"Twenty-three, the honeydew melon sticks to the hand, and the master chef wants to go to heaven." Therefore, "melon stick" is the most traditional, widely circulated and common holiday food in the off-year period. Melons should be glued with maltose until they are cooked to a certain extent, and then they are constantly pulled to make snacks, which are sweet and crisp, making the kitchen god sweet and putting a lot of good words in the fairy world. The material for making sticky honeydew melon is relatively simple, that is, when boiling maltose with slow fire and bubbles, you need to observe it carefully. Continue to cook for a while, and the maltose will show golden luster. When it bubbles gradually, it is a truce. After a little treatment, just like the pulled noodles, the color of maltose continued to turn white and the strength was further enhanced. When it is almost impossible to pull it out, cut it into square candy bars immediately, which is called "Guandong candy"; If plastic produces an oblate sphere, it is called a "sugar melon".
Second, be jiaozi.
In many cities in the north of China, there is a tradition of "do jiaozi after the New Year". "Send jiaozi out to meet people", the kitchen god naturally eats jiaozi, which may also be the origin of eating jiaozi in the coming year. In the past, jiaozi was usually filled with pork and cabbage in winter. At that time, there were only a handful of leek parties in jiaozi, which was a luxury that ordinary people dared not even think about. There are no restrictions on fillings in jiaozi during the off-year period. Please combine your personal hobbies and choose the dumpling stuffing that your loved ones like at will.
Third, steamed rice cakes.
There is a tradition of "steaming rice cakes for the New Year" in the north and south of China, but the mung bean cakes in the north and south are quite different. Southern mung bean cakes are generally steamed with glutinous rice flour; Generally speaking, the northern mung bean cake does not need to stick rice flour, but uses sticky yellow millet and cooked red dates to steam it into golden jujube mung bean cake. Because of the pronunciation of "Gao" and "Gao", it is said that steamed rice cakes not only mean "high every year", but also hope that this sticky mung bean cake can stick to the mouth of the kitchen god, and you can't talk nonsense when you go to the fairy world.
Fourth, the year-round rice dumplings are included.
In many cities in the south, there has always been a tradition of wrapping jiaozi in the New Year, and this special food of the Dragon Boat Festival has also been moved to the New Year. The sticky brown seeds are fragrant and sweet, and the sticky kitchen god sticks to his mouth and is sweet in his heart. Bao Nian Zongzi, like jiaozi, chooses sweet zongzi or salty zongzi according to personal interests. Some people like to eat original glutinous rice dumplings. There are different kinds of desserts in jiaozi, such as red dates, red dates, red beans and red bean paste. Salted jiaozi is common in duck egg yolk, pickled pork belly, ribs with sauce, etc. Please combine your personal interests and hobbies to find your favorite kind of zongzi.
Five, hemp sugar
In many cities in the north, there is also a tradition of eating sesame candy in the off-year. The name is different all over the country, and the composition is different. The practice is basically the same. Making sesame candy has the same expression effect as honeydew melon, and the sugar paddle is boiled first. The sugar is simmered until it is "soft-pumped", that is, it is slightly lighter than pumping, and it is boiled until the color is attractive, showing the state of hot bubble in the big bubble sleeve. According to personal hobbies, choose crispy white sesame seeds, peanut slices, popcorn, popcorn, millet crisp and other foods, pour them into the cooked sugar paddle, and continue to stir evenly. Pour it into a fixed grinding tool through warm storage, compact it, cool it indoors, and then slice it from the mold.