China is a country with a long history and culture. Various customs and eating habits may exist in different regions and cultural backgrounds. The following are some common habits of what to eat during the New Year:

1. Dumplings: Northerners usually make dumplings to eat on New Year’s Eve, which symbolizes reunion. Some people put one or two coins into the dumpling filling when making dumplings, which means "rich" and "rich".

2. Rice cakes: Southerners usually eat rice cakes, which symbolizes promotion year by year and promotion step by step. Rice cakes can be fried, steamed, baked or stir-fried, and the shape and preparation of rice cakes vary from region to region.

3. Fish: Eating fish is a very important part of Chinese cultural customs, which means "more than every year". The meaning of "yu" is the same as "fish", and "youyu" means "more wealth every year". . When eating fish, some fish heads or tails are usually left behind to symbolize having "heads" and "tails" every year, which means there will be more than enough every year.

4. Meat: Some places will prepare sufficient quantities of various meats, such as pigs, sheep, beef, etc., before the Spring Festival for festive cooking. Pork means "good luck", beef represents "strength", and mutton means "reunion".

5. Tangyuan: Tangyuan is a small ball made of glutinous rice, which symbolizes reunion. Eating a bowl of hot and sweet glutinous rice balls adds to the atmosphere of reunion and warmth.

In addition to the foods mentioned above, due to different cultural customs in different regions, there may also be various special foods and dietary customs. These customs and traditional foods enrich the cultural connotation of the Chinese Spring Festival.

Here, I would like to introduce a very Chinese Spring Festival delicacy - rice cake.

New Year cake is a pastry made from glutinous rice flour and is one of the traditional foods during the Chinese Spring Festival. Although the shape and preparation of rice cakes vary from place to place, most of them are sweet and sticky, symbolizing a century of good times, family reunion and other beautiful meanings. Let me introduce the making method of rice cakes popular in the south:

Materials:

1. Glutinous rice flour

2. Boiling water

3. Sugar

4. Tap water

5. Dried fruits, peanuts, sesame and other nuts (optional)

Production process:

1. First put the glutinous rice flour in a large bowl, add boiling water to the glutinous rice flour slowly, and while stirring, slowly stir the glutinous rice flour and water into a uniform paste. Be careful to add boiling water slowly and adjust the consistency of the paste.

2. Then add sugar to the paste and stir until the sugar dissolves. This will make the rice cake taste sweeter and more delicious.

3. Put the mixed batter into a steamer and cook over low heat for 30-40 minutes until the cake is cooked.

4. Finally, take out the cooked rice cake, cut it with a knife, cutting tools, etc., cut the rice cake into uniform sizes, and then evenly sprinkle with powdered sugar or crushed peanuts, and it is ready to eat.

Reminder: During the process of making rice cakes, you can try adding some dried fruits or nuts and other ingredients to adjust and enrich the taste. Even if it is not completely successful, you can still make a unique rice cake flavor!