until golden brown, picked up, and then stirred in a pot to thicken it. The cooked pot meat is golden in color and sweet and sour in taste.

2. The third line

"Di San Xian" is a traditional home-cooked dish with distinctive features in Northeast China. It uses three seasonal fresh ingredients, eggplant, potato and green pepper, which are not only rich in flavor and natural and green, but also cover the nutrition of various ingredients better than it, and make three ordinary vegetables into fresh and delicious dishes.

3. Pork stewed vermicelli

Pork stewed vermicelli is a special dish in Northeast China, which is deeply loved by people in the north and south. Pork stewed vermicelli is the first of the "four great stews in Northeast China". Mandarin: Pork stewed vermicelli makes wolves howl. This dish is very representative in Northeast China.

4. Slippery meat part

Yourou Duan is a traditional dish in Northeast China, which has the characteristics of crisp outside and tender inside and delicious taste. The finished product is crispy outside and tender inside, delicious and delicious, which is a home-cooked dish on the table of the people. Pot-wrapped meat, which originated from the meat skimming section, is a classic in Northeast cuisine.

5. Braised hazelnuts with chicken

Stewed mushroom with chicken is also a popular northeast dish. In the northeast, hazel mushrooms are mostly used for stews, especially with chicken, which is delicious and rich. After this dish was introduced into the customs, a chef improved it and cooked it with mung bean powder skin, which was also very unique. Especially in winter, it also has the functions of promoting blood circulation to dispel cold and preventing cold invasion. It's really a good dish.

6. kill pig dishes

Pig-killing dish was originally a stew eaten in rural areas of Northeast China when pigs were killed at the end of each year. In many places in Northeast China, pig-killing dishes are set up all year round, which has formed a major feature of the Northeast diet. In the past, people had no conditions to pay attention to any ingredients and seasonings. They just cut the freshly slaughtered pig blood into large pieces, cooked it, cut it into large pieces and put it in a pot, then put sauerkraut in it while cooking, and add water and seasoning to make it.

7. Sauce skeleton

Sauced bone is a traditional dish in Northeast China. According to the different ingredients, there are sauce spine, sauce ribs and sauce bones. All these raw materials have a common feature, that is, they can withstand long-term stewing and the meat will not be burnt to death. Among them, because the pork spine is the softest glutinous after stewing, it is very pleasant to chew and has an endless aftertaste, so it is very popular among the public.

8. Tiger dishes

Tiger dish is a famous cold dish in Northeast China. It is spicy and refreshing, fresh and delicious. The ingredients of tiger food are green onions, cucumbers, coriander and peppers. Tiger dishes are rich in nutrition, unique in taste, refreshing and appetizing. Eating tiger food in summer can be described as ice and fire.

What traditional foods do northerners eat for the New Year?

People in northern China eat jiaozi at the first meal of the Spring Festival. jiaozi is like an ingot, which symbolizes treasure. Some fillings in jiaozi are filled with sugar to make the New Year sweet. Some stuffing put peanuts (called longevity fruit), the intention is that people who eat can live longer; There is a kind of dumpling stuffing with a coin, which means that whoever eats it will "get rich". During the Chinese New Year, noodles are cooked in jiaozi, which is called "gold thread penetrates gold ingot". Auspicious language should be used in New Year's diet. Different places in jiaozi have different ways to eat, such as boiled jiaozi with clear water in Beijing, fried dumplings in jiaozi in the old border of Northeast China, and delicious stuffing.

People in Sichuan and Chongqing eat glutinous rice balls for the first meal during the Spring Festival. Made of homemade dumplings or dried dumplings sold in the market, it is sweet and delicious.

Dietary suggestions for the Spring Festival

1. High-fat diet is the main cause of acute attack of cholecystitis and gallstones.

Second, overeating, eating too salty, drinking too much, smoking or being too excited may all cause high blood pressure, even acute myocardial infarction and stroke. People with hypertension and cardiovascular diseases should eat light food during the New Year. They should not eat greasy and salty food, nor should they overeat.

3. If there are diabetics at home, please replace the same food with the same amount of food for one year according to the dietitian's diet plan.

Fourth, silver-haired people should pay attention to four principles: moderate quantity, quality choice, fresh food and consistent medication.

Five, don't drink too much, that is, don't persuade wine, don't spell wine, don't get drunk.

6. During the Chinese New Year, every household will prepare a lot of snacks, regardless of adults and children, they will eat sweet candy, melon seeds and walnuts. However, Hu Yuqing, a nutritionist, pointed out that China's New Year food is high in calories, so the second item is to control snacks, that is, to refuse the snack trap. Snacks eaten while watching TV or chatting should also be included in the total amount of the day.

Seven, people should drink more tea, drink more boiled water, because the low-sugar and low-calorie drinks on the market must first look at the nutrition label and figure out the calories before drinking, otherwise they may drink a lot of calories and gain weight after the end of the year.

Eight, people should try to cook with less oil, less salt and less sugar.

9. Patients with chronic diseases and people who need to control their weight should limit the intake of high-salt, high-sugar and high-fat foods.

Ten, gout, poor metabolism, if you eat more fish, meat and other foods rich in nucleic acid and high fat, then drinking alcohol or excessive fatigue can easily induce gout attacks.

