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What traditional food does Xiao Xia eat?

1, eat three treasures

At this time of year, people have the custom of eating three treasures-Monopterus albus, honey lotus root and mung bean sprouts.

2, eat new (spicy)

In the past, there was a folk custom of "eating new things in summer", that is, after the summer heat, farmers tasted new rice, ground the newly cut rice into rice, and prepared to worship the food of the five grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone tasted new wine. It is said that "eating new things" means "eating new things", which is the first new day after the summer festival.

3, cucumber+boiled eggs

Some places in Shandong eat raw cucumbers and boiled eggs to cure the bitter summer, and eat eggs in the morning without eating other foods.

Step 4 Eat jiaozi

There is a folk proverb: "jiaozi lies on his head, noodles lie on the second side, and pancakes spread eggs on the third side." Eating jiaozi on the head is a traditional custom. Fukui people have poor appetite and are often thinner than usual, which is called bitter summer. In traditional customs, jiaozi is a food to stimulate appetite.

Step 5 eat noodles

The custom of eating noodles in Fukui began at least in the Three Kingdoms period. Wei Chunqiu: "Fu Ri, wipe your sweat with a towel, look charming." The soup cake here is hot soup noodles. You can also eat water and stir-fry noodles in dog days.

Step 6 eat mutton

People in Xuzhou eat mutton when crouching, which is called "eating sheep". This custom can be traced back to the Yao and Shun period. There is a folk saying that "a bowl of soup in Pengcheng squats sheep without a doctor's prescription".