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What traditional foods to eat during the frosty season

As the saying goes, "It's better to make up for the frost than to make up for a year", so it can be said that this is the best time to make up for the frost. Traditional foods eaten during the frosty season include persimmons, duck, radish, yam and pomelo.

Persimmon

In some parts of China, there is a "frost eating ding persimmon, will not runny nose." The saying. Persimmons have high nutritional value and contain about 1-2 times more vitamins and sugar than the average fruit. Here we are talking about fruit persimmons, which look yellow and especially attractive. On the day of frost, people in many northern areas are used to eating persimmons.

Duck

In southern Fujian, there is a custom to eat duck on the day of frost. Every time on the day of frost, the duck in southern Fujian and other areas, almost off the market, because there are just too many people to buy, basically every family follows this custom. Duck meat is a very delicious food, eat more is not easy to fire, roast duck, stewed beer duck and other practices are very delicious.

Radish

Shandong farmers' proverb: "Summer sorghum, white dew grain, frost to pull the radish." This time of year, the frosted radish is the most delicious, and the October radish, there is a small ginseng called. Proverbs also said, "winter eat radish summer eat ginger, do not need doctors to prescribe medicine." This saying, in addition to explaining that white radish is a seasonal vegetable in winter, radish and pork, beef, mutton with more delicious, the taste can also complement each other.

Yam

What to eat after frost? Can't forget the yam. Whether from the point of view of Chinese medicine or nutrition, yam also has a high value. What's more, yam it contains enough fiber to produce a feeling of fullness after consumption, thus controlling the desire to eat. It is a highly nutritious, low-calorie food that can be safely consumed more often.