How onions, ginger and garlic were born and developed, and why they are favored by people in the north?

According to relevant historical records, green onions have been handed down from the pre-Qin period to the present day, because the growth environment of green onions is preferring cold, so the Shaanxi area is rich in green onions. Onions and ginger are produced in China, ginger, this herb was first used in medicine, about the use of medicine can be traced back to the pre-Qin period. Garlic came from the Western region, and it is said that Zhang Qian traveled to the Western region and brought garlic back. After that, green onion, ginger and garlic became the three essential seasonings in cooking. And because the northern people taste heavy, love to eat spicy, winter cold, green onion, ginger and garlic can drive away the cold, so green onion, ginger and garlic by the northern people's favorites.

Scallion this herb, according to legend, is the Shennong in the taste of a hundred herbs found. After eating green onions, the taste is pungent and spicy, and there is a feeling of heat in the body, so it is used as a medicine to get rid of rheumatism. Later, green onions were cultivated in large quantities in Shaanxi and the Northeast, and were gradually used as an indispensable seasoning for cooking dishes. Another indispensable seasoning is, of course, ginger. There is a saying? Eat radish in winter, eat ginger in summer. Therefore, in ancient times, ginger was treated as a medicinal food, dispel dampness and remove cold, especially women with uterine cold, need to drink some ginger tea. And ginger can remove fishy, the northern people love to eat meat and fish, which need to use ginger

as a seasoning to remove fishy.

Garlic is said to have been brought back by Zhang Qian on his mission to the West, who brought back some exotic foods, among which was garlic. As garlic is pungent and spicy, it also has the effect of dispersing cold and removing dampness. Gradually, garlic has been widely planted and used in China, and has also become a kind of seasoning. Especially in the cold north, people like to eat garlic, used to enhance the body's resistance to cold, and gradually people will add green onion, ginger and garlic to the cooking dishes, so as to add flavor to the dishes. At the same time, green onion, ginger and garlic can also be used as a separate dish, such as the familiar small onion mixed with tofu and ginger fried meat. Due to geography, winter in the north is quite cold, so people in the north like to eat spicy food. The three seasonings of green onion, ginger and garlic all have a spicy taste, spicy and dry, the body is not cold, so green onion, ginger and garlic have become essential seasonings for people in the north when cooking.