In fact, Laba porridge is not equal to Babao porridge.
All kinds of miscellaneous grains in Laba porridge represent all kinds of food harvested by farming. Laba porridge is drunk on Laba Festival to let people taste the hard work of a year, and its materials are different due to different crops from different places of origin.
Therefore, Laba porridge has rich cultural connotations.
The eight-treasure porridge is based on health care and nourishing, so people can eat it anytime and anywhere, unlike Laba porridge, which is eaten only on special holidays.
Is Babao porridge the same as Laba porridge? Is Laba porridge Babao porridge?
Laba porridge and Babao porridge used to be different, but now they are gradually converging. In essence, Laba porridge is not eight-treasure porridge, because Laba porridge has rich cultural connotations, forming a very interesting diet custom, and the ingredients are different because of the different crops produced in different provinces and cities, so it is specially eaten on Laba day. The eight-treasure porridge is mainly nourishing and can be eaten all year round.
Now the items are rich, and the contents of Laba porridge and Babao porridge have changed more. The actual difference between Laba porridge and Babao porridge is very small.
Now, we are used to calling Laba porridge eight-treasure porridge, which means that many kinds of nutritious ingredients are needed to make this porridge.
Here is a special method of making eight-treasure porridge. First, cook glutinous rice, millet, sorghum, chestnuts, dried dates, peanuts, almonds, walnuts, melon seeds and other dried fruits together, and then add brown sugar. The porridge made in this way is not only delicious, but also nutritious. You can also add red beans, kidney beans, pine nuts, lotus seeds, or other nutritious or delicious things.
In this way, you will find that there are far more than eight ingredients in porridge. In fact, there are almost no restrictions on the ingredients used in eight-treasure porridge. "Eight" here simply means "many". No wonder eight-treasure porridge is considered as a kind of health food, which is especially beneficial to the spleen, stomach and blood. For many people, now the eight-treasure porridge recipe has become a common meal. In fact, this delicious porridge with full color, fragrance and taste is not only eaten on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, but can be bought everywhere in the market and enjoyed all year round.