1. The staple food is steamed buns. For every household in the South, they eat several plates of vegetables + rice every day. The impression of rice as the staple food has been deeply imprinted in everyone's mind.
But in the north, you can often see steamed buns being eaten with a few dishes, which really makes many southerners unacceptable.
2. Eat raw garlic. In the south, garlic is just a condiment, and its status is about the same as onion, ginger, and garlic. But in the north, garlic is definitely a dish!
I often see many people eating noodles while peeling and chewing raw garlic. It looks very delicious. This is simply unimaginable to southerners. The taste of raw garlic is so strong!
In addition, there is a food called Laba garlic in the north. It is garlic soaked on the day of Laba Festival. It is eaten as dumplings during the Chinese New Year. It is green and even southerners say they have never seen it before.
3. Dumplings are eaten during any festival. Whether it is the Winter Solstice, the Beginning of Winter or the Spring Festival, dumplings are always eaten.
And unlike in the south, where dumplings are eaten with water, northerners eat dumplings with vinegar.
During the Chinese New Year, people would dip Laba garlic in vinegar and eat it with Laba garlic.
4. Have spicy soup for breakfast Hu spicy soup is a delicacy originated in Henan. It is a delicacy made by boiling beef and mutton bones into a soup stock and then adding high-gluten flour to thicken it.
In the winter in the north, people often queue up to buy it in the freezing cold early in the morning, which shows how popular it is. However, in the eyes of southerners, this kind of soup is thick and exciting and cannot be enjoyed.