1. When eating new rice, there is a folk custom of "eating millet in summer and eating grains in summer".

It is a traditional custom in the south to eat new rice and new wine in hot summer.

During the hot summer season, when the two seasons of rice are ripe, there is a custom in the south of "eating new things".

The newly harvested rice at farmers' homes is milled and steamed to worship the grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone eats the new rice.

Some people cook old rice and new rice together and serve them with seasonal vegetables. This is called "eating new" or "eating new".

Compared with old rice, new rice has significantly higher protein, vitamin and various trace element contents than old rice, and is rich in nutrients.

2. Eating Dumplings During the midsummer season, people in the north will gather together to make a dumpling trip.

The scorching heat coincides with the wheat harvest, and people often make dumplings with freshly ground flour to relieve the pain of the scorching heat.

As the saying goes, "The first is dumplings, the second is noodles, and the last is pancakes and eggs."

Futou eats dumplings because the summer is too hot and sweating for a long time causes the body to overdraw. Dumplings contain protein, which can give people as comprehensive nutrition as possible during the bad-tasting days of summer.

Dumplings can be eaten all year round.

At this time, chop the summer vegetables and wrap them in dumplings with vegetarian fillings.

There are many seasonal vegetables in summer, such as eggplant, beans, zucchini, cucumber, fennel, etc.

These are all great vegetables for dumplings.

For example, the dumplings are filled with cucumbers and shrimps.

Cucumber can produce fluid, quench thirst, clear away heat and diuresis, and contains protein, vitamins, fiber and a variety of trace elements.

Very suitable for summer.

Pork dumplings are also great for summer.

Fennel can remove dampness, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and aid digestion (fennel itself has a refreshing fragrance and a salty taste, so you need to add less salt when preparing the base flavor).

Tips for cooking dumplings: 1) Don’t use too little water, the amount of water should be 3 to 5 times that of the dumplings; 2) Cook the dumplings over high heat so that the dumpling wrappers are not easily broken, add salt to prevent the dumplings from sticking, and add cold water once to the vegetarian dumplings to remove the meat.

Add cold water to stuffed dumplings three times, that is, "three openings and three pourings"; 3) Freshly packaged dumplings need boiling water, while quick-frozen dumplings need warm water.

Eating eggs During the hot summer season, raw cucumbers and boiled eggs are eaten in some places in Shandong to cure the heat.

On summer mornings, they eat eggs instead of other foods.

Eggs are rich in protein and are a good source of high-quality protein and B vitamins. They can also provide a certain amount of fat, vitamin A and minerals. Eat mutton. "You can pour a bowl of soup in summer without a doctor's prescription." In southern Shandong and

In northern Jiangsu, people have the habit of "eating summer sheep" when the summer is hot.

According to legend, this custom can be traced back to the Yao and Shun era and has been passed down to this day.

In Xuzhou, there is also the tradition of eating mutton on rainy days, which is called "eating mutton on rainy days".

In Shandong, eating mutton and drinking mutton soup are their first choice to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival.

Eating mutton in the dog days of summer, a common winter supplement, is actually very particular.

Tianren often blows the air conditioner in summer, which makes his body cold.

Eating some warm mutton at this time will help dispel the cold air trapped in the body.

5. Eat eels: "Eat eels in summer and eat ginseng in winter." As the saying goes, "Eel is better than ginseng in summer." The most nutritious and delicious thing is summer eel eaten one month before and after the heat.

At this time in Nanjing, people always pay attention to eating eel, sweet and sour eel shreds, fried eel, and braised eel tubes... "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "eel meat is sweet in taste, warm in nature, and has the effect of nourishing the middle and replenishing the blood, and treating deficiency."

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Summer is a good time to eat eel to keep warm. Eating eel in summer has the effect of curing winter diseases in summer.

There are many ways to eat eel, including stir-fried, stewed, grilled, steamed and fried.

Each place has its own characteristics in terms of food, such as eel paste in Jiangsu, soft-double long fish, and tiger tail.

In Hubei, especially Tianmen’s steamed eel and Jingzhou’s striped eel (eels are sliced, fried and then topped with sweet and sour sauce); Hunan’s braised eel (raw eel segments are fried first, stir-fried into the shape of tiger skin, and then

Remove the minced ginger, spray rice wine, and simmer the soup with cucumber) and panlong eel (eel with bones is heated into a round shape, add pepper, garlic powder, chopped green onion, and perilla); in Guangxi, there is eel noodles; in Sichuan, there is Linjiang

Shredded eel, garlic eel fillets and dried eel fillets... 6. Eating lotus roots. In ancient times, there was a folk custom of eating lotus roots in hot summer.

Because lotus root has the same pronunciation as "even", it is used to wish a happy marriage and not to be stained by its mud.

Together with lotus, it serves as a symbol of clean and noble personality.

It has gradually spread to the present and has become a custom of solar terms.

Many areas in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have the custom of eating lotus roots during hot weather.

In many places, there is a custom of "eating lotus roots during the summer", half of which are first tastes, and half of which are eaten during the summer.

Lotus root is rich in carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, multiple vitamins and dietary fiber.

It has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing blood and removing troubles, and is suitable for consumption in summer.

There are so many ways to eat lotus root, stir-fry, salad, and stew.

For example, the southern sweet-scented osmanthus, glutinous rice and lotus root: wash the lotus root, pour the glutinous rice into the lotus root hole, cook slowly, and sprinkle some sweet-scented osmanthus after taking it out of the pot.

Cantonese people like to use lotus root to make soup.

Lotus root can be paired with a variety of ingredients, such as ribs, peanuts, barley, pig's trotters, duck, beef brisket, etc.

In summer, fresh lotus root is simmered over low heat, sliced ??into slices and added with an appropriate amount of honey. It can be eaten at will. It has the effect of calming the nerves and promoting sleep... In addition, summer lotus seeds are also the best summer product.

The summer when you can eat fresh lotus seeds is short.

If you like fresh lotus seeds, don’t miss it.

Drink lotus seed and white fungus soup in hot summer to clear away heat, strengthen your stomach and feel at ease.