The eating habits of southerners in the dog days are also different due to different regions: Shanghainese pay attention to "Erfu tea with wonton heads"; Hangzhou people pay attention to "chickens with ham on their heads and golden hooves on their feet"; Nanchang people pay attention to "eating chickens and ducks on their heads"; Hunan people and Jiangxi people also pay attention to lowering their heads to eat chicken, thinking that "ups and downs eat a chicken, healthy for a year." For northerners, especially old Beijingers who live in Huangchenggen, they are particularly concerned about what to eat in dog days. They pay attention to "jiaozi loses face, pancakes spread eggs in dog days".
1, eat radish to clear fire and moisten dryness
Traditionally, the main vegetables in northern winter are stored Chinese cabbage and radish, so it is very important to plant autumn cabbage and radish. The so-called "Fu Tou Radish Er Fu Cuisine" means that the first day after lodging is called Fu Tou, and this season, radishes are planted, and the second day is called Er Fu, and then Chinese cabbage is planted. Generally, it happens to be "beginning of autumn" after the second volt, when Chinese cabbage emerges best. Eating radish in early autumn can dispel the virtual fire in the heart in midsummer; Eating cabbage in autumn and winter can have a good skin care and beauty effect. Let's talk about the nutritional value and efficacy of radish and cabbage first.
2, eating wonton is delicious and the appetite is greatly increased.
In some southern areas, such as Shanghai, people want to eat wonton. Actually, for southerners, wonton and jiaozi are almost a kind of food. Shanghainese have the saying "Fu Tou Wonton Er Fu Tea". Compared with jiaozi, wonton is thin and transparent when cooked. In addition, wonton is cooked for a short time, and cold water needs to be added several times to ensure thorough cooking. Another point is that jiaozi is heavily dipped, and wonton is heavily soup, especially in Guangdong. Chicken soup and meat and bone soup are the first choice for soup base. We often eat wonton with noodles here, which is called wonton noodles.
Jiaozi with thin skin and thick stuffing tastes good.
In the past agricultural society, the wheat harvest was just less than a month. In Man Cang, every family has a valley, and people take this opportunity to have a toothache and eat white flour. In the north, they will definitely eat jiaozi in the dog days. It is a traditional custom to eat jiaozi on the head, because when it rains, people have a bad appetite and can't eat anything, while jiaozi is a food that stimulates and satisfies the appetite in the traditional customs of China people.
In traditional culture, "Fu Tou" eats jiaozi not with meat stuffing, but with vegetarian stuffing, such as mushrooms, lettuce or cucumbers. It tastes light, but it tastes delicious. Today, vegetarian jiaozi is also represented as a healthy diet, and natural vegetable raw materials contain a lot of various nutrients needed by the human body.
4, eat chicken to get wet and strengthen the body.
Nanchang "eats chickens and ducks first", Hunan and Jiangxi are adjacent, and the first place is also eating chickens. Relatively speaking, it is scientific for people in Jiangxi and Hunan to eat chicken in dog days.