Why eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival? Summary of precautions for Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival
4hw.com.cn: the Dragon Boat Festival, one of China's most traditional festivals, is coming soon. In China, there is a gluttony of eating goods all over the ancient and modern times. The festival is always inseparable from eating. The Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of eating zongzi since ancient times, but do you know why you eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival? What are the precautions for eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's have a look with Sihai Xiaobian!
1、 Why eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival?
The legend "why eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival" originated in 340 BC. The patriotic poet Qu Yuan was facing the pain of national subjugation. On May 5, he threw himself into the river. Fishermen and people on the bank came to the river to salvage. At that time, people put rice and eggs in bamboo tubes into the river in order not to let the fish and shrimp in the river eat his body. Some doctors also poured realgar wine into the river, So that the medicine can faint the dragon water beast and protect doctor Qu Yuan from harm. Since then, in order to commemorate him, people throw zongzi and row dragon boats on the river on the fifth day of May every year. To commemorate the great patriotic poet.
2、 Precautions for eating zongzi
1. Be sure to keep it in the refrigerator
The main ingredient of zongzi is glutinous rice, plus red dates, bean paste or meat, so it is easy to deteriorate in the hot weather in early summer. Jujube zongzi and bean paste zongzi can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-5 days. If it is meat filling, it is better to eat them within 3 days.
2. Zongzi should be heated thoroughly before eating
Xu Yun, director of China Nutrition Society, pointed out that zongzi had better not be eaten cold, but should be thoroughly heated before eating. First, glutinous rice and zongzi fillings are perishable food. If they are not heated sufficiently, food poisoning is easy to occur; Second, because the cooled zongzi are too oily and sticky, it is easier to cause indigestion.
It should also be noted that if there is sticky silk after peeling off the zongzi, it means that the zongzi may not be fresh for a long time. It's best not to eat it.
Eat only half or one zongzi a day. Don't eat more than 50 grams of zongzi a day, that is, half or one. Especially gastrointestinal diseases and diabetes patients had better eat less or not. The elderly should not be greedy and greedy. Some businesses sell Mini zongzi is a good choice.
Precautions for eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival: cold zongzi injures the spleen and hot zongzi nourishes the stomach
3. Zongzi is best eaten while hot
Experts also remind that it is healthier to eat the newly wrapped hot zongzi. Don't cool it and heat it again and again. Therefore, it is best to make it yourself and eat the hot zongzi just wrapped. When making zongzi, you should pay attention to that it is normal for the color of zongzi leaves to darken after steaming for a period of time. Don't choose zongzi with bright green skin or even blue-green skin, because zongzi leaves are likely to be treated with copper sulfate, and their safety is not guaranteed.
In terms of retention, zongzi can be stored in the freezer for a long time after quick freezing. When eating, they should be re steamed or frozen in the microwave oven. When storing, it is best to divide it into small bags after eating at one time, wrap it tightly in plastic bags, and open it separately from other raw foods such as meat to avoid cross contamination.
4, diabetes patients avoid eating dumplings.
Many people like to eat pork dumplings made of streaky pork. Experts pointed out that although meat dumplings have high protein content, they contain a lot of fat. Therefore, patients with hyperlipidemia should avoid eating. They can choose bean paste zongzi, jujube zongzi and Babao zongzi. Because glutinous rice has a high sugar index, whether it is sweet dumplings or meat dumplings, people with diabetes should avoid eating. People with gastrointestinal diseases are not recommended to eat zongzi, because zongzi is not easy to digest, especially after eating greasy zongzi, it is easy to cause indigestion and gastrointestinal discomfort. People with excessive gastric acid and gastric ulcer should also eat less. In addition, the middle-aged and the elderly and the weak should not eat more zongzi. They should choose small zongzi, especially those containing coarse grain and potato, and those without oil and meat.
5. Patients with cardiovascular diseases, 'three high' people and patients with gastrointestinal diseases should eat Zongzi carefully or even fast.