The great cold is the last of the twenty-four solar terms. This year's great cold is 22:55 on January 20, during the four or nine days, so it is also a very cold solar term. So what traditional food do you eat in the cold? This article brings you a summary of the cold traditional food. Let's have a look. What traditional food do you eat in the cold
1. Eight treasure rice
There is a folk saying that glutinous rice is eaten in the cold solar term, because glutinous rice can nourish the healthy qi of the human body. After eating, it will give off heat all over the body and play the role of keeping out the cold, nourishing the stomach and nourishing. The most typical food made of glutinous rice is Babao rice.
Steam the glutinous rice, mix it with sugar, lard and osmanthus, pour it into the appliance containing red dates, job's tears, lotus seeds, longan meat and other fruit materials, and then pour sugar brine after steaming. It tastes sweet and is a good product for festivals and hospitality.
There are different views on the origin of the eight treasures rice. One is the celebration food after the king of Zhou conquered Zhou. The so-called 'eight treasures' refers to the eight sages who assisted the king of Zhou.
However, a more reliable explanation is that the eight treasure rice originated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and was spread to the north only after the master of Jiangnan came to Beijing as an imperial chef. Nowadays, Ningbo, Shengzhou and Jiaxing also retain the custom of eating eight treasure rice for the new year.
2. Rice cake
The custom of eating "Xiaohan cake" has a long history in Beijing. " Xiaohan cake 'is a kind of New Year cake, not only because its glutinous rice contains more sugar than rice, but also feels warm after eating.
It has the effects of warming and dispersing wind and cold, moistening the lungs and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Moreover, people choose to eat New Year cakes on the day of 'great cold', and it also has the meaning of 'year high', with a good color head of good luck, peace every year and rising step by step.
Therefore, in the custom of old Beijing, on the cold day, the family eats New Year cakes, which not only has an auspicious taste, but also can dispel the cold, so it is called 'Xiaohan cake'.
3. Chicken soup
In the cold winter season, the daily diet of Nanjing people is more stewed soup and soup. The great cold is around the fourth and ninth lunar calendar. The traditional 191 chicken eating custom is still respected by many citizen families.
Nanjing people mostly choose old hens, or stew alone, or add ginseng, medlar, black fungus and so on. It's really a pleasure to drink chicken soup in cold winter.
Pressure cooker should not be used for stewing, because nutrients can be slowly released in the process of slow stewing over a low fire. Although the use of pressure cooker can shorten the time of cooking cooked meat, it can not achieve the effect of soup.
Therefore, when you cook chicken soup, you should choose casserole, cook it in a big oven for 10 minutes, then simmer it slowly. In addition, when cooking soup, try not to uncover the pot cover, otherwise it is easy to 'run gas' to affect the taste of chicken soup.
4. Glutinous rice
As the old saying goes: 'little cold, great cold, no wind, self cold'. It is a traditional custom for Xiaohan and Dahan to eat glutinous rice to drive away the cold in the morning. People believe that glutinous rice contains more sugar than rice. After eating, the whole body feels warm and is conducive to expelling the cold.
Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that glutinous rice has the effect of Tonifying the middle and Supplementing Qi, and it is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in cold seasons. In addition, glutinous rice means warmth. From the beginning to the end of the year, it means "warm Li", which is auspicious.
Glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature. It has the effect of resisting the cold and nourishing. People can cook glutinous rice, or use glutinous rice, rice, red beans, job's tears, lotus seeds, medlar seeds, longan meat, jujube, etc. to cook with high fire, and then add some white sugar, which can strengthen the spleen, replenish qi, nourish blood and calm nerves. It is suitable for people with deficiency of Qi and blood, such as physical weakness, fatigue and so on.
5. Pear
Pear is indispensable for cold health preservation. Pear is especially suitable for people with internal heat in winter. For people with poor physique, especially those with deficiency of spleen and stomach, pears should not be eaten raw.
6. Orange
Oranges are winter fruits. Eating oranges for health preservation in the cold can assist in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis and a variety of cardiovascular diseases. It also has the effects of appetizing and regulating qi, relieving cough and moistening lung, relieving alcohol and waking up. It is mainly used for less nausea, dry mouth, lung heat cough and excessive drinking.
7. Sweet potato
Sweet potato, a humble food, is a good product to keep out the cold. Sweet potato is rich in dietary fiber, carotene, vitamins, potassium, magnesium and other nutrients. When it is cold, drinking a bowl of sweet potato porridge just out of the pot or eating a hot baked sweet potato will help to resist the cold.
8. Red bean
Red bean is a kind of food that can replenish blood and remove fire. Red bean is rich in crude fiber, which has a good effect on reducing blood lipid and blood pressure. Red bean leaf treatment, urination frequency, enuresis; It has the effects of clearing heat, quenching thirst, sobering up and detoxifying.
In addition, red bean water extract has the functions of visceral activity and so on; At the same time, it is rich in iron, which can replenish qi and blood. It is very suitable for hard work. Let your hands and feet not be cold in winter