what traditional food do you eat in the southern summer

1. Eat Xiancao

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating Xiancao" in the summer. Xiancao, also known as Mesona blume and Xiancao, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource.

It is known as "Xiancao" because of its magical summer-heat relieving effect. After drying its stems and leaves, it can be made into grass jelly, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong area and is a kind of summer dessert.

2. Eat Litchi, Mutton and Rice Grains

People in Putian, Fujian like to eat Litchi, Mutton and Rice Grains in summer, and some people say that eating Litchi in summer has the same nutritional value as ginseng.

Litchi is a special product of Putian, among which Song Jiaxiang, Zhuangyuanhong and Eighteen Niang Hong are excellent varieties, which are well-known in ancient and modern times. In Putian, before and after the summer heat, litchi is ripe for the trees to be full of flowers and ten miles of fragrance. According to the custom, litchi is often used as a gift between relatives and friends when the summer is coming.

Rice grains are made by mixing rice with white rice koji, allowing it to ferment and ripen thoroughly. On the day of the great summer, it is said that cutting it into pieces and adding some brown sugar for cooking can "greatly replenish vitality". On the day of the great summer, litchi and mutton are often given to each other between relatives and friends.

3. Drink old wax gourd and fresh lotus leaf soup

In Guangdong, especially in the Pearl River Delta area, almost every household cooks summer soup on the day of summer heat or hot weather. Old wax gourd and fresh lotus leaf soup for relieving summer heat is a traditional diet soup for relieving summer heat in Guangdong. It is mainly composed of old wax gourd, fresh lotus leaf and adzuki bean.

4. Fried grass tofu

It is the custom to fry grass tofu in Wenzhou during the summer heat. Grass tofu refers to the use of Xiancao, licorice, Prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and other Chinese herbal medicines to make tofu shape, which can be eaten after cooling, cooling and detoxifying, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. In the past, many families could make their own food.

5. Eating ginger juice to adjust eggs

People in Jiaojiang, Taizhou also have the custom of eating ginger juice to adjust eggs in summer. Ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, and ginger juice can adjust eggs to "replenish people". Some elderly people like to eat chicken porridge, which is said to be able to replenish yang.

6. Drink ginger tea

Sunbathing ginger, drinking ginger tea and eating ginger juice to adjust eggs are the food customs of Taizhou people in the summer. Because ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, it has been passed down from generation to generation.

7. Eat chicken

Southerners have the habit of eating chicken in summer. There is a traditional folk tonic method, that is, eating broiler chickens in the summer. Broilers contain certain growth hormone, which is beneficial to children in growth and development period and middle-aged and elderly people with decreased hormone level. When it is made, a proper amount of ginger is added to adjust the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the human body in summer, so that the human body can adapt to the external environment and play a role in removing dampness and strengthening the body.

8. Eat pineapple

Taiwan Province Province: Most of the waters around Taiwan Province are covered with warm-water fish, and there are squid in the northeast waters, and there are small-rolled, red-handed and changhua waters off Keelung. Taiwan Province folk proverb: Eat pineapple in summer, saying that pineapple is the best in this season. In addition, June 15th is the "Half-year Festival". Because June 15th of the lunar calendar is half of the whole year, the whole family will eat the "Half-year Round" together after worshipping the gods on this day. The Half-year Round is made by grinding glutinous rice into powder and rubbing it with red noodles, and most of them will be cooked into sweets to taste, which symbolizes reunion and sweetness.

9. Drink tea

One of the habits of people to spend the summer heat is to drink tea, especially in Jiangxi and other places. In the summer, people have the custom of drinking tea, and many people will make smoked plum tea from the dried smoked plum in the backyard.

1. Old Duck Soup

The recipe widely circulated in the north and south is "Tonifying the Old Duck in the Summer". After the old duck is slowly stewed, lotus root, wax gourd, gordon euryales and coix seed are added to make soup to relieve the summer heat and nourish it. Old duck is a good tonic in summer, which is not only rich in nutrition, but also cold in nature because it lives in water all the year round, and has the effects of nourishing the yang of the five internal organs, clearing away the heat of fatigue, nourishing blood and promoting water circulation, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production.

Dietary contraindications in summer heat:

1. Avoid drinking a lot of water

People suffering from heatstroke should take the method of drinking a small amount of water for many times, preferably no more than 3ml each time. Drinking plenty of water will dilute gastric juice, which will affect digestive function and cause hyperreflexia and perspiration.

2. Avoid simply taking supplements

After heatstroke, the summer heat still lingers. Although there is deficiency, you can't simply take supplements. It is a big mistake to think that you are weak and need tonic urgently. Because if the tonic is made too early, it will make the summer heat difficult to subside, or the summer heat that has gradually subsided will come back again, and then it will be more worthwhile.

3. Avoid eating a large amount of cold fruits and vegetables

Most people suffering from heatstroke belong to spleen and stomach weakness. If you eat a large amount of cold fruits and vegetables, it will damage the yang of the spleen and stomach, make the spleen and stomach exercise weak, and the cold and dampness will stagnate. In severe cases, symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain will occur.

4. Avoid eating a lot of greasy food

You should eat less greasy food after the summer heat to adapt to the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract in summer. If you eat a lot of greasy food, it will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, so that a large amount of blood will stay in the gastrointestinal tract, and the blood delivered to the brain will be relatively reduced, and the human body will feel tired and more likely to cause indigestion.