1, creature

Jiaozi is used to eating it in the northern New Year's Eve, which means to bid farewell to Kitchen God and "send away the windward side of jiaozi". When offering sacrifices, jiaozi should be placed on the platform. In addition, there is a folk saying "delicious but not as good as jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable food.

2. Sticky cake

There is a folk song "Twenty-three, Sticking Cakes" in Luxi, Shandong Province. Every year, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, it is the day for every household to steam and eat sticky cakes, which means to stick the mouth of the kitchen god and let him say the good things in the sky, not the bad things on earth. Sticky cakes are made of yellow rice and red dates, which are sweet and rich, and the entrance is soft, meaning "high every year". In addition, Hainan people use coconuts as ingredients to make coconut cakes for eating and praying, which means "high every year".

3. Sesame candy

There is a saying in the northwest of Shanxi that "you can't chew your fingers with sesame candy." It is said that off-year is the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven. He will report to the Heaven Emperor the food and clothing consumption of the world in the past year and other things that the Heaven Emperor wants to know. That's the chef's report day? Eating sesame candy is to make the mouth of the kitchen god stick with sugar, and you can't report the delicious and luxurious scenes on earth to the sky, so as not to punish those who love to eat and drink-the new year will bring famine, and I hope to have a safe and rich year.

4. Rice cake

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, people commonly call it "off-year", and people in Wuxuan and Guiping in Guangxi have the custom of making rice cakes. The rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour as the main material, peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar as the ingredients, put into a mold to make it round, and then steamed at high temperature, with a unique flavor and the meaning of "round and round".

5. Kill pigs

In Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, there is a custom of killing pigs for the New Year in Landong of Lotus, Xinhe of Xiling and Shuian Village of Guanyin. After the Lunar New Year's Eve (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month), there will be a lively drama to kill the pig. Pick out the best meat, stir-fry or stew it, cook it carefully, then serve a glass of wine and invite friends and relatives to eat the first fresh meat after the pig is slaughtered.

6. Fire

In addition to eating stove candy, fire is also a very distinctive seasonal food on the day of sacrifice. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the business of biscuit stalls in the city is booming.

7. Nianzong

Nanning people had the custom of eating "Nianzong" in their early years. Nianzong is an auspicious symbol of the New Year. As the saying goes, "Nianzong is the year of high school (Zongzong)". The New Year's Zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is different from Liang Zongzi. It has stuffing, big and small, long and short, round and flat. After peeling off the leaves, the skin is glutinous rice, and the stuffing is mung bean and pork. Some people use their favorite food as stuffing.

8.popcorn candy

The folks in Jing' an county are known as "small years and small years, and the rice is sweet." On the "off-year" day, people make popcorn candy with maltose and popcorn, which means that the new year will be rich and sweet.

9. spaghetti

Most people in Shandong Peninsula have been busy making jujube cakes (also called big steamed buns), reunion cakes, peaches and other noodles since the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, indicating that the whole family is reunited and the days are more than enough. It is more troublesome to do. Wake up after kneading dough, knead dough and then wake up, then make various pasta shapes and then wake up, and then put them in a steamer. Steamed pasta is also called "noodle flower", which is very delicious, but it takes a lot of time.

10, kwantung sugar

Guandong Sugar is also called Chef King Sugar and Big Sugar. After one year, it will only be sold around the next year. Guandong sugar is a sugar product made of malt and millet, which is used to worship the kitchen god. A large piece of milky white sugar, placed on a square plate, is usually three inches long and one inch wide, flat and silky. A large piece of newly-made candy tastes crisp, fragrant and sticky and has a special taste. It is a kind of candy that is very popular among men, women and children in Kanto. It has been handed down from the kitchen god's sacrificial table and is widely loved by the people.

1 1, stir-fried corn

In the southeast of Shanxi, there is a custom of eating fried corn. There is a saying in the folk proverb that "23. If you don't eat fried food, pour a pot for the New Year". People like to bond fried corn with maltose and freeze it into pieces, which tastes crisp and sweet.

12, sugar melon

Kitchen sugar is a kind of maltose, which is very sticky. The candy that is drawn into a long strip is called "Guandong Sugar", and the candy that is drawn into a flat circle is called "honeydew melon". When it is put outside in winter, because of the cold weather, the honeydew melon is solidified firmly, and there are some tiny bubbles in it, which tastes crisp and sweet and has a special flavor.