After the winter solstice is the Minor Cold solar term, and after the Minor Cold is the Great Cold. Xiaohan and Dahan are the last two of the twenty-four solar terms. As the saying goes, the minor cold and the severe cold turn into ice balls. Let’s take a look at what Xiaohan eats during the 24 solar terms. What to eat during Xiaohan: Eat vegetables and rice in Xiaohan in Nanjing. In ancient times, Nanjing people paid great attention to Xiaohan, but with the changes of the times, it has gradually faded away. Nowadays, people can only find traces of Xiaohan in their lives. During Xiaohan, people in old Nanjing usually cook vegetable rice. The content of vegetable rice is different. It can be made with short-legged yellow green vegetables, bacon slices, sausage slices or salted duck cubes, and then chopped with some ginger and cooked with glutinous rice. It is very fragrant. Fresh and delicious. Among them, short-foot yellow rice, sausage, and salted duck are all famous specialties of Nanjing. They can be said to be the real "Nanjing vegetable rice", even comparable to Laba porridge. Old Nanjing was very particular about eating vegetables and rice, and its origin is probably related to the cold weather. The so-called vegetable rice is stir-fried green vegetables and rice, and adds bacon, sausage, ham, and diced salted duck. Among them, short-footed yellow duck and salted duck are famous specialties of Nanjing and have Nanjing characteristics. These things that seem common today were only enjoyed by people with relatively affluent families in the past. People with poor financial conditions were reluctant to add meat and would bury a spoonful of lard in vegetables and rice. At that time, ordinary meals There is not much oil and water, so the "lard rice" tastes particularly fragrant. What to eat in Xiaohan: It is traditional in Guangzhou to eat glutinous rice in Xiaohan. Xiaohan eats glutinous rice in the morning. To avoid being too glutinous, it is usually 60% glutinous rice and 40% fragrant rice. Chop the bacon and sausage into small pieces and stir-fry them. Stir-fry the peanuts and add some Chop green onion white and mix it with rice. Glutinous rice means warmth, keeping you warm from the beginning to the end of the year. Because glutinous rice has a higher sugar content than rice, your whole body will feel warm after eating it, which is good for repelling cold. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, glutinous rice has the effect of nourishing the body and replenishing qi. It is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in the cold season. What to eat in Xiaohan: Eating Laba porridge in the north of Xiaohan. An important folk custom in Xiaohan solar term is eating "Laba porridge". Laba is around the time of Xiaohan solar term. Eating such a rich hot porridge at this time can not only stimulate appetite, but also increase body heat, which can warm the stomach and relieve cold. "Yanjing Suishiji" records that "Laba porridge is made from yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnut rice, chestnuts, red cowpeas, peeled jujube paste, etc., boiled with water, and used externally to dye red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, Peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar, brown sugar, and grapes are used for dyeing. "The above-mentioned foods are all sweet and warm products, which can regulate the spleen and stomach, replenish qi, nourish qi and blood, dispel cold and strengthen the body, produce fluid and quench thirst. effect. Friends can choose the ingredients of Laba porridge according to their own eating habits and physical condition, and the Laba porridge will be more suitable for their own physique. What to eat in Xiaohan: Warm and tonic chicken soup in Xiaohan. Old Nanjing still has the habit of eating a chicken on "Nine" and an egg every day for nourishment, so chicken soup and eggs are indispensable on the tables of citizens on Xiaohan. It is said that when chicken bones and chicken are simmered slowly over a slow fire, most of the nutrients will dissolve into the soup, which is very easy for the body to absorb. It is a good tonic for replenishing qi and blood in winter, and it also contains a lot of calcium. Hen stew would be better if paired with some health-preserving ingredients. Just put whatever you have at home, such as red dates, lotus seeds, wolfberry, longan, etc. You can also mix it with mushrooms, yam, cordyceps flowers, or scallops and dried shrimps. They all taste delicious and gentle. Simmer slowly over low heat for 2-3 hours, then skim off the fat on top, remove the bones from the chicken and remove the meat. Eat and drink directly, make hot pot soup base, or use chicken soup to cook noodles in the morning. What to eat in Xiaohan: Xiaohan eats mutton. "Small Han" is the coldest time of the year. People are easily attacked by wind and cold. The fastest and most effective way to resist the cold is not a cotton coat, but a bowl of steaming mutton soup. . Mutton is the most cost-effective among warm foods. If you cook mutton with some angelica, yam, and carrots, and add green onions and ginger for seasoning, it is recommended to eat it once a week. Not only will you not get angry, but you can also spend the winter warmly. What to eat in Xiaohan: Xiaohan eats sprouts. There are many customary foods in the cold solar term, including eating glutinous rice, Laba porridge, rice, sprouts, etc. Let me introduce to you the custom of eating bean sprouts during the Xiaohan solar term. According to "Jinmen Miscellaneous Notes", in the old days in Tianjin, there was a custom of Xiaohan eating soybean sprouts. Yellow bean sprouts are a specialty of Tianjin and are made from cabbage sprouts. After the winter solstice, cut off the stems and leaves of cabbage, leaving only the heart, about two inches above the ground, cover it with manure and keep it from breathing. Eat it after half a month. It will be extremely crisp and tender, making up for the lack of winter vegetables. But modern people's living standards have improved, and all kinds of meat and vegetables are available in all seasons. They no longer worry about the scarcity of vegetables in winter as in the past. My summary of what to eat during Xiaohan: It has entered the Xiaohan solar term and has also entered the ninth cold day. The diet should mainly focus on winter supplements.

When winter is dry and cold, medical experts remind people to pay attention to health preservation in winter, with special emphasis on "nourishing the kidneys to prevent cold": nourishing blood, qi, yin and yang. There is also a folk proverb that "Three-nine nourishment lasts through winter, and there will be no pain in the coming year", which shows the importance of health maintenance and supplementation in winter. The saying "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer without a doctor's prescription" is a kind of tonic. In folk custom, there is a habit of eating more mutton and dog meat in winter, which is also a kind of tonic. Don't be greedy for greasy or spicy food. Focus on replenishing qi and moisturizing dryness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold is a yin evil, and the coldest solar term is also the period when yin evil is at its peak. From the perspective of diet and health, special attention should be paid to eating more warm foods in the daily diet to replenish the body and defend against the invasion of cold weather on the human body.