1. Ducks: The traditional dietary custom of Nanjing people is to eat ducks in the summer.

Ducks, especially Ma ducks in the cooked area of Jiangning Lake in Nanjing, are the most sought after. It is reported that the ducks there are sweet and cool, and they are suitable for being fat and thin. If there is no time, the old Nanjing people will go to the deli to buy half a duck to go home; People who are free will stew "radish old duck pot" or make "braised duck pieces" at home and give them to their neighbors. This is what the saying goes, sending ducks in the summer will save everyone. People in Hangzhou are used to dividing ducks into old ducks, young ducks and big ducks. As far as nutrition is concerned, old ducks have more lean meat and less water content, and their relative taste and nutrition will be better, which is suitable for boiling soup to relieve summer heat, while meat ducks are mostly used to make roast ducks and sauced ducks. Here's a tip on how to distinguish an old duck from a young duck: an old duck generally has uniform hair, hard mouth and feet, yellow and black color and hard bones to the touch. In addition, the same size, the old Abby Mallard tender duck is heavy.

2. Longan: Old Fuzhou is used to eating longan, which is peeled and soaked in porridge.

It is said in Chinese medicine that autumn is coming after summer heat, so it makes sense to drink less herbal tea and eat more longan. At this time, pay attention to "invigorating qi" and "enriching blood" and avoid cold food; At the same time, longan is warm, beneficial to the heart and spleen, nourishing qi and blood, and has the function of nourishing qi, which is beneficial to eat in this solar term; However, the diet should not be too rigid, and it is not stipulated that this solar term must eat longan porridge. Many people can eat it like this at ordinary times, which is beneficial.

3. White meatballs: Another food that old Fuzhou ate in the summer was white meatballs.

White meatballs are actually glutinous rice balls. The method is very simple. Rub glutinous rice flour into small grains, cook soup, add some sugar, and the taste is sweet, which can not only supplement carbohydrates, but also relieve the greasy mouth in summer. Glutinous rice has the effect of nourishing yin, so you can drink glutinous rice porridge in autumn. Glutinous rice, sweet in taste and warm in nature, enters the spleen, kidney and lung meridians, can nourish the healthy qi of human body, and has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, promoting fluid production and stopping sweating. After eating, the whole body will be hot, which will play a role in keeping out the cold and nourishing. Eating glutinous rice food properly in autumn will have a good tonic effect on the body.

4. Herbal tea: Every family has the habit of frying herbal tea during the summer vacation. First, they go to the pharmacy to prepare the prescription, and then they fry tea at home for drinking, which means that they have to eat something "bitter" in autumn.

Herbal tea is quite beneficial in clearing away heat, removing fire, promoting digestion and removing lung heat. If you feel thirsty before and after the summer heat, make tea with Ophiopogon japonicus or Dendrobium, which is dry and cold, to help relieve summer heat and nourish yin; Drinking Sydney with honey and Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae in water has the functions of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, promoting fluid production and nourishing lung, and is also suitable for people with qi deficiency. However, you should drink less herbal tea in the summer season, because the summer heat is not serious at this time, and herbal tea is too bitter and cold, which is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach, and it is also not good for the lungs and kidneys.

5. Sour plum soup: In the 196s and 197s, there was a tea stall selling sour plum soup in the streets of Wenzhou city, so there was a proverb that "Sour plum soup in the summer is all over".

Making sour plum soup is very simple. At night, the sun-dried plums are brewed with boiling water, and then rock sugar is added. After cooking and cooling, put it into a wooden ice bucket with a cover to reduce its temperature. It tastes sour and sweet, sweet and slightly salty, and tastes good.

6. Sweet and sour lotus root: People also have the habit of eating sweet and sour lotus root, which has the effects of beauty and fatigue relief.