What traditional food do you eat at the vernal equinox?
1, spring vegetables
In the past, there was a custom in the four cities (now Heshan is the five cities) called "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox". "Spring vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "Artemisia chun". On the vernal equinox, the whole village went to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the wild, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm.
Picked spring vegetables are usually boiled with fish fillets at home, which is called "spring soup". There is a jingle that says, "Spring soup is dirty, but it washes the liver and intestines. The whole family is safe and healthy. " Since the spring of the year, people still pray for peace and health at home.
The custom of eating spring vegetables has continued until now. Spring vegetables vary from place to place. As the name implies, spring vegetables are spring vegetables. Eating more vegetables at this time can not only supplement nutrition, but also play a role in health care. Spring seasonal dishes include leeks that nourish yin and strengthen yang; Bean sprouts, lettuce, onion, bean sprouts, garlic sprouts, etc.
2. Little carrots
Yangzhou people also have the custom of eating spring rolls stuffed with buns or shredded radish at the vernal equinox. At this time, eating radish can not only ventilate up and down, but also play a role in getting rid of diseases and solving difficulties.
Bowling is also called bean powder cake. Among all kinds of vegetables for health care in spring, radish has the best effect. White radish has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, regulating qi and promoting digestion, and resolving phlegm. Raw radish tends to clear away heat and promote fluid production, while cooked radish tends to promote qi and digestion. Can be used for preventing symptoms such as cough due to excessive phlegm, sore throat, anorexia, abdominal distension, constipation, etc. Modern medicine believes that radish has a good diuretic effect, and the cellulose it contains can also promote defecation and help to lose weight. If you want to detoxify with radish, you can choose raw food, juice, cold salad or pickling.
Folks believe that "radish is hot in the head, dry in the tail and just right in the waist", and experts also remind that radish is eaten in sections and has different nutrition: the top of radish contains the most vitamin C, and it is appropriate to stir-fry and cook soup; The middle part has high sugar content and can be shredded and cold; The tail is spicy, containing amylase and mustard oil, which is suitable for pickling and mixing ... Usually, when the family is small, a big radish can't be eaten at one time, so you can cut it vertically and eat half, so that the head, waist and tail of the radish are all in the dish, and the nutrition is balanced.
Step 3 scroll around
According to the custom of old Beijing, in order to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings, the spring equinox will eat snowballing usury. The origin of snowballing usury is unusual, and its processing materials include rhubarb rice noodles, soybeans, red bean paste, sugar, sesame oil, osmanthus fragrans, green shredded pork and melon seeds, which are enough to meet the requirements of diversification of food materials in the Nutritional Dietary Guide. Its production is divided into three processes: blank making, filling and molding. "Snowball Donkey" is wrapped in bean flour, golden in color, sweet with bean flavor, soft and unique, and it is a delicious food suitable for all ages.
There is no doubt that soybeans are the main raw materials. Plus typical protein complementary foods such as bean stuffing. Every 100 grams of snowball contains 194 calories of heat; Protein 8.2 grams; 0.2g of fat and 4 1.8g of carbohydrate. In addition, it also contains micronutrients such as vitamins and calcium.
However, I also want to remind you that although snowballing is delicious and has good nutritional value, don't eat too much. After all, there is a lot of sugar in it. If you eat too much, your energy will exceed the standard, and your blood sugar will easily rise. In addition, it is not easy to digest soft waxy ingredients if they are ingested too much. Therefore, as a traditional food, snowballing usury can be tasted in festivals and has endless aftertaste.
4. Sun Cake
Sun cakes, step by step. According to the custom of old Beijing, on the vernal equinox, you should worship the sun god and "please" eat sun cakes. Sun cake is not only a tribute of the vernal equinox, but also a seasonal food, which means "the sun is high". Not only does "sun cake" mean beauty, but the setting of glutinous rice and stuffing also conforms to the health care concept of "preserving acid and sweetening" in spring.
Generally, sun cakes are made of glutinous rice and sugar, with a red rice watermark supporting a hairy statue of a three-legged chicken (golden rooster), or a "golden bird round light" pressed by a mold to represent the sun god. Sun cakes are served in a bowl of five yuan each, with noodles one inch high on them to rub chicken. I am very happy.
This "sun cake" is made of glutinous rice and stuffed with jujube paste. Add white melon seeds and secret osmanthus in the stuffing to pray for a bumper harvest in the new year. The spring equinox solar terms are mild and sunny, so we should eat some glutinous rice and red dates properly to adjust the balance of body functions and adapt to the changes of solar terms.
Matters needing attention in vernal equinox diet
1, nourish the liver and drink less in spring.
2. Eat more seasonal dishes.
Step 3 give your stomach a vacation
The above is my introduction to what traditional food to eat at the vernal equinox. Everybody learn quickly and eat together at the vernal equinox.