What are the dietary customs on the second day of February

Let's take a look at what to eat on the second day of February, why to eat these things, and what are some of the customs.

The second day of February dragon head to eat fried soybeans

The second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar, commonly known as "dragon head", folk have eaten in the custom of fried soybeans. In fact, eat more dry fried soybean on the body health will bring adverse effects. Because soybeans contain trypsin inhibitor, urease, hemagglutinin and other factors. Dry fried, popping soybean, these factors in the dry heat conditions and not be decomposed. Therefore, after eating dry-fried soybeans, these inhibitors can cause side effects, such as bloating of the stomach, affecting digestion and absorption functions. If greedy incense eat more, or fried outside the scorched inside, eat will also cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other toxic phenomena, which is mostly due to soybeans contain another saponin (is a ligand) caused by the mucous membranes, it has a strong stimulating effect. Cause local congestion, swelling and bleeding. This saponin can only be destroyed by heating to 100 ℃ and maintained for several minutes.

So, this custom can be reformed, boiled soybeans to eat better, not only can destroy those bad factors in soybeans. So that the nutrients of soybeans are easily absorbed by the body, but also improve the nutritional value of protein. If in order to maintain the custom of fried soybean to eat, you can first cook or steam soybeans, dry, in the second day of February and then add salt fried into salty soybeans. If you spray sugar juice can be fried into sugar beans to eat, there will be no side effects.

"February 2nd Dragon Heads Up Day" and "dragon" related to the four folk eat snacks

1, spring cake

Eating spring pancakes is called "eating dragon scales" is very graphic, a larger than the palm of the spring pancake is like a piece of dragon scales. Spring cake has toughness, rolled inside a lot of dishes. Such as soy sauce meat, elbow, smoked chicken, soy sauce duck, etc., cut into thin shreds with a knife, with several kinds of home-style fried vegetables such as shredded meat fried leeks and sprouts, shredded meat fried spinach, mung bean sprouts cooked in vinegar, veggie fried vermicelli, spreading eggs, etc., rolled into the spring pancake, dipped in thinly shredded green onions and drizzled with sesame oil to eat the noodle sauce, it is really fresh and refreshing. When eating spring pancakes, the whole family sits together, put the good spring pancakes in the steamer, eat as you take, hot, happy.

2, mustard rice

Lunar February 2 to eat mustard rice is the Wenzhou folk widely spread custom, and have "eaten mustard rice does not give birth to scabies," said. In the old days, the people live in poverty, health awareness is weak, coupled with the lack of medicine, skin diseases (such as scabies) patients, and easily infected. Mustard contains a large amount of chlorophyll and vitamin C. Regular consumption of vegetables rich in chlorophyll and vitamin C can improve their immune system, enhance resistance, and have a beneficial effect on human skin. Therefore, there is a "eat mustard rice does not have scabies," said.

It is said that this custom has an interesting legend. One day, Emperor Qianlong micro-visit to visit the people's situation, to a farmer's home in southern Zhejiang, found a well-read young man Zhang due to family poverty, can not go to Beijing to take the examination, only to read poetry at home. Zhang was so hospitable that he invited Emperor Qianlong to have a light meal. When he was about to cook, Zhang realized that there was not enough rice in the rice bowl and there were no dishes. Zhang Mou's plan came to him in a flash. Called his wife first ready to fire, he went out from the back door to the garden to peel a handful of young green mustard, add a few spices, cooked into a pot of green with white mustard rice. Emperor Qianlong usually used to eat the sea food, seafood, and by midday, has been hungry, a smell of this fragrant mustard rice, appetite, eat with relish, and praise, even asked how this green with white rice. Zhang's wife replied: "This is called mustard rice, eat it will not have scabies."

This day, coincidentally, is the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the custom of eating mustard rice on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar has been passed down.

3, pig's head meat

The second day of the second month of February to eat pig's head meat also has a saying. Since ancient times, offerings to the gods always use pigs, cows and sheep three animals, and later simplified for the head of the three animals, the pig's head is one of them. According to the Song Dynasty, "Qiu Chi notes" recorded a story: Wang Zhongling after the pacification of Sichuan, very hungry, and then broke into a small temple in the countryside, but met a drunken monk, Wang Zhongling angry, want to behead, which know that the monk has no fear, Wang Zhongling is very strange, turn to him to ask for food, not long after the monk offered a plate of "steamed pig's head" and for this poem said: "mouth long hair short shallow contain fat, long to the mountains to eat medicine seedlings. The monk said in a poem: "The mouth is long and the hair is short and the fat is shallow. Steam has been wrapped in banana leaves, cooked with apricot paddle pouring. The red color is called gold plate, and the softness of the ripening can really be picked by jade chopsticks. If there is no hairy root to compare, the felt root is the same as the vine." Wang Zhongling ate steamed pig's head, listening to the funny and chic "pig's head poem" is very happy, so, the monk was named "Purple Venerable Master". It seems that the pig's head is really a delicacy it, but also is the turn of the tide for the auspicious sign of peace and prosperity. Today there is a famous dish called "grilled pig face", after the selection of materials, cleaning, spray roasting, soaking, sauce and other twelve steps, after more than ten hours of cooking, before serving. Grilled pig face" There are three kinds, one is the original flavor to eat; two is dipped in sauce to eat; three is rolled pancakes to eat. Each way of eating has a different flavor." Steak pig face "fat but not greasy, meat and bone separation, sticky and delicious, to the modern people to bring the effect of beauty, brain health." February 2" to eat modern "grilled pig face", recalling the ancient history of food and drink, is really a perfect experience of contemporary and historical blend.

4, popcorn

The second day of February to eat popcorn has a legend. According to legend, when Wu Zetian became emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that no rain should fall on earth for three years. However, the Jade Dragon in charge of the Heavenly River could not bear to see the people suffer from starvation, and secretly sent a heavy rain, the Jade Emperor was informed, the Jade Dragon in charge of the Heavenly River was knocked down to the Heavenly Palace, and pressed under a big mountain. A monument was erected under the mountain, which reads: "The Dragon King violated the rules of heaven by sending down rain, and was subjected to a thousand sins on earth. If you want to climb back up to the heavenly palace, unless when the golden bean blossoms." In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for the blossoming golden beans. To the second day of February of the next year, people are turning golden corn seeds, suddenly remembered, this corn is like gold beans, fried flowers, is not the golden bean blossom? So every family popcorn, and set up in the yard burning incense, for the "blossom of the golden beans", specifically for the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor to see. The dragon king knew that this is the people in the rescue it, shouted to the jade emperor: "golden beans bloom, let me out!" The Jade Emperor saw the golden bean blossoms opening in every yard on earth, so he had to summon the Dragon King to return to the Heavenly Court and continue to give the earth clouds and rain. Since then, the folk formed a custom, every February 2 this day, people popping corn flower, there are also fried soybean.