Tea drinking habits

As the saying goes, "Open the door seven times a day, and have rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea". Tea has been regarded as a necessity in people's life for a long time, and it has gradually formed a set of unique manners and customs-tea custom.

drinking tea is the first in the tea custom, and it is also excellent for hospitality. Tea drinking has always been a special way of social communication. However, in the old days of Yancheng, it was basically the custom of the city people to drink tea. Due to the influence of tea culture in southern Jiangsu, many people are used to drinking green tea, and the preferred varieties are Biluochun and Longjing. What you usually drink is jasmine tea. When people drink tea, they should not only choose tea leaves, but also pay attention to the method of making tea. Such as water for making tea, I like to use well water and rainwater. A cultured family will put a vat at the corner of the quadrangle to catch the rain in the sky, also known as "falling into the water", which is specially used for making tea. It is considered vulgar for a guest to come to the door, make a pot of tea and invite the guest to taste tea. It is also an elegant act of hospitality.

from the Ming and Qing dynasties to the present, there are many tea shops in towns in southern Jiangsu, most of which are tea rooms, which specialize in selling green tea. Yancheng, on the other hand, is dominated by teahouses, which not only sell green tea, but also sell all kinds of tea. Tea is also called refreshment, which is a kind of pastry food with tea, and there are timely tea at all times. Some teahouses also sell dried silk, meat and snacks with tea. Most of these teahouses are places where merchants and gentry gather, and it is rare for ordinary people to sit in the door.

In rural areas, tea tasting is a habit of a few rich families, and ordinary people are afraid to ask for it, but there are also some unique tea drinking customs. Usually, mainly in the summer season, wild mint, bamboo bincai, wild sorghum, lotus leaves and other teas are often used to drink, which can quench thirst and relieve heat. Some people will stir-fry barley and grind it into flour to make "burnt crumb" tea, or mix it with glutinous rice to stir-fry and grind it into flour to make "crumb" tea, which will not only quench their thirst, but also satisfy their hunger. Some people are used to boiling red beans and mung beans into soup and drinking tea in summer.

Rural people are very particular about tea ceremony, and it has become a custom to make tea before guests arrive. For example, on holidays, guests who come to pay New Year's greetings will generally burn round tea, cake tea and fruit tea. Usually, boiled poached eggs are locally called egg nose tea, fried rice tea, and cake tea (cooked after spreading wheat flour into pancakes). If the visitor is a newly married couple, he should burn fruit tea and jujube tea; If the guest is giving a monthly gift, burn prickly heat tea; If the visitors come out of kindness, they usually burn garden tea, or pour a bowl of sugar tea for the visitors, accompanied by tea and snacks, and drink it while eating. The host pays attention to the hospitality of tea, and the food in the tea bowl should be counted as auspicious, avoiding singular. Guests also pay attention to drinking tea. Don't eat all the tea. Leave a bowl with the feet and an even number. Otherwise, it will be regarded as disrespectful. In a word, the rural tea ceremony connects "drinking" and "eating". Simply drinking a cup of tea will make its owner be regarded as "stingy". This is probably due to the low material living standard in the past and the long-term lack of food and clothing. At present, the rural tea ceremony is still popular, but it has become fashionable to give priority to "drinking" instead of "eating" and invite guests to have tea. Especially in recent years, a large number of milk and drinks in various packages have come to the market, which have become not only daily drinks for ordinary families, but also common drinks for hospitality, greatly enriching people's food culture.

the wonderful use of tea

1. Eliminating the peculiar smell of the oven:

Cooking in the oven or microwave oven is quite time-saving and convenient. However, if fish and meat with heavy fishy smell are roasted and then used to heat other foods, it is often that other foods are mixed with peculiar smell, which affects the taste. At this time, as long as a pinch of tea leaves is placed on the baking tray and heated for about 1 minute, the residual smell in the oven or microwave oven can be eliminated, making the following dishes delicious.

2. Eliminate the bad smell on the grilled fish net:

After the fish is roasted, the fishy smell will remain on the grilled fish net or in the oven. At this time, you can put a pinch of tea on the baking tray or baking net while it is still hot. After it smokes, the smell of tea can drive away the fishy smell of fish. After that, clean it with water, and it won't leave any peculiar smell.

3. Eliminate the fishy smell on your hands:

When cooking, it is often difficult to wash and remove the fishy smell on your hands. At this time, you can put some tea leaves on the hot casserole and put your hands on the smoke when it smokes, so as to eliminate the fishy smell on your hands.