I believe many people have heard a saying that Cantonese people often talk about eating? It is better to eat without vegetables than to eat without soup. . Cantonese people love to drink soup, which has long been a tradition. Soup is served first and then served, and it has become a fixed order for Cantonese people to eat at home and then to have a banquet at the wine table. I also believe that many people who eat in Guangdong for the first time will always be asked by the waiter after ordering what they want. Won't you order soup? ?
Why Cantonese people can't live without soup? Many foreigners don't understand Cantonese people. Why do you always have a bowl of soup for dinner? And why is a bowl of soup so complicated? Often, a bowl of soup needs to be boiled in an old crock, and then mixed with Chinese herbal medicines or some strange foods. A bowl of old fire soup will take two or three hours to boil for a short time and a long afternoon for a long time, so as to serve a decent old fire soup.
For Cantonese people, whether they can make a delicious and beneficial soup can be regarded as one of the criteria to measure whether they can be a good wife and mother. In the lyrics of the opening song of the TV series "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang"? Most afraid of cooking soup every day? This shows that countless Cantonese people are willing to spend time, patience and effort on making soup, and people from generation to generation often enjoy it.
In people's understanding, traditional Cantonese people don't love to travel, nor do they like to dress up like Jiangnan women. Many times, they are often guarding a fire and a pot of soup. Every day, in the white fog of the soup, they cook the soup with infinite reverie and warmth, and send their feelings to their lovers in the soup. Even now, Cantonese people still love to make soup, whether it is a gentle lady in Kaya or a busy strong woman, it will not be lost? Wei Jun washing my hands to make the bridal soup? My preference.
Why do Cantonese people love to drink soup alone? In fact, this living habit is branded by the natural environment. According to Neijing, heat is generated in the south, and fire is bitter, and bitterness is the heart. Because the climate in Guangdong is hot and humid all the year round, the water in the body is easy to lose, and it is easy to get angry and get hot inside if you live here for a long time. I also believe that when many people first come to Guangdong, they always feel hot and dry, and their mouths are prone to sores. It can be said that it is not acclimatized, and it can also be said that it is a local climate problem. So for thousands of years, local people have gradually learned to use local materials to hydrolyze heat and dampness with soup, and soup has evolved from this, forming a unique food culture in Guangdong with herbal tea.
Cantonese people who know how to cook soup in four seasons will tell you that in summer, people will choose to drink pork ribs soup with white gourd, barley and red beans, which can reduce fire, while in winter, they will drink nourishing American ginseng stewed chicken to drive away the cold. Throughout the year, Cantonese people have different recipes for medicinal food, and every household often has its own unique secrets. Soup is also one of the secrets of Guangdong food culture, and the taste of home is just like soup.