Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China, which falls on the fifth day of May every year. It originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena and evolved from the worship of dragons in ancient China. The Dragon Boat Festival connection covers the contents of China's ancient ideology and culture, humanistic philosophy and other instant noodles, and inherits the folk culture of China. It is an important festival among the traditional festivals in China.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, two things are essential, that is, dragon boat racing and eating zongzi. Dragon boat races have not been held for several years because of the epidemic. However, the custom of eating zongzi has not been depressed by the epidemic.
For me, a pure northerner, the most classic is the taste of candied dates! I don't know why, but I only like the faint jujube-scented zongzi. How many years have passed, and it hasn't changed. When I was a child, my mother wrapped jiaozi herself. Even if there are many kinds of jiaozi sold outside, it is not as delicious as one tenth of what my mother cooked.
Now that I'm grown up, I can make zongzi myself. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, I will consciously buy glutinous rice and zongzi leaves in the supermarket. In the past, my mother used to cook them in an ordinary pot, but I think zongzi can also be cooked in a pressure cooker, which can reduce a lot of time and energy and tastes no different from ordinary pots. Perhaps this is our new generation, which not only has a new concept in eating zongzi, but also tries novelty in practice.
When it comes to eating zongzi, my sister has changed the most. Now she prefers to eat meat zongzi. In fact, in recent years, the North has also begun to eat meat buns, especially all kinds of jiaozi sold online, which gives people a dazzling feeling. Since then, my sister's concept of eating zongzi has expanded. Her favorite is jiaozi with Jiaxing meat.
This kind of zongzi is actually a pork belly stuffed zongzi, just like a big meat steamed stuffed bun, which makes people drool. Pork belly is salted and then wrapped with glutinous rice. The stewed pork belly melts in the mouth, fat but not greasy. Jiaxing meat dumplings are famous all over the country. Its soft and waxy taste and salty pork belly stuffing always make people want to eat one.
At the same time, my baby prefers egg yolk dumplings. A few years ago, my sister bought some egg yolk dumplings for my family online. Although I'm not used to eating them, my baby tasted them with relish. Completely adapted to the taste of zongzi. Jiaozi with egg yolk and meat stuffing is an upgraded version of jiaozi with meat stuffing. Egg yolk is added on the basis of meat stuffing to make its taste and taste more layered. Jiaozi with minced meat is very fragrant, and the salty taste of egg yolk makes people want to stop.
In addition, Zongzi has changed a lot in recent years, and some wonderful flavors have refreshed our three views. From durian and pepper to spicy strips and snail powder, some people think it is a "dark dish" just by looking at the name.
Among them, durian zongzi is really unforgettable for a long time, mainly because it tastes too strong. It is made of durian and glutinous rice, which is sweet and pleasant. It is said that it tastes better after refrigeration.
There are also curry mustard lotus seed dumplings, matcha cranberry jam dumplings, bird's nest purple potato crystal dumplings, all of which are not unusual and circled with various ingredients. For example, jiaozi, a lotus seed with curry mustard, and jiaozi, a lotus seed with curry mustard, sounds totally unimaginable. Sweet coconut and delicious curry, plus more exciting mustard, can taste a variety of flavors, which perfectly explains what is the exotic flower in the heavy taste and the best of exotic flowers.
Zongzi, as a traditional food to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, is entrusted with people's wishes for a better life. No matter what kind of smell it is, it is our deep China feelings.