There is a folk custom of "eating pears in shock". In Yanbei, Shanxi, farmers want to eat pears on the day of fright, which means to leave pests. In the season of fright, it is warm and cold at first sight, and the climate is relatively dry, which makes people thirsty and cough due to exogenous factors. Raw pears are cold and sweet, and have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat. In addition, pear is homophonic with "Li", which means to keep illness away from the body.

the general principle of diet and health preservation in the period of fright is to nourish the stomach and the spleen and stomach, so as to lay a good foundation for one year's health.

the recommended ingredients are: black sesame, loach, wolfberry fruit, honey, chicken heart, lentils, quail, laver, tremella, red dates, glutinous rice, rock sugar and so on.

Scientific and reasonable collocation of meals, such as coarse and fine grains of staple food, dry and thin grains, non-staple meat and vegetarian food, soup and vegetables, can provide people with more complete nutrition and make people full of energy. The recommended health recipes for this festival are: black bean loach soup

materials

25g loach, 15g black sesame, 5g black bean and proper amount of Lycium barbarum.

Seasoning

Appropriate amount of chicken powder and salt

Practice

1. Wash black beans and black sesame seeds for later use; Put the loach in a cold water pot, cover it, take it out and wash it after the water boils, drain it, fry it in an oil pan and shovel it for later use.

2. Put the black beans into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil them with high fire, then continue to stew them with low fire until they are cooked, add loach, black sesame seeds and Lycium barbarum to cook them until they are cooked, and then add salt and chicken powder to taste.

efficacy: there is a lot of oil in black sesame, which has the effect of moistening intestine and accelerating intestinal peristalsis, thus playing the role of invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus also has a good function of invigorating the spleen and stomach. Crispy quail

Materials

There are 5 quails, 5 grams of rape, 1 peppers, 2 aniseed, 1 grams of green onion and 1 grams of ginger.

seasoning

25g of starch and cooking wine, 1g of sugar and vinegar, 1g of soybean oil, 15g of soy sauce, 2g of salt and 5g of sesame salt.

Practice

The quail is unhaired, eviscerated and washed, scalded with boiling water, taken out and washed with clear water.

add soy sauce, salt, cooking wine, pepper, aniseed, sugar, vinegar, onion and ginger to the quail enlarged bowl, and add water equal to that of quail to adjust the taste.

put the bowl into a steamer, steam it, take it out, remove the soup and ingredients, spread the quail skin evenly with wet starch, air-cool, fry the quail and take it out. Serve with blanched rape leaves and sesame salt.

Efficacy: The Compendium of Materia Medica describes that quail has the efficacy of "nourishing the five internal organs, benefiting the middle energizer, maintaining qi, strengthening bones and muscles, resisting cold and heat, and clearing away heat".