According to folklore, "Xiao Han eats mutton and Da Han eats radish". Slight cold is the coldest time of the year, and mutton is also a very popular traditional food in the slight cold solar terms. Mutton is the most cost-effective warm food, which can not only keep out the cold, but also benefit the body. If you add some angelica, yam and carrot to mutton and cook it together, it won't get angry and you can spend a warm winter.

Step 2 eat laba porridge

Because the time of Laba Festival is between mild cold and severe cold, many places have the custom of eating Laba porridge on this mild cold day. There are many ingredients in Laba porridge, including yellow rice, Redmi, white rice, millet, water chestnut rice, chestnuts, red beans and jujube paste. Boil in water and add peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, brown sugar and white sugar.

Step 3 eat soybean sprouts

In traditional folk customs, Tianjin people used to like to eat soybean sprouts in a cold weather. Soybean sprouts, also known as Woxin cabbage, belong to a group of Chinese cabbage. In ancient times, soybean sprouts were valuable new vegetables planted in greenhouses in the north and in the open field in the south, and harvested in autumn and winter. Coupled with the limited conditions in ancient times, people will come up with the idea of eating soybean sprouts to make up for the lack of vegetables in winter.

Step 4 eat glutinous rice

As the saying goes, "slight cold and severe cold have no wind and cold", and it is popular in Guangdong to eat glutinous rice to drive away the cold. Besides glutinous rice, bacon, sausage and peanuts, traditional preserved meat also includes mushrooms, dried shrimps, scallops, coriander, barbecued pork and squid. Generally, Xiao Han and Da Han eat glutinous rice in the morning, but because they have no time to go to school and work, they eat it at night instead.

Step 5 eat vegetable rice

In ancient times, Nanjing people paid special attention to slight cold, but with the passage of time, it has gradually faded now. However, the custom of eating vegetable rice in the slight cold season is still very popular. In poor families or difficult times, vegetable rice is rice cooked with vegetables and salt. If conditions are good, it will be served with bacon, sausage, ham, diced salted duck, chopped with some ginger and cooked with glutinous rice. It is very delicious.