1, Eat _ rice, Chaoshan proverb says "Eat _ rice on October 10th", and early October is the time when new rice comes on the market. Add white radish, garlic and fresh pork at that time, and you can make a simple and delicious _ rice. According to reports, "_" refers to the way of cooking, which means burning, reflecting the rich cooking methods of Chaozhou cuisine.
2, tonic, Chaoshan people pay attention to beginning of winter tonic, think that winter is the best day for tonic. Commonly used foods are silky fowl, partridge, pigeon, quail, water duck and so on. Food supplement is the tradition of Chaoshan people. After beginning of winter, it is warm and nourishing, and can resist the wet and cold weather in the south.
3, eat sugar cane, "beginning of winter will not have a toothache when eating sugar cane". The local sugar cane in Chaoshan started to be listed in August and September every year, and it continued until around Tomb-Sweeping Day the following year. The price was not high in Chaoshan area. Sugarcane is basically produced in Chenghai, Chaozhou, Jieyang and other surrounding areas, and the transportation distance is short and fresh enough.
4. Fried fragrant rice. In winter, fragrant rice made of peanuts, mushrooms, chestnuts, shrimps and carrots is deeply loved by Chaoshan people. Chestnut is rich in nutritional value and crispy in taste. It is the first-class seasoning for fried rice and a hot commodity in the market.