1. Killing the New Year Pig

In rural areas, the biggest preparation during the twelfth lunar month is to kill the New Year Pig. In the past, it was inconvenient to buy and store meat in rural areas, so the meat for the year mainly relied on pigs killed during the New Year. After killing the New Year pig, you can also prepare a lot of meat products for the New Year. Therefore, the first thing to prepare is to kill the New Year pig.

2. Eat Shave Pot Soup

At that time, the happiest thing was to eat Shave Pot Soup. This is still the case in rural areas, and it is a good day to go back every year. Boil a pot of water, prepare the butt meat, with strong blood, green onions, ginger and garlic, and cook it in a steaming pot, not to mention how fresh it is. Then put the Chinese cabbage dug out of the snow and dip it in the spicy southwestern chili pepper. The adults invite relatives and friends to have a fist-pumping and drinking session. The whole house is steaming, and it’s time to rush towards the New Year.

3. Sour Pork

Use trough meat, pig head meat, and some pig skin, cut into palm-sized pieces, mix them with rice flour and salt, and put them in a jar , bored for a while. Take it out, steam it, and it will taste tender, delicious, sour and sweet. It is also an essential delicacy, and it can be stored until April or May of next year.

4. Smoked Bacon

Bacon is the main meat in rural areas all year round. Nowadays, although conditions are more convenient, we don’t eat much anymore. But we still make a lot of it. It is a must-have meat dish during the Chinese New Year and is very popular with everyone. It looks very appetizing.

5. Stuffed Sausage

This is the most delicious thing. When I was a kid, it was mainly eaten by my parents during the Chinese New Year. Often when cutting, my mother would quietly hand us a section, hide at the foot of the house, and eat it deliciously. Now, we make them every year, and they are all made by my mother. The ones outside don't have that smell.

6. Steamed Pig Cake

This is made by mixing rice flour with glutinous rice and non-glutinous rice in proportion to make a steamed bun shape, but larger than a steamed bun. At that time, I always liked to cut it into quick slices, bake it on the stove until golden, separate it, the inside is shiny, and dip it in white sugar. It tastes glutinous and delicious, and can also fill my stomach. It's a pity that there is no such big pot now, and it is inconvenient to steam, so I make less of it.

7. Steamed steamed cake

This kind of steamed cake is rarely made at home now, because it can be bought at any time in the vegetable market. But it doesn't have that taste anymore. At that time, when you opened the lid of the pot, you would see rows and rows of white, pink and dotted red dots. It looked cute.

8. Popcorn

At that time, popcorn could accompany us through the long dark nights. It was so pleasant for the family to eat popcorn and chat together. And on the day of making popcorn, some prepared firewood, others prepared corn, and a group of friends stood by, playing games, and then went to grab popcorn to eat with a coaxing sound. Such happy memories.

9. Cooking sweet wine

The sweet wine made by my mother is very sweet. Cooking glutinous rice balls and pig cakes are both essential. It tastes sweet, smooth and delicious.

10. Beating glutinous rice cakes

A few big men beat the shiny steamed glutinous rice into rice balls in the pot. When you eat it, it feels more powerful and flavorful. Of course, there are many ways to eat it. Eat it directly, grill it and eat it hot, or even fry it. They are all good choices.

11. Go to the market

This doesn’t seem to be food, wrong, this was the favorite of our rural children at that time. Because you go to the market, you can buy toys, candies, various snacks, melon seeds, etc., which we rarely get to eat.

12. Eat New Year’s Eve dinner

A year’s hard work is gathered into this reunion dinner, a year’s affection is gathered into this reunion, and next year’s blessings will also be gathered together. in this meal.

No matter we are thousands of miles away from home, we have to go back and have a reunion dinner with our family. As a family, we can live in peace and harmony throughout the year! !

The twelfth lunar month is coming, have you started preparing your home?