1 Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is popular in the south, while northerners eat jiaozi.
Eating dumplings on the winter solstice is especially popular in Jiangnan. "Tangyuan" is an essential food in the winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection", and eating tangyuan in the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or to give gifts to relatives and friends.
Northerners eat jiaozi on the winter solstice. According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, saw the frozen people when he retired from his old age, so he used mutton, some cold-dispelling herbs and dough to wrap them in the shape of ears, made a medicine called "cold-dispelling and ear-correcting soup" and gave it to the people. Later, on the winter solstice, people imitated eating and formed a custom.
2. The customs of the Lantern Festival are different all over the country. The Lantern Festival is "rolled" in the north and the dumplings are "wrapped" in the south. It expresses people's love for family reunion.
Cook yuanxiao:
1, first boil the water, then put down the frozen glutinous rice balls and turn to a low heat, so as not to let the water boil. ?
2. If the water boils, add some cold water to it, gently push the dumplings without stirring hard, and they will break when stirred hard. You can eat them when they are cooked until they float on the water.
3. Frozen glutinous rice balls will not melt quickly after being taken out of the refrigerator. If there is ice on the glutinous rice balls, it is recommended to properly melt them first, otherwise the cooked glutinous rice balls will not taste good. ?
4. It is best to use a stainless steel pot. First, put appropriate water on the fire and heat it. When the water is about to boil, slowly slide the dumplings along the pot edge, and then slowly stir them with a spoon. Don't push the dumplings, because it may push the dumplings.