what traditional food do you eat in the northern summer? 1. Cucumber+boiled eggs

In some places in Shandong, raw cucumbers and boiled eggs are eaten to cure the bitter summer, and eggs are eaten in the morning when it falls, and no other food is eaten.

2. Eat three treasures

"Small summer heat, big summer heat, steaming on the top and cooking on the bottom". The arrival of small summer heat means that it is about to enter the dog days. At this time, the weather is hot, the human body sweats a lot and consumes a lot. Health care must pay attention to supplementing physical strength, relieving fever and preventing heatstroke. At this time of year, people have the custom of eating three treasures-Monopterus albus, honey lotus root and mung bean sprouts.

3. Eating new food (eating new food)

In the past, there was a folk custom of "eating new food" in the summer, that is, after the summer, the farmers tasted new rice, and after grinding the newly cut rice into rice, they prepared a meal for the worship of the god of five grains and ancestors, and then everyone tasted new wine. It is said that "eating new things" means "eating new things", which is the first new day after the Summer Festival. Cities generally buy a small amount of new rice to cook with old rice, plus newly listed vegetables.

4, eat jiaozi

Fu Tian folk proverb: "Radish falls on the head, but buckwheat can be planted in the dog days", "jiaozi falls on the head, and noodles fall on the foot, and pancakes spread eggs in the dog days". It is a traditional custom to eat jiaozi on one's head. People in Furi lose appetite and tend to be thinner than usual, which is called bitter summer. In traditional customs, jiaozi is the food to stimulate appetite.

5. Eating Noodles

The custom of eating noodles on a rainy day began at least in the Three Kingdoms period. "Wei's Spring and Autumn Annals": "Fu Ri Shang Bing, take a towel to wipe your sweat, you look Jiao Ran", and the soup cake here is hot soup noodles. "The Chronicle of Jingchu's Years Old" said: "The soup cake is called evil when it is eclipsed in June." May is an evil month, and June also touches the edge of the evil month, so it should also be "evil".

6. Drink mutton soup

In the north, you will drink mutton soup during the light summer and the big summer. First, it can nourish your body; Secondly, "sheep" and "yang" are homophonic. The ancients thought that there was more loss of yang in summer, which could increase yang.

7. Market ice

Ice is cold in nature. In midsummer, storing meat, fish, eggs, fruits, etc. with ice-cold can inhibit the activities of microorganisms and keep them fresh and clean for a long time. But at this time, it is not appropriate to eat more, because the nature of ice is contrary to the hot climate at this time, and cold and hot meet, which is most likely to lead to disease. There is a saying in the cookbook: "If you use ice in summer, you can only hide your diet, which will make your breath cool and make you inedible. Although it was fast at that time, it became a disease for a long time. " Women in particular should pay attention not to eat more cold ice. Our people found ice for storing ice very early. "Zhou Li" contains: "Lingren grasps the ice, and the spring begins to cure it." Jian is a container about the size of Zhen. Put ice cubes at the mouth of Jian and store food in Jian, just like the refrigerator now, which can refrigerate food.

Before there was artificial ice, the commonly used ice was cellar ice, and people in Wudi called it cool ice. Whenever it is dog days, some people sell ice on the street, and some also put fresh fruits such as bayberry, peach and bonus in the ice, which are usually called iced bayberry and iced peach. Fresh fish shops use ice to keep fish fresh, which is called chilled fresh.

8. Eat lotus root

In addition, there is a folk custom of eating lotus root in the summer. During the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, lotus root was appointed as a royal tribute. Lotus root is homophonic with "even", so people use eating lotus root to wish a happy marriage. Lotus root, like lotus, comes out of the mud without being stained, so it is also regarded as a symbol of clean and noble personality. Lotus root is rich in carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins, potassium and dietary fiber. It has the functions of clearing away heat, nourishing blood and relieving annoyance, and is suitable for eating in summer. Fresh lotus root is smashed with small fire, and after slicing, appropriate amount of honey is added, which can be eaten at will, and has the effect of calming the nerves and sleeping, and can cure insomnia due to blood deficiency.