The traditional food for Laba Festival includes Laba porridge, Laba vinegar, Laba garlic, ice, Laba tofu and so on.

1. Laba porridge

Laba porridge, also known as "seven treasures and five flavors porridge", "Buddha porridge" and "everyone's rice", is a kind of porridge made of various ingredients. The origin of the custom of drinking Laba porridge on Laba day is related to the story of Buddha becoming a Buddha. Therefore, Li Fu, a scholar in Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "The porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month came from the kingdom of Brahma, and the seven treasures were beautifully blended, and the five flavors were fragrant."

2. Laba vinegar

Laba vinegar is a traditional custom of Laba Festival. The custom of soaking garlic with vinegar on Laba day is called Laba vinegar. Laba vinegar should be soaked in the first day of the Lunar New Year, and you should eat jiaozi on the first day, and you should be a vegetarian in jiaozi. You should take a vegetarian diet for one year and dip it in Laba vinegar, which will give you a unique taste. "Laba vinegar" not only tastes mellow, but also does not go bad for a long time.

3. Laba garlic

From the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting worse every day. In most parts of North China, the custom of soaking garlic with vinegar is called Laba garlic. Laba garlic is brewed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is a custom in North China. Its materials are vinegar and garlic cloves.

4. Eating ice

On the day before Laba, people usually use steel pots to scoop water to freeze, and when it comes to Laba, they will remove the ice and break it into pieces. It is said that the ice on this day is magical, and eating it will not cause a stomachache in the next year.

5. Laba Tofu

Laba Tofu is one of the traditional folk snacks in yi county, Anhui Province, and it is a holiday custom. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household has to bake tofu, which is called "Laba tofu" by the people.

what are the above references? Baidu Encyclopedia-Laba Festival