Food customs of Xiaoxue solar term 1. Cured bacon There is a folk custom of "pickling bacon in the winter wind to store it for winter".

After the light snow, the temperature drops sharply and the weather is dry, which is a good time for curing bacon.

At this time, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, dry them and store them for winter.

2. Pickles used to be limited by conditions, and there were very few fresh vegetables in winter. Therefore, people were accustomed to pickling vegetables before and after light snow and eating them as winter vegetables.

In the northern region, pickles are popular around the time of light snow, especially in the Northeast, where a whole winter's worth of pickles is made at one time for the winter.

In some southern areas, such as Nanjing, there is also a saying of "pickle vegetables in light snow, pickle meat in heavy snow", and people also pickle some side dishes for family consumption.

3. Eating Ciba Ciba is made by putting cooked glutinous rice in a stone trough and pounding it into a paste with a stone hammer or reed bamboo. It is more popular in southern China.

During the light snow season, many places in the south begin to make glutinous rice cakes. Many people are accustomed to making glutinous rice cakes into a round shape, symbolizing reunion and celebration.

4. Drying fish When there is light snow, fishermen in some coastal areas, such as Dalian and the seaside in central and southern Taiwan, will begin to dry fish and store dry food.

At this time, every house near the sea has dried fish hanging on it. After drying enough dried fish, you can enjoy the delicious food at home when the weather is cold.

5. Eating "Pig Soup" In the Tujia custom, there is a tradition of "killing the New Year pig and welcoming the New Year" during the Xiaoxue solar term, and "Peer Soup" is a delicacy suitable for this time.

Freshly killed pork, pig blood, and pig offal are cut into slices, stir-fried, and then the pig intestines are used to make soup, and some home-brewed sweet wine is added to remove the fishy smell and increase the freshness.

When the meat is cooked and the soup boils, add chili peppers, garlic sprouts, etc. This is the Tujia "shaking soup".

6. As the saying goes: "Take nourishment in winter and kill tigers in spring."

It is said among the people that eating more mutton in the cold season can dispel cold and nourish, replenish qi and deficiency, promote blood circulation, and enhance the ability to resist the cold.

Therefore, in some areas in the north, it is popular to eat hotpot mutton during the light snow season to nourish the body and resist the cold.