The hot weather in summer affects appetite. It is a folk custom to weigh yourself in early autumn and compare it with that in long summer. Losing weight is a "bitter summer". You should eat something good in early autumn to replenish your weight. This is autumn fertilizer.

Shandong: Eat "Three Slags"

In some places of Shandong Peninsula, it is popular to eat "dregs" in beginning of autumn (some places are called small tofu, tofu), which is a kind of small tofu made of bean curd and vegetables. There is a saying that "adults and children don't vomit or pull after eating the dregs of beginning of autumn". Add chopped green onion to fresh tofu and stir fry. In Shandong, people really want to eat "dregs" when they are in beginning of autumn. But there are three kinds of "slag" around Qingdao, commonly known as "three slag".

"One residue" is meat residue, which mainly refers to fat residue. After the working people can't stand the hot "bitter summer", they can only meet the busy autumn by eating meat residue to supplement their energy. Well, it's Qiu Fei. I can't help being fat.

"Two dregs" are bean dregs, which can be classified as high-ticket, mainly referring to small tofu and the like. "After eating the dregs of beginning of autumn, adults and children don't spit or pull." (PS: In Shandong, the elderly basically make small tofu, and there will be that kind of small stone mill at home. Soak the soybeans overnight, then grind them into bean dregs with water in a small stone mill, stir-fry or steam them casually, and the small tofu will be ready. )

This "three dregs" is vegetable dregs. Generally refers to jiaozi, where vegetables are chopped to make stuffing. As for why the vegetable residue is wrapped in jiaozi … Imagine a lump of green vegetable paste … Do you want to eat it? Actually, that's not the point The focus is on China people's jiaozi plot.

Northeast China: jiaozi

Northeast beginning of autumn eats braised pork and jiaozi. Delicious but jiaozi, meat and vegetable collocation, comprehensive nutrition, a bite, easy to absorb.

Beijing: Stewed meat

Beginning of autumn pays attention to eating meat, while Hui people buy beef and mutton, while Han people buy pork, mostly stewed meat, supplemented by various seasonings and Chinese herbal medicines, which is both satisfying and nourishing. As for deli, elbow is the best seller. In our family, we use all kinds of meat and stuffing to satisfy our desire, and the dishes are also Sichuan cuisine.

Guangdong: Autumn wind, eating bacon.

What is bacon?

Bacon is a kind of finished product which is cured, air-dried or smoked. Generally, there are many kinds in Guangdong, such as bacon, sausage and preserved duck. What they have in common is salty, sweet and fragrant. But it tastes different.

Bacon is not unique to Guangdong, but also exists in Sichuan, Hubei and other regions. I have eaten Sichuan sausage, which is very different from Guangdong sausage. Guangdong's is not so spicy, salty and hard.

The method is simple: put polished rice and water in the pot. After the water dries, add bacon, sausage and duck, add shredded ginger and onion, stew for 10 minute, and pour in light soy sauce before serving.

Taiwan Province Province: Longan Meat

It is recorded in the General History and Customs Records of Taiwan Province Province that the spring cattle were planted in beginning of autumn the day before in the old Taiwan Province Province, and placed outside the eastern suburbs, which was called the spring cattle. Men and women are full of clothes, and the clothes are fragrant and the shadows are loud. Spring cattle crossing the road, children touching their ears or flogging their bodies will be blessed. If the Spring Festival is at the beginning of the year, it will be particularly hot and peaceful. "

Beginning of autumn solar term is also the rich period of longan in Taiwan Province. People believe that after eating longan meat, future generations will become big officials, and longan is also called "Fuyuan", so there is a saying: after eating longan, future generations will be the best.

Yancheng, Jiangsu: touching autumn

On beginning of autumn night, there is a custom of "touching autumn" in the north of Yancheng.

On this night, people can touch all kinds of melons and fruits in private or collective melon gardens, commonly known as "touching autumn". People who lose "Qiu" don't curse, no matter how much they lose. This custom began in the Yuan Dynasty.

According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a peasant uprising army appeared in the Huaihe River Basin. The soldiers who participated in the uprising were all farmers. They suffered greatly from the soldiers of the yuan army and hated them deeply. This team has strict discipline, and Qiu has never committed a crime wherever he goes. One day, the rebels moved to the bank of Huaihe River, and it was inconvenient to disturb the people in the middle of the night, so they camped in the open air in the wilderness. Several soldiers were so hungry that they picked some melons and fruits in the field to satisfy their hunger. This matter was discovered by the Commander-in-Chief, and Tian Ming was prepared to punish those people. After the villagers learned about it, they pleaded with the coach. In order to excuse the soldiers' mistakes, an old man casually said, "Don't touch the autumn in August and steal things." The soldiers were pardoned for this. That day happened to be the beginning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and since then, there has been the custom of "touching autumn".

Autumn is a mature season, and all kinds of melons and fruits in the fields are fragrant, which makes people drool early. Everyone is eager to have a good addiction at the touch of autumn. Many families want to leave some ripe fruits in the fields for people to touch autumn.