Autumn Traditional Diet

Eating watermelon

All over Jiangsu, there is the custom of eating watermelon on the day of Autumn, known as nibbling on Autumn. And the day of Autumn, but also often the last time this year to eat watermelon people think that after the Autumn, the weather becomes cooler in the morning and evening, eat cold things will have an impact on the stomach, so after the Autumn will no longer eat watermelon.

Eat "Fuyuan"

The Autumn Festival is Taiwan's longan season, people believe that eating longan meat, grandchildren will do great officials, and longan is also known as the "Fuyuan", so there is a proverb: eat Fuyuan born children and grandchildren in the shape of

Eat "slag"

Shandong Laixi region popular autumn eat "slag", a small bean curd made of beans and vegetables, and have "eaten the slag of the autumn, adults and children do not vomit also do not pull! and there is a saying that "if you eat the dregs of autumn, adults and children will not vomit or have diarrhea". Autumn is a period of high incidence of gastrointestinal diseases, many regional folklore with the cure and pray for a year of health. Sichuan and Shandong are typical representatives of this type of folklore.

Sichuan drink "autumn water" Sichuan, east and west of Sichuan is also popular to drink "autumn water", that is, in the first quarter of autumn, the whole family drink a cup, it is said to eliminate the accumulation of summer heat, the fall does not have a stomach.

"Autumn fat" meat

Annual Autumn, in accordance with the old Beijing custom to eat meat, that is, "stick to the autumn fat". In front of some old meat counters in the capital, customers who buy meat products will form a long queue. Once autumn, although still very hot, and people's bodies no longer wet sticky discomfort, after all, the cool fall is coming. So began to sprout to do something delicious idea to compensate for the deficit since the summer, eat what? The most appetizing is stew! Eating stewed meat to eat the summer body fat back again, so called "stick autumn fat".

Eat cool cake

In the hearts of Jinhua citizens, the fall to eat watermelon, eat cool cake is an essential traditional custom. What is cool cake? It is the sweet potato starch boiled into a soup, poured in a bowl. To be the next morning, the knot into a whole piece. From a distance it looks like a piece of round and clear white jade, then cut into small pieces, sprinkled with sugar, vinegar, mint, cool and refreshing, sweet and sour appetizer.