beginning of winter cuisine includes: jiaozi, mutton, chicken and duck meat, red bean glutinous rice/rice, and sweet potato.

1. jiaozi

Many solar festivals in the north will eat jiaozi, and beginning of winter is no exception. "beginning of winter misbehaves jiaozi Bowl, and nobody cares if he freezes his ears." Jiaozi and Jiaozi are very similar in pronunciation. beginning of winter means the turn of autumn and winter, and you should eat jiaozi at Jiaozi. Northerners think it will bring good luck, so you should eat a bowl of jiaozi.

2. Mutton

At this time, instant-boiled mutton can't be found in the north. As the saying goes, "beginning of winter eats sheep, which makes it warm all winter", and mutton has always been a popular ingredient for winter tonic. There are many ways to eat mutton, such as stewing, roasting and cooking soup. In Beijing, the shabu-shabu in old Beijing pays attention to the copper pot and charcoal fire. In Tengzhou, beginning of winter, there is a custom of drinking mutton soup.

3. Chicken and duck meat

beginning of winter eats jiaozi and mutton in the north and chicken, duck and fish in the south. It is a traditional custom in Fujian for beginning of winter to eat duck meat to make up for winter, especially ginger duck and Siwu muscovy duck soup. In addition, there are Ciba, glutinous rice cake, chicken wrapped in belly, radish and mutton pot, steamed shrimp and crab, etc. In Hubei, people like to drink a bowl of chicken soup in beginning of winter, which symbolizes peace and tranquility.

4. Red bean glutinous rice/rice

In Jiangnan, it is a custom for the whole family to eat red bean glutinous rice on beginning of winter night. In Shantou, there is a place in beginning of winter where boiled rice is popular. Cut the ingredients such as white radish, taro, chestnut, mushrooms, pork belly and sausage into small pieces, fry them separately, then mix and fry them until they are half-cooked, add them to the braised rice, mix well, and cover the pot to stew.

5. Maoshu

Jiangxi people like to eat Maoshu in beginning of winter, or make it into brown sugar rice wine or fry it into small balls. Beginning of winter can eat some potatoes, such as sweet potato and potato, which are rich in vitamin C, vitamin B and vitamin A, and red-heart sweet potato also contains more carotene.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Maoshu