The winter solstice is also known as the "small year". First, it means that the annual pass is near and there are not many days left. Second, it means the importance of the winter solstice. The winter solstice as a festival originated in the Zhou Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has continued to this day. What do you mean by the winter solstice? What traditional food should you eat for health preservation?
What does the winter solstice mean
The winter solstice means that a cold winter is coming. At the winter solstice, the Yellow meridian of the sun is 270 deg;. On the day of winter solstice, the sun almost directly hits the Tropic of cancer. In our northern hemisphere, the day is the shortest and the night is the longest, and we begin to enter into nine cold days. Astronomically, it is the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere. After the winter solstice, the direct sunlight position gradually moves northward, and the days in the northern hemisphere gradually grow.
What does winter solstice regimen eat?
1, mutton
In winter, there are two big days to eat mutton, one is the beginning of winter, the other is the winter solstice. Mutton is rich in fat, protein, carbohydrate, calcium, iron, phosphorus and other nutrients, which is beneficial to the kidney, liver, cold and dampness. Therefore, Suzhou people firmly believe that the warmth brought by a bowl of mutton soup is enough to withstand the cold of winter.
After stewing, mutton is more mature, tender and easy to digest. Cooked meat soup is a good tonic. If we add proper Chinese medicine or nutritious food to stew, the nourishing effect will be greater.
But mutton is good, but it can't be eaten too much. When eating mutton, it's best to mix with cool and sweet vegetables, such as cabbage, potatoes, etc., to play a balanced role. For people with hot constitution, mutton is not suitable for eating.
2, glutinous rice balls
Eating Tangyuan in winter solstice is especially popular in Jiangnan. There is a saying among the people that they are one year older after eating tangyuan. Tangyuan is also known as tangtuan, which is also called "winter solstice group". Tangyuan's skin is made of glutinous rice flour, white glutinous rice flour, which can nourish the lungs, and is suitable for the five-color tonic of 'white nourishment of the lungs'.
It's better to cook it in hot water, or use flower tea to make it taste fresher. Put some low calorie honey to increase the taste; and sweet dumplings with stuffing have sweet taste, so you don't need extra sugar. In addition, brown sugar and ginger slices can be used to boil Tangyuan to remove cold air, and sugar free frozen and sugar free coconut can be added to increase satiety and reduce heat intake.
Or add ingredients such as longan, jujube and Auricularia auricula to increase the nutrient content. Salty dumpling can put more vegetables, increase the intake of cellulose, minerals and vitamins is also a good choice.
Tangyuan is good, but don't be greedy. This is because glutinous rice, although it can be appetizer and tonic, can be made into glutinous rice balls with fine texture, which is not suitable for digestion by the stomach. When eating Tangyuan, you should chew it carefully and swallow it slowly. You should not eat too much at one time. You should not eat continuously with meals. You should not eat too hot Tangyuan to prevent scalding of your mouth and tongue.
3, wonton
Eating wonton in winter solstice and noodles in summer solstice is a kind of eating habit formed by folk according to the seasons. According to legend, people in Suzhou eat wonton on the winter solstice to commemorate the beauty of Xishi. In Han Dynasty, Hun clan and Tun clan were two leaders of Hun clan, which were very ferocious.
The common people hated it so much that they wrapped it with meat stuffing, took the sound of "Hun" and "Tun" and called it "wonton". Hate to eat, and seek to put down the war, to live a peaceful life. Because wonton was first made on the day of the winter solstice, families eat wonton on the day of the winter solstice.
No matter the legend is true or not, the nutritional value of wonton is still relatively high. The biggest advantage of wonton is that it has a full range of protein, stuffing and skin, which can play a complementary role in protein and improve the nutritional value of a single food.
Wonton stuffing is generally composed of shrimp, pork, vegetables, ginger, etc. Vegetables can be mushrooms, cabbage, celery and so on. You can choose at will according to your taste. Wonton soup can be added with chicken soup, laver soup, or tomato soup. For breakfast, wonton is nutritious and appetizing. If feel to eat wonton too drab only, might as well match a little dish according to own taste, nutrition is balanced, energy is sufficient.
4, dumplings
There is a saying: 'on October 1st, when the winter solstice comes, every family eats dumplings. '. Why eat dumplings on the winter solstice. It is said that this custom was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, the "doctor saint".
Now there are all kinds of frozen dumplings in the market, but the atmosphere of making dumplings by yourself is less. It is recommended to make dumplings with your family, safe and nutritious. When many people mix dumpling stuffing, they think it's not enough to only put meat flavor, but also add a lot of oil. We should pay attention to taste and health, so we should order until the end.
Many people are used to putting more fat when making dumplings. They think it's delicious, but the saturated fat content in the fat is often higher, which is harmful to health. And according to the principle of dietary acid-base balance, the 'acidic' meat should be balanced with the 'alkaline' vegetable raw materials, so it is better to match one meat with two vegetables.
Only by increasing the amount of vegetables can we reduce the intake of saturated fat and calories, and achieve a true nutritional balance. It is suggested that we should use less fat in the filling, mainly lean meat. It is better not to add animal oil and vegetable oil.
5. Congee with red beans
Porridge is one of the traditional diet methods in our country. People in our country have the customs of eating red bean porridge on the winter solstice, eating "Laba porridge" on the eighth day of the lunar month and eating "Babao porridge" on the 25th day of the lunar month. In the freezing winter, a bowl of hot porridge warm all over the body can not only dispel the cold, but also provide nutrition. If some medicine food is added into it, it can also cure the disease, which can be said to have many benefits.
As the old saying goes, 'on the winter solstice, we cook porridge with red beans. We can eat it together. It's immune. "It means that on the day of winter solstice, if the family gather to eat porridge cooked with red bean, the plague of this year can be avoided. Generally speaking, the ratio of rice to red bean porridge is 3:1.
Take 100 grams of red beans, 300 grams of Japonica rice, add a little brown sugar and cook porridge with water. Red bean is called "the valley of the heart" by Li Shizhen. This porridge has the functions of clearing the heart and nourishing the mind, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach, benefiting the water and swelling, reducing weight and beauty. It is suitable for such diseases as upset, spleen deficiency and edema, lower limb moisture, poor urination, loose stools, obesity and lack of postpartum milk.
6. Radish.
Folk saying: 'winter solstice turnip summer solstice ginger, timely eating without pain. 'again:' in winter, radish is better than ginseng. Therefore, it is most nourishing to eat radish in the winter solstice. It is suitable for stewing a pot of hot radish ribs soup on the winter solstice night to supplement nutrition, nourish the body and enhance the cold resistance.
Radish contains protein, sugar, vitamin A, vitamin C, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and so on. Radish contains saccharifying enzyme and mustard oil, which is very beneficial to human digestion. This function of radish makes it win the reputation of "little ginseng".
Experts especially remind that although white radish has a good digestive function, but because of its cool nature, spleen and stomach deficiency cold, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer patients should not eat a lot. White radish can't be eaten with his brother 'carrot', but also avoid eating with oranges, because they can generate thiocyanate, which will prevent thyroid from taking iodine and easily induce goiter.