1. jiaozi

It is customary to eat jiaozi in the evening of the northern New Year, which means to see the Kitchen God off and to "see off the windward side of jiaozi". When offering, jiaozi should be put on the platform. In addition, there is a folk saying that "it's delicious but not as good as jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable food.

2. Sticky cakes

There is a folk song of "Twenty-three Sticky Cakes Sticking" in Luxi, Shandong Province. Every year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, it is the day when every family steamed sticky cakes and ate sticky cakes, which means to stick the mouth of the kitchen king and let him say good things in heaven instead of bad things in the world. Sticky cakes are made of yellow rice and red dates, which are sweet and strong, and the entrance is soft, taking the meaning of "high year after year". In addition, Hainan people use coconuts as ingredients to make coconut cakes for eating and praying, which means "high every year".

3. Sesame candy

There is a saying in the northwest of Shanxi that "if you eat sesame candy for twenty-three, you can't eat sesame candy and bite your fingers". It is said that off-year is the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven, and he will report to the Heaven Emperor about the food and clothing consumption of the world in the past year and other things that the Heaven Emperor wants to know. That's Kitchen God's debriefing day? Eating sesame candy is to make the kitchen god's mouth stuck with sugar, and he can't report the delicious and luxurious scenes of the world to the sky, so as not to punish people who love to eat and drink-the New Year brings famine and hopes for a safe and prosperous year.

4. Rice cakes

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as "off-year", has the custom of making rice cakes in Wuxuan, Guiping and other places in Guangxi. Rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour as the main ingredient, peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar as the ingredients, put into a mold and made into a round shape, and then steamed at high temperature, which has a unique flavor and a meaning of "round and round".

5. Killing pigs

In Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, there is a custom of killing pigs for the Spring Festival, such as Landong in Lianhua, Xinhe in Xiling, and Waterfront Village in Guanyin. After the Lunar New Year's Eve (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month), the lively drama of killing the Year Pig will be staged. Pick out the best meat, stir-fry or stew it, cook it carefully, and then fill it with a glass of wine, and invite friends and relatives to the first fresh meat after the pig was slaughtered.

6, fire

In addition to eating stove candy, fire is also a very distinctive seasonal food. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the business of biscuit stalls in the city is very prosperous.