There are many delicacies that must be eaten in winter. The climate is cold in winter, so you should eat more foods that can keep you warm. In the cold and dry winter, the diet is mainly sweet and flat, that is, eat more foods with liver-cleansing effects, such as bean sprouts, cauliflower, carrots, celery, etc.
The foods suitable for each season are different. Eat as many potatoes, sweet potatoes and taro as possible. No matter how these foods look, their nutritional value is unmatched by their vegetable counterparts. What's more, its nourishing and weight loss effects are unmatched by other foods. Although it is not advisable to eat too much raw and cold food in winter, it is also not advisable to eat too much hot and dry food. Instead, you should eat more yin-nourishing foods, such as black fungus, lotus root, and sesame seeds. People with cold constitution can drink more porridge in winter. If you add some red dates to the japonica rice porridge, the effect will be better.
Colds in winter often cause gastrointestinal discomfort, especially those with a cold stomach. Eating the following three foods in moderation in winter will have a good effect on nourishing the stomach.
The first is okra. There is mucus composed of pectin and sugar between the okra fruits, which can protect the stomach wall, promote gastrointestinal motility and prevent constipation. This is a good food for your stomach.
The second is lotus root. After lotus root is processed to maturity, its nature changes from cool to warm. Although it loses its heat-clearing effect, it is beneficial to the spleen and stomach. Especially lotus root stewed with pork ribs can nourish blood and strengthen the spleen.
Third, it is yam, which is sweet and can strengthen the spleen and stomach. Suitable for people with chronic spleen deficiency and loss of appetite. Everyone’s physique is different and dietary taboos are also different.
Drink chicken soup at the beginning of winter. The custom at the beginning of winter is to drink chicken soup in the south and eat dumplings in the north. Drinking chicken soup is the best way to nourish yourself at the beginning of winter. According to folklore, drinking chicken soup on the winter solstice can make up for the whole year. Dumplings are eaten during the Beginning of Winter solar term in the north. Dumplings are derived from the saying "Jiaozi time". Beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter, so dumplings at the "Jiaozi time" must be eaten.
Xiaoxue eats glutinous rice cake. Ciba is a traditional delicacy in the south. On the day of Xiaoxue solar term, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice in some places in the south. Ciba is a food made from steamed and pounded glutinous rice. It comes in different shapes. In some places, glutinous rice is round. Shape, symbolizing harvest, celebration and reunion.
Pickled meat in heavy snow. As the saying goes, "Before celebrating the New Year, fatten the roof first." It is said that during the heavy snow festival, people begin to pickle meat. Pickled meats, sausages, salted fish and other pickled vegetables will be hung on the doorways and windowsills of many houses, forming a very beautiful scenery. But you have to wait until the Chinese New Year to eat this meat. The delicacies you can eat during the heavy snow solar term include caramel, sweet potato porridge, radish dumplings, etc.