Red sticky porridge
After the heavy snow, the temperature gradually became cold. People pay great attention to indoor and outdoor warmth, and put on winter clothes to prevent freezing and frostbite. There is a folk saying in northern Shandong that "people only drink red sticky porridge", which means that when it is cold, they no longer visit their homes, but only drink warm sweet potato porridge at home.
Porridge can replenish the spleen and stomach, moisten and nourish the lungs, and is an excellent choice for health preservation. Millet porridge has the effects of nourishing yin and blood, harmonizing stomach and calming nerves, while sweet potato is also called "tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin", which makes people "live longer and have fewer diseases".
Bean soup
"Take your time, people who eat sugar, rest with a large group of people." Every time before and after the "heavy snow" solar term, there will be a scene of "changing sugar" on the streets of Wenzhou. Full-page caramel produced by caramel workshops all over the country is provided to small vendors who are responsible for walking the streets, commonly known as "sugar customers".
The "sugar customer" is holding a sugar knife and shouting to sell sugar. Children are often attracted, so parents will exchange their copper scraps, copper coins and other items with "sugar customers" for caramel. Because eating caramel in winter has the benefits of nourishing the body, this "sugar exchange" has also developed into a commercial operation mode.
mutton
"Tonifying in winter, killing tigers in spring", heavy snow reminds people to start tonic, and the role of tonic is to improve human immune function, promote metabolism, improve the phenomenon of chills and spend the winter healthily. Old Nanjing loves to eat mutton in snowy days, which can dispel cold and nourish, replenish qi and deficiency, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and enhance cold resistance. Mutton can also increase digestive enzymes and help digestion. Experts suggest that eating mutton in winter can be matched with yam and medlar, which is more nutritious.
As for the northern nationalities, it's quite cold at this time. For example, there is a saying in Baotou that "light snow kills pigs and heavy snow kills sheep". When the snow season comes, it is time to kill pigs and prepare for the new year's goods. At this time, no matter who slaughters livestock, relatives and friends will come to help, and the host will prepare dining tables and side dishes. Therefore, the light snow season is a time for family and friends to catch up and contact their feelings.
dog meat
As the saying goes, "sell dog meat by hanging sheep's head", in fact, Wenzhou people have always said that "winter meat warms the stomach", and this fragrant meat is dog meat. The middle of winter is the best time to eat dog meat for tonic. In Daming Materia Medica, it is recorded that "the yellow dog is beneficial to people, and the residual color is slightly supplemented".
It is said that a child who is weak and drowned in bed can recover after eating dog meat once or twice. In the past, many people in Wenzhou gave dog meat as a complementary product of maternal love.
Don't forget to eat "three snows" during the snowy solar term.
After the heavy snow and solar terms, the cold and dry weather will make people feel uncomfortable. Experts suggest that eating some dishes and folk remedies based on Saussurea involucrata root, cabbage and Sydney in the snowy solar term will play a certain health care role.
Saussurea involucrata root: antidiarrheal and semen fixation
Saussurea involucrata root is a kind of lotus root, which is named after "white as snow". Saussurea involucrata root contains starch, protein, asparagine, vitamin C and oxidase. Eating it raw is helpful to treat tuberculosis, hemoptysis, gonorrhea, nosebleed and other diseases. Cooked food has the effects of invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, stopping diarrhea and solidifying essence. Eating some lotus root porridge in moderation in snowy solar terms has a good nourishing effect.
Xuecai: refreshing.
From the point of view of TCM dietotherapy, Xuecai belongs to warm and sweet vegetables, and the twelve meridians belongs to liver, stomach and kidney. Cabbage also contains carotene and a lot of edible cellulose, which can prevent constipation, especially suitable for the elderly and habitual constipation.
Sydney: Relieve one's worries and thirst
It is easy to cause lung dryness and cough when heavy snow and solar terms alternate. If the symptoms of this kind of people are mild, they may wish to make Sydney cream under the guidance of Chinese medicine. She introduced that Sydney has the effects of nourishing body fluid, moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. Originated in Hebei, it has high medicinal value. It is a good material for making "Sydney cream".