Are there any differences between the New Year’s Eve dinners in the north and the south? Which dishes are the same?

1: Spiced pepper and potato shreds

Although it cannot be the main dish, it is indeed an indispensable dish. Without it, it feels like there is nothing left to eat. As for food, most people in the south will feel very greasy after eating fish and pork. This hot pepper and potato shreds can just relieve the greasiness, so almost every household in the south will make hot pepper and potato shreds, while in the north they will almost always eat dumplings. , after you have shredded peppers and potatoes, you can eat them with dumplings!

Shredded Potatoes with Spicy Peppers

2: Pork Stewed Vermicelli

In fact, when writing this dish, I also consulted relevant food experts, Pork Stewed Vermicelli Everyone thinks this dish is a specialty of Northeastern people. I used to think so, but food experts told me that this dish is also indispensable during the Chinese New Year in the South. There are just some changes in the name. The pork in the South is replaced by pig trotters. Most of the vermicelli are home-made sweet potato flour or potato vermicelli. I almost swallowed my saliva just writing this!

Pork stewed with vermicelli

3: Fried fish

The Northeast has the strongest New Year flavor, including butchered vegetables, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and pork stewed vermicelli. , chicken, fish, ribs and elbows are the four must-have items for Northeastern New Year’s Eve dinner. Without one of them, it wouldn’t be an authentic New Year’s Eve dinner. In fact, in the south, fish must be available for New Year’s Eve dinner. In traditional Chinese culture, fish means having more than enough every year. Not only is fish dishes essential, but there is also a custom of folding fish by hand in many places. !

Fried fish

4: Beef

Beef is rich in protein and amino acids. Its composition is closer to the needs of the human body than that of pork, and it can improve the body's disease resistance. It is especially suitable for people who are growing and developing, recovering from surgery or illness, in terms of supplementing blood loss and repairing tissues. People who work out often eat beef. During the New Year's Eve dinner, the meat in the north is much better than in the south. Therefore, people in the north will not miss this beef either on normal days or during the New Year. Because of the popularity in Lanzhou, Gansu, the south also I am becoming more and more dependent on beef, so it really feels like something is missing without this beef dish on the table during New Year’s Eve!

Beef

5: Chicken

We eat chicken during the New Year because the word "chicken" is the same as the word "auspicious" and the word "ji", which is simple and popular. The easy-to-understand truth has penetrated into people's hearts. Eating chicken during the Chinese New Year is just for good luck. Chicken wings mean spreading your wings, flying high, and becoming famous. Drinking chicken soup as the first meal of the Spring Festival symbolizes "peace and peace". Among them, the main labor force eats chicken feet, which means "making money in the new year", "promising young people" eat chicken wings, which means they can spread their wings and fly high, and the head of the family eats chicken bones, which means "getting ahead". People have continued this custom and traditional culture by eating chicken during the New Year.