Most people will realize that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the precipitation is getting more and more, and the climate is changeable, so they should pay more attention to health in the next summer and prepare for heatstroke prevention and cooling. The following is a picture of the traditional food that Xiaoman eats.
What traditional food does Xiaoman eat? Picture 1 1, Bitter vegetables.
Spring breeze blows, bitter vegetables grow, and wasteland is a granary. Bitter vegetables are one of the earliest edible wild vegetables in China. Bitter vegetables taste bitter, but better than jejunum. Bitter vegetables are astringent in bitterness, sweet in astringency, refreshing in freshness, tender in coolness and rich in nutrition. They contain many vitamins, minerals, choline, sugar, riboflavin and mannitol needed by human body, and have the functions of clearing away heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. In medicine, sowthistle is often used to treat fever, and the ancients also used it to sober up.
People in Ningxia like to cook bitter vegetables, wash them and eat them with salt, vinegar, spicy oil or garlic paste to make them cool and spicy, and eat steamed bread and rice, which greatly increases their appetite. Pickling bitter vegetables in yellow rice soup is also useful. It tastes sour and sweet, crisp and refreshing. Some people also boil bitter vegetables with boiling water, and squeeze out bitter juice to make soup, stuffing, stir-fry and cook noodles, each with its own flavor.
2, bitter gourd
Momordica charantia is a good food in summer, which is rich in nutrients, mainly containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and other nutrients. Immature tender fruit as a vegetable, mature pulp can be eaten raw, cold, fried meat and grilled fish, crisp and refreshing, with unique flavor.
Bitter gourd has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, clearing away heat and pathogenic factors, relieving fatigue, clearing away heart fire and improving eyesight, benefiting qi and strengthening yang. Momordica charantia contains protein in addition to bitter quinine. It is found that protein can stimulate immune cells and has anti-cancer effect.
3. Lycium barbarum seedlings
Lycium barbarum seedlings are also called wolfberry tips. Chinese medicine believes that Lycium barbarum seedlings are cool, sweet and bitter, and have the functions of clearing away heat, nourishing yin and improving eyesight. It is suitable for treating fever due to yin deficiency, thirst, hand and foot fever, liver and kidney deficiency, dry eyes, toothache due to deficiency of fire, etc. Pick the tender seedlings of Lycium barbarum and put them in vegetarian soup to cook or cook soup to refresh yourself and get rid of summer heat; In order to taste delicious, stir-fry Lycium barbarum seedlings until half-cooked, then pour in the egg paste (add salt, pepper and oil before beating the egg paste and mix well), stir-fry until golden and half-burnt, and serve with porridge, which is delicious.
4.dandelion
Dandelion, also known as Veronica, Dictyophora and so on. , a whole grass with roots of Taraxacum mongolicum, a compositae plant, is widely distributed all over the country. Dandelion is a nutritious vegetable, which mainly contains protein, fat, carotene, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dandelion is sweet, bitter and cold, and enters the liver and stomach meridians, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping diarrhea, benefiting gallbladder, protecting liver, strengthening stomach and lowering blood pressure.
In order to reduce the bitter taste of dandelion, dandelion can be washed, boiled in boiling water or salt water for 5-8 minutes, then soaked in water for several hours, and then the bitter taste is leached and washed, and then soup or porridge is cooked.
What traditional food does Xiaoman eat? Fig. 2 Bitter vegetables
"Spring breeze blows, bitter vegetables grow, and wasteland is a granary." In the season of Xiaoman, the diet should be light, but in the past, all kinds of wild vegetables, including bitter vegetables, were on the market. Therefore, on this day, people have the custom of eating wild vegetables and bitter vegetables and clearing away heat and toxic materials. People in Ningxia like to cook bitter vegetables, wash them cold, and eat them with salt, vinegar, spicy oil or garlic. Cold and spicy, just like steamed bread and rice, seem to increase people's appetite.
Maigao cake
Since ancient times, it has been said that Xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm god. Because there are many silkworms in the south, Xiaoman is an important time node for the hatching of young silkworms and the growth of mulberry leaves, so it pays more attention to "offering sacrifices to the silkworm god". At this time, people will use rice flour or flour as raw materials to make wheat cakes and wheat cakes shaped like cocoons and enjoy them together, hoping for a bumper harvest of cocoons.
cactus
Perhaps few people have eaten this plant, but cactus has high development value, unique fragrance, rich nutrition, contains many essential amino acids and trace elements, and can enhance human immunity. When making cactus, first remove the small thorns, choose a sharp thin kitchen knife, easily remove the small thorns, and peel them properly to make them taste better.
What does Xiao Man mean?
The solar term is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in summer. Xiaoman-refers to the summer crops with full seeds, but not yet mature, just small and not yet full. Every year from May 20th to 22nd, when the sun reaches 60 degrees, it is in full bloom.
Twenty-four solar terms: "In mid-April, things are small and full." At this time, the seeds of summer sowing crops such as wheat in the north have begun to be full, but they are not yet mature, which is about the late stage of milk ripening, so it is called Xiaoman.
Agricultural proverbs in southern China give Xiaoman a new meaning: "Xiaoman is not satisfied with the broken ridge"; "Little people are full of discontent, regardless of mangoes." The word "full" is used to describe the amount of rain, and it is pointed out that if there is not enough water in the field when it is full, the ridge may crack and even rice cannot be planted when it is planted.
China has a large geographical span between north and south, and there are obvious differences in climate, agricultural production, main crop varieties and their growth conditions. In Heshui Zuo, rice seedlings were transplanted in Woye, south of the Yangtze River, and wheat bran was grouted in the north of the Yangtze River. West Lake people are hospitable, and tea merchants bring silk merchants. This sentence tells about the production and growth of rice and wheat on both sides of the river in Xiaoman season, including the commercial activities of famous tea and silk producing areas.
What traditional food does Xiaoman eat? Fig. 3 Xiaoman eats wax gourd.
Winter melon and onion are suitable for small season. Xiaoman solar terms are easy to feel sultry and unbearable, and it is easy to produce symptoms such as dry mouth and dry stool. Wax gourd has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, removing swelling and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and relieving annoyance, and is suitable for summer heat, polydipsia, edema, dysuria, thirst-quenching drinking water, water vapor edema, dyspnea, etc. Onion has the effects of regulating stomach qi, eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm and detoxicating, and is suitable for chest tightness, excessive expectoration and dysuria. These two kinds of vegetables are also common foods at home.
Xiaoman eats purslane.
Every year in Xiaoman, many people eat wild vegetables. Bitter vegetables are wild vegetables, and purslane is also a kind of wild vegetables. Portulaca oleracea is fresh and bitter with thick leaves. Portulaca oleracea grows extremely vigorously in this season. Fresh Portulaca oleracea can be used to make cold salad and steamed stuffed bun, or baked into vegetable cake with a little batter.
Portulaca oleracea vegetable cake is a common practice. Wash and chop Portulaca oleracea, mix in proper amount of flour and water, then beat in an egg, add salt and thirteen spices to taste, take out a batter with appropriate thickness, brush a layer of oil on the pan, spread the batter evenly on the bottom of the pan, and simmer slowly. When the vegetable cake is cooked and slightly yellow on both sides, it can be served. Dip some garlic juice when you eat it, so it has no flavor. In daily life, eating some wild vegetables is also good for your health.
Xiaoman eats crucian carp
Fish is a kind of food that many people like, because it is rich in nutritional value and low in protein and fat. Crucian carp is a very common fish, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis. Crucian carp can be braised, boiled and steamed. When the season is full, crucian carp and tofu are cooked together. The soup is delicious, fragrant and nutritious, which makes people full of praise.