1, the difference between Babao porridge and Laba porridge lies mainly in the ingredients and tastes. The making of eight-treasure porridge is relatively simple. Generally, rice or glutinous rice is used as raw material, and some millet, mung bean, adzuki bean, walnut kernel, peanut, jujube, yam and lotus seeds are added.

2. Laba porridge needs a variety of raw materials, such as glutinous rice, peanuts, lotus seeds, soybeans, kidney beans, mung beans, ginkgo, red dates, longan and medlar. The main raw materials are beans and grains.

3. In fact, the ingredients of Babao porridge and Laba porridge are very similar, except that some ingredients are not added to Laba porridge. However, there are no restrictions on the ingredients used in the production of eight-treasure porridge and Laba porridge, and the ingredients used in the two can replace each other.

4. Eight-treasure porridge is to drink whenever you want, while Laba porridge is to drink on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which means that it is specially made and eaten on Laba Festival. The meanings of the two are different.

5. The original Laba porridge is sweet porridge or original porridge, because Laba porridge cooked with whole grains can only be made sweet or original, and cannot be made into salty porridge. However, with the spread of Laba porridge custom, all localities cook Laba porridge according to their favorite tastes, without any restrictions. In some areas, some vegetables are added when making laba porridge.