The dispute between salty zongzi and sweet zongzi is just like the dispute between salty tofu pudding and sweet tofu pudding, and between sweet moon cakes and salty moon cakes. For hundreds of years, there has never been a win or lose. Just as turnips and cabbