First, the old melon fresh lotus leaf soup
In Guangdong, especially in the Pearl River Delta, almost every household cooks summer soup in summer or hot weather. Old wax gourd fresh lotus leaf soup for relieving summer heat is a traditional folk diet soup in Guangdong, which is mainly composed of old wax gourd, fresh lotus leaf and red bean.
Second, cold vegetarian dishes
Southerners like to eat all kinds of cold vegetarian dishes before and after the summer solar terms. Most of them are simple and economical dishes, such as bean sprouts, tofu, beans, etc., which have a crisp taste and can arouse people's appetite. There are three kinds of cold-mixed kelp, green pepper and red pepper flavored with soy sauce, vinegar and Jiang Mo, which are the best wines in summer.
Third, drink ginger tea.
Drying ginger, drinking ginger tea and eating ginger juice to adjust eggs are the dietary customs of Taizhou people in midsummer. Because ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, it is passed down from generation to generation. Taiwan Province people like eating Cao Xian and pineapple very much in summer. It is said that pineapple is the best at this time, and Cao Xian is also a famous local snack, which has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials.
Fourth, drink tea.
After the summer heat, one of people's summer habits is drinking tea, especially in Jiangxi and other places. People have the custom of drinking tea in summer, and many people will make dried mume in the backyard into mume tea.
Five, old duck soup
The formula widely circulated in the north and south is the tonic for old ducks in summer. After the old duck is slowly stewed, add lotus root, wax gourd, Gordon Euryale seed and coix seed to make soup to relieve the heat and keep fit. Old duck is a good tonic in summer, which is not only rich in nutrition, but also has the effects of nourishing the yang of the five internal organs, clearing away the heat of fatigue, nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production because it lives in water all the year round.
6.broiler chicken
Southerners have the habit of eating chicken in summer. A traditional folk tonic method is to eat broilers in summer. Broilers contain a certain amount of growth hormone, which is beneficial to growing children and middle-aged and elderly people with decreased hormone levels. When making, appropriate amount of ginger is added to adjust the temperature difference between inside and outside the human body in summer, so that the human body can adapt to the external environment and play the role of eliminating dampness and strengthening the body.