Heavy snow is a good time to "take nourishment", and there is a saying that "take nourishment in winter and fight tigers in spring".

Winter is cold. Proper supplementation can improve the body's immune function, promote metabolism, and resist the cold.

During heavy snowfall, you can eat mutton, dog meat, red sticky porridge, cured meat, and sugar.

1. Mutton? As the folk saying goes, "Take nourishment in winter and kill tigers in spring."

In winter, the cold weather reminds people to “tonic”, and mutton ranks first on the list of “tonic” foods in winter.

In Nanjing, it is popular to eat mutton during heavy snowfall. Folks believe that eating mutton can dispel cold and nourish, replenish qi and deficiency, and enhance the ability to resist the cold.

?In most northern areas, the weather becomes extremely cold at this time, and a bowl of hot mutton or mutton soup becomes the best diet. Later, a traditional diet during the heavy snow solar term was formed.

In the Baotou area of ??Inner Mongolia, there is a saying that "Pigs are slaughtered in light snow and sheep are slaughtered in heavy snow". During the heavy snow festival, it is the time to slaughter sheep to prepare for the New Year. Some people will eat freshly slaughtered mutton on the day of the solar term.

?2. Dog meat? Wenzhou, Zhejiang has always said that "winter fragrant meat warms the stomach", and the fragrant meat here refers to dog meat.

Dog meat is considered among the people to have the effects of warming the stomach and improving cold hands and feet. As a way of nourishing, it is deeply loved by some people.

It is said that in the past, there was a custom in Wenzhou area of ??using dog meat as a tonic for pregnant women.

?3. Red sticky porridge? In addition to meat, in some places in northern Shandong Province, red sticky porridge is a nourishing delicacy during the heavy snow solar term, which is sweet potato porridge cooked with millet, sweet potato and wolfberry.

There is a local saying that "the bricks (a kind of agricultural tool) are used to hold up the door and only drink red sticky porridge", which means that when the weather is cold, the family no longer visits the house and the whole family stays at home and drinks sweet potato porridge.

?4. Pickled meat? "Pickled vegetables in light snow, pickled meat in heavy snow" is the custom of Nanjing people.

In the past, people would stock up on a lot of food before the Chinese New Year.

Some meat products could not be stored for a long time, so people marinated and stored them, forming today's cured meat.

Every year during the heavy snow season, every household in Nanjing will buy meat, make bacon and hang it to dry at the door, as well as sausages, salted fish and other pickled products.

?5. Eat candy? In Wenzhou, Zhejiang, many people believe that eating caramel in winter is good for the body.

Before and after the heavy snow festival, there will be a "sugar exchange" scene on the local streets, that is, small vendors selling sugar candies (also called "sugar sellers") specially carry burdens and sell candies in the streets and alleys, while banging the sugar knife,

Shouting to sell candy.

The "sugar exchange" scene has appeared in many film and television dramas.