1, duck. The traditional dietary custom of Nanjing people is to eat ducks in summer. Ducks, especially the duck in the cooked area of Jiangning Lake in Nanjing, are the most sought after. It is reported that the ducks there are sweet and cold, fat and thin. If there is no time, the old Nanjing people will go to the deli to buy half a duck to go home; People who are free will stew "radish old duck pot" at home or make "braised duck pieces" for their neighbors. This is what the saying goes, send ducks in summer to save everyone.

2. longan. When the "summer heat" comes, the "summer heat" is over. Old Fuzhou no longer drinks herbal tea after the heat, but eats more things that "replenish qi" and "replenish blood". Old Fuzhou used to eat longan, peeled and soaked in porridge.

3. White ball. In addition, another food that old Fuzhou eats in summer is white meatballs. White meatballs are actually dumplings. The method is simple. Knead glutinous rice flour into small particles, cook soup, add some sugar and taste sweet, which can not only supplement carbohydrates, but also solve the problem of greasy mouth in summer.

4. herbal tea. The custom of decocting medicinal tea in summer has been popular since the Tang Dynasty. In summer, every household has the habit of frying herbal tea. First go to the drugstore to make a prescription, and then cook tea at home, which means that eating something "bitter" in autumn is quite good for clearing away heat and fire, resolving food stagnation and removing lung heat.

5. Sour plum soup. In the sixties and seventies of last century, there were tea stalls selling sour plum soup in the streets and alleys of Wenzhou city, so there was a proverb that "sour plum soup is extinct in midsummer". Making sour plum soup is very simple. Soak dried plums in boiling water at night and add rock sugar. After cooking and cooling, put it into a wooden ice bucket with a cover to reduce its temperature. It tastes sour and sweet, sweet and slightly salty, and tastes good.