1 crossover

Jiaozi is used to eating in the evening of off-year in the north, which means sending away the kitchen god and "sending away the windward side of jiaozi". When offering wine, jiaozi should be placed on the platform. In addition, there is a folk saying "delicious but not as good as jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable food.

2. Sticky cake

There is a folk song "Twenty-three, Sticking Cakes" in Luxi, Shandong Province. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, every family steamed and ate sticky cakes, which means to stick the mouth of the kitchen god and let him speak good things in the sky instead of bad things in the world. The sticky cake is made of yellow rice and red dates. It is sweet and strong, and the entrance is soft, which means "high every 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 "you can't chew your fingers if you eat sesame candy on the 23rd". It is said that off-year is the day when the Kitchen God goes to heaven. He will report to the Heaven Emperor about the world's food and clothing consumption in the past year and other things that the Heaven Emperor wants to know. That's the chef's report day? Eating sesame candy is to make the kitchen god's mouth stick with sugar. He can't report the delicious and luxurious scenes of the world to the sky, so as not to punish those who love to eat and drink-the new year brings famine and hopes to have a safe and prosperous year.

4. rice cakes

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

5. Kill pigs

In Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, there is a custom of killing pigs during the Spring Festival in Landong of Lotus, Xinhe of Xiling and Shuian Village of Guanyin. After the Lunar New Year's Eve (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month), there will be a lively drama to kill the Year Pig. Choose the best meat, stir-fry or stew it, cook it carefully, then fill a glass of wine, and invite friends and relatives to share the first piece of fresh meat after pig slaughter in 2008-winter soup.

6. Fire

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

7. Nianzong

Nanning people had the custom of eating "Nianzong" in their early years. New year is always a symbol of good luck in the new year. As the saying goes, "Year after year, year after year in high school (Zong)". On the Dragon Boat Festival, Nian Zongzi is different from Liang Zongzi. It has stuffing, big and small, long and short, round and flat. After peeling off the leaves, the skin is glutinous rice, and the stuffing is mung bean and pork. Some people use their favorite food as stuffing.

8.popcorn candy

The villagers in Jing' an county are known as "small years and small years, rice grains are fragrant." On the "off-year" day, people make popcorn candy with maltose and popcorn, which means that the new year will be rich and sweet.

9. spaghetti

Since the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, most people in Shandong Peninsula have been busy making jujube cakes (also known as big steamed buns), reunion cakes, longevity peaches and other noodles, which shows that family reunion is more than enough. It is more troublesome to make. Wake up after kneading dough, knead dough and then wake up, then make it into various pasta shapes and then wake up, and put it in a steamer after waking up. Steamed pasta, also known as "flour flower", is very delicious, but it takes a lot of time.

Guandong sugar 10

Guandong Sugar is also called Kitchen King Sugar and Big Candy. In a year, it is only sold during the off-year period. Guandong sugar is a sugar product made of malt and millet, which is used to worship the kitchen god. A large piece of milky white sugar, placed on a square plate, is generally three inches long and one inch wide, flat and silky. A large piece of newly made candy is crisp, fragrant and sticky, and it has a special taste when you put it in your mouth. It is a kind of candy that is very popular among men, women and children in Kanto. It was handed down from the kitchen god's sacrificial table and was deeply loved by people.

1 1 fried corn

In the southeast of Shanxi, there is a custom of eating fried corn. The folk proverb says: "Twenty-three, don't eat fried, one pot falls on New Year's Day." People like to stick fried corn and maltose together, and then freeze them into pieces, which are crisp and sweet to eat.

12, sugar melon

Kitchen candy is maltose, which is very sticky. When it is pulled into a long candy bar, it is called "Guandong candy", and when it is pulled into a flat circle, it is called "honeydew melon". When it is placed outside in winter, the honeydew melon is solidified firmly due to the cold weather, and there are some tiny bubbles inside, which makes it crisp, sweet and tasty. There are two kinds of sugar, sesame sugar and non-sesame sugar. Sugar is made into melon shape or north melon shape. The center is empty, and the skin thickness is less than five points. Although the size is different, the transaction is still calculated by weight. The big honeydew melon weighs one or two kilograms, but it is used as a cover and few people buy it.