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Cantonese people like soup very much. Why?
In Guangdong's food culture, soup occupies an important position. Whether eating at home or going out to eat out, a soup is an essential highlight. Did the Cantonese say it themselves? It is better not to eat vegetables than not to drink soup. Housewives often have unique skills in cooking soup. Guangdong people's love for soup is of course due to traditional factors, but the first and most important reason is related to the local geography and climate.

1. Habits formed in hot and humid climate. There are many books in China about them. Lingnan summer heat? According to records, Guangdong has not only a hot climate since ancient times, but also a high humidity. There were no appliances such as air conditioners and refrigerators before. When people are in a sultry environment for a long time, it is easy to feel thirsty and their appetite will be greatly affected.

In order to replenish water and dissipate heat, and to stimulate appetite before eating staple food, Cantonese people gradually formed the habit of loving soup.

They think that soup is nutritious and has the effect of nourishing and removing fire. Drinking a small bowl of soup first will also be beneficial to digestion and absorption. Over time, the local formed? No soup, no table? People are eager to study the methods of making various soups. There are more delicious soups, and more and more people like to drink them.

The popular drinking soup in Guangdong is similar to the popular herbal tea, and both are living habits gradually formed under special climatic environment.

Second, Cantonese people pay attention to soup. Cantonese people not only love soup, but also are good at making soup. In order to get a good soup, they are often willing to spend hours.

They often use casseroles and jars with slow and uniform heat transfer to make soup, and simmer slowly. There's a local proverb? Three stews and four stews? In other words, it takes at least three hours to make soup. They think the pursuit of time? Quick soup? The practice is just to cook the ingredients, and the nutrition and flavor are not in place, which is not worthy of praise.

What should I do if the cooking time is too long and the meat and vegetables are stewed? According to the concept of Cantonese cuisine, the essence of a pot of soup has reached the soup after a small fire. At this time, they ordered all the meat dishes in the soup? Soup residue? , is not the best part.

Third, punctuality, the effect of soup, Guangdong people pay attention to soup, and there is another performance, that is, the variety of soup will change on time.

Seasonal? There are two meanings, one is what seasonal ingredients are available in the market at this time, and the other is what kind of nourishment the human body needs in the current climate. Therefore, with the change of seasonal climate, the ingredients used in soup, the medicinal materials added and the efficacy of soup will be different, such as eliminating dampness, clearing fire, nourishing, detoxifying and beautifying. , you can choose to match according to your personal situation.