People should chew slowly when eating, don't talk when eating, don't eat when talking, regularly quantify, don't overeat, and avoid eating foods that are too hard, too rough, too hot, too cold, too sour or too salty. This is a good way to prevent gastrointestinal dysfunction, and patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction should abide by it.

As long as we pay attention to food hygiene and safety, keep a balanced diet, don't overeat, don't overeat, eat a proper amount of new year's goods and keep a regular life, we can have a happy and healthy New Year.

What traditional food do you eat on the solstice in northern winter?

1, wonton

In Beijing, there is a proverb called "Solstice wonton in winter and Solstice noodle in summer". In the past, there was a saying in Beijing that wonton was eaten on the solstice in winter. Wonton, a kind of food symbolizing reunion, is the first choice on the table from winter to Sunday. Wonton has many names, such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wonton, Guangdong Wonton, Hubei Noodle, Jiangxi Clear Soup, Sichuan Wonton, Xinjiang Ququ and so on.

Then how do you eat wonton on the solstice in winter? According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people were restless. At that time, there were two leaders, Xiongnu tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. The people hated it, so they wrapped it into a corner with meat stuffing and called it "wonton" with the sound of "muddy" and "swallowing". I hate eating, and I want to quell the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the solstice in winter, every household in Beijing eats wonton on the solstice in winter.

Whether the legend is true or not, the nutritional value of wonton is still relatively high. Its greatest advantage is that protein has complete varieties, with stuffing and skin, which can supplement protein and improve the nutritional value of single food. If you want wonton stuffing to be fragrant but not greasy, you should add ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate and other seasonings to the stuffing.

2. jiaozi

During the winter solstice of the 24th solar terms of the lunar calendar, people in northern China have the custom of eating jiaozi. There are many legends about eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter, the most mainstream one is from Zhang Zhongjing.

According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor from Nanyang, was an official in Changsha. When he retired in his later years, it was a snowy winter and the wind was biting. He was sad to see that many villagers' ears were frozen rotten. He asked his disciples to set up a medicine shed in Guandong, Nanyang. They cooked mutton, peppers and some herbs for removing cold in a pot, fished them out and chopped them, imaged their ears in leather bags, and then cooked them in a pot to make a medicine called "soup for removing cold and correcting ears" for the people to eat. After eating it, the villagers' ears will be fine. Later generations learned to "correct ears" and package them into food, also called "jiaozi" or "flat food".

Because the weather is generally dry and cold at present, most friends can choose beef and mutton as dumpling stuffing. If you are worried about overcooking, you can put some light and dry ingredients, such as radish, celery or fungus, to balance nutrition. Older friends often have bad stomachs, and jiaozi should be light. Chinese cabbage and pork are both good choices, and you can also mix some vegetarian stuffing. It is best for jiaozi to eat now, and the delicious stuffing should not be put for a long time; Don't make the meat stuffing too fine; Zanthoxylum oil is the best seasoning oil.

3. Mutton

At the beginning of winter solstice, people count to nine from this day. For ordinary people, the solstice in winter is nothing more than eating. In the north, there is a custom of eating mutton from winter to Sunday, because the weather enters the coldest period from winter to the future, and eating a pot of stewed mutton at this time has the dual effects of keeping out the cold and nourishing.

Mutton is warm, which can resist cold and tonify the body. It can be used for treating wind-cold asthma, impotence due to kidney deficiency, deficiency of both qi and blood, soreness of waist and knees, cold limbs and abdominal pain, and sallow complexion and emaciation. In winter, the human body has yang hidden in it, and kidney yang is insufficient, which is prone to cold hands and feet, dull complexion, weakness and other symptoms, while mutton is sweet but not greasy, warm but not dry, and has always been regarded as a good product for nourishing yang. Proper diet in winter can effectively alleviate the above symptoms.

If you buy meat and cook it at home, you have to move your eyes and hands. Fresh mutton is bright red, with clear marble lines, non-sticky and elastic. After freezing and thawing, the red meat part and the mutton part are basically separated. How to get to the nest? Wash the mutton thoroughly and soak it in cold water for about 1 hour. If braise in soy sauce, marinate mutton with onion, ginger and cooking wine for about half an hour. If it's stew, cook the mutton and blanch it twice, then rinse it with cold water. Beer or spicy seasoning, dried pepper or sufu oil dish can also be added when seasoning.

4. Dog meat

Many places in the north have the custom of eating dog meat in winter solstice. It is said that the custom of eating dog meat on the solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the solstice in winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice has been formed among the people. Nowadays, people eat dog meat, mutton and all kinds of nutritious food on the solstice of winter, which is a good sign for the coming year.

Some people with weak constitution and arthritis are good at eating more dog meat in severe winter. But it is not advisable to eat dog meat blindly, so as not to get rabies after eating rabies meat. Dog meat is a hot food and should not be eaten too much at a time. Anyone suffering from cough, cold, fever, diarrhea, yin deficiency and excessive fire is not suitable for eating.

It is not advisable to drink tea after eating dog hot pot. If you drink tea immediately after eating dog meat, tannic acid in tea will combine with protein in dog meat to form a substance called protein tannic acid. This substance has a certain astringent effect, which can weaken intestinal peristalsis and then induce constipation. Therefore, avoid drinking tea after eating dog meat.