Four major dietary customs of heavy snow custom.

what does the heavy snow custom eat?

1. Eight-treasure rice

There is a folk saying that glutinous rice is eaten during the cold season, because glutinous rice can nourish the healthy qi of human body, and after eating it, it will cause fever all over the body, which has the functions of keeping out the cold, nourishing the stomach and nourishing. The food made of glutinous rice is the most typical one. Steamed glutinous rice, mixed with sugar, lard and sweet-scented osmanthus, poured into a container filled with fruit materials such as red dates, coix seed, lotus seeds and longan pulp, steamed and then poured with sugar marinade. It tastes sweet and is a good holiday and hospitality.

There are different opinions about the origin of the eight-treasure rice. One is that it is a celebration food after Zhou Wang's attack, and the so-called "eight treasures" refer to the eight wise men who assisted Zhou Wang. However, a more reliable explanation is that the eight-treasure rice originated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and spread to the north only after the Jiangnan master went to Beijing to be a chef. Nowadays, Ningbo, Shengzhou and Jiaxing also retain the custom of eating eight-treasure rice for the New Year.

2. Rice cakes

The custom of eating "cooling cakes" has a long history in Beijing. "Cold-eliminating cake" is a kind of rice cake, not only because its glutinous rice has higher sugar content than rice, it makes the whole body feel warm after eating, and it has the effects of warming the cold, moistening the lungs and strengthening the spleen and stomach, but also because people choose to eat rice cake on the day of "Great Cold", which also means "high year", with good luck, peace every year and rising step by step.

Therefore, in the custom of old Beijing, on the day of severe cold, the whole family eats rice cakes separately, which not only has auspicious flavor, but also can dispel the chill, so it is called "cold-eliminating cake".

3. Chicken Soup

In the cold winter, Nanjing people have more stew and soup in their daily diet. The Great Cold has been around the ninth lunar month, and the traditional food custom of "one chicken" is still highly respected by many citizens' families. Nanjing people choose old hens, or stew them alone, or add ginseng, medlar, black fungus and so on. Drinking chicken soup in cold winter is really a pleasure.

pressure cooker is not suitable for stewing soup, because nutrients can be released slowly in the process of slow stewing. Although using pressure cooker can shorten the time of cooking meat, it can't achieve the effect of making soup. Therefore, when cooking chicken soup, casserole should be used. First, boil for 1 minutes on high fire, and then simmer slowly. In addition, when cooking soup, try not to uncover the lid, otherwise it will easily "run out of gas" and affect the taste of chicken soup.

4. Glutinous rice

There is an old saying: "A slight cold and a great cold are cold without wind". It is a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice in the morning to drive away the cold in slight cold and severe cold. Folk believe that glutinous rice has higher sugar content than rice, and it feels warm all over after eating, which is conducive to driving out the cold. Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that glutinous rice has the effect of tonifying the middle energizer and benefiting qi, and it is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in cold season. In addition, glutinous rice means warmth, and from the beginning to the end of the year, "warm hats" are even more auspicious.

glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which has the effect of keeping out the cold and nourishing. People can cook glutinous rice, or steam it with glutinous rice, rice, adzuki beans, coix seed, lotus seeds, medlar, longan pulp and jujube, and then add some sugar, which is suitable for people who are weak, tired and weak.