What to eat during the summer heat festival? Must-eat delicacies from all over the country on the day of the end of summer heat: 1. Duck.

The traditional eating custom of Nanjing people is to eat duck during the "summer heat" season.

Ducks, especially shelducks from the Jiangning Hushu area in Nanjing, are the most popular. It is reported that the ducks there are sweet in taste and cool in nature, and are suitable for fatness and leanness.

If they are not free, old Nanjing people will go to the delicatessen to buy half a duck and take it home; if they are free, they will stew "radish duck stew" or make "braised duck cubes" at home to give to their neighbors. This is what the saying goes,

Send ducks when the heat is over, and everyone will be free of illness.

2. Longan.

The "summer heat" is here, and the "summer escape" is over.

Old Fuzhou people no longer drink herbal tea after the "summer heat", but eat more "qi-tonifying" and "blood-tonifying" things. Old Fuzhou people are used to eating longan, which is peeled and soaked in porridge.

3. White meatballs.

In addition, another food that old Fuzhou eats during summer heat is white meatballs.

White meatballs are actually glutinous rice balls. The preparation is very simple. Grind the glutinous rice flour into small pieces, boil the soup, and add some sugar. The taste is sweet, which can not only replenish carbohydrates, but also relieve the mouth greasiness in summer.

4. Herbal tea.

The custom of decoction of medicinal tea in summer heat has been popular since the Tang Dynasty.

During the summer season, every household has the habit of making herbal tea. They first go to the pharmacy to prepare the prescription, and then make the tea at home to prepare it. This means that you have to eat something "bitter" in autumn, which is very useful in clearing away heat, removing internal heat, digesting food, and removing lung heat.

There are benefits.

5. Sour plum soup.

In the 1960s and 1970s, there were tea stalls specializing in selling sour plum soup on the streets of Wenzhou, hence the proverb "Sour plum soup will make all the anger go away".

Making sour plum soup is very simple. Just brew the dried plums with boiling water at night and add rock sugar.

After cooking and letting cool, put it in a wooden covered ice bucket to lower the temperature.

It tastes sour and sweet, sweet and slightly salty, and has a very good taste.

Health-preserving foods during summer heat: 1. Tremella fungus: It can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs, promote body fluids and nourish yin, and can also eliminate muscle fatigue, strengthen the brain and prevent aging.

Recommended way to eat: First wash the white fungus, put it in a casserole and boil it until it is thick and soft. Then wash the tomatoes, peel them and mash them. Put them into the white fungus soup and bring to a boil. Add rock sugar to taste; you can also mix the white fungus and black fungus.

After washing the fungus together, dip it in mustard and soy sauce and eat it. It tastes very delicious.

2. Pomegranate: Summer is the season to eat pomegranates.

Pomegranates contain higher amounts of vitamin C and vitamin E than apples and pears.

Red-pink-skinned pomegranates are high in vitamin C, while green-skinned pomegranates are high in vitamin E.

Pomegranate is warm, sweet, sour and astringent in nature, and has the functions of promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, killing insects and stopping dysentery.

Pomegranate can be eaten directly or juiced for drinking.

Sour pomegranate is very effective in preventing and treating diarrhea, while sweet pomegranate can prevent dry throat and thirst.

3. Corn: Summer is the season when corn matures. Lysine in fresh corn is an essential amino acid for the human body. It can only be absorbed from food, and the content in other foods is very small. Therefore, fresh corn is the main source of lysine.

One of the sources.

The nutritional value of special corn is higher than that of ordinary corn.

For example, the protein, vegetable oil and vitamin content of sweet corn is 1-2 times higher than that of ordinary corn, and the content of the "life element" selenium is 8-10 times higher.

4. Yam: It can clear the heart and calm the mind, replenish the vital energy, help the five internal organs, strengthen the muscles and bones, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis.

Recommended way to eat: mash the washed yam and add sugar to make stuffing, then make glutinous rice balls with glutinous rice flour for consumption; you can also make shredded yam; or peel and wash with light salt water, cut into small pieces, add appropriate amount of sugar

Osmanthus sauce, as a cold dish.

5. American ginseng: It can resist fatigue and hypoxia. During the summer heat, people will suffer from yin deficiency, dry mouth, thirst, and malaise. Adding some American ginseng when cooking porridge or stew can not only calm and prevent autumn dryness, but also

It is also gentle and nourishing.

Recommended way to eat: You can brew it with American ginseng slices and drink it, which is very simple.

Even when eating hot pot, adding American ginseng in it can also be effective in nourishing the body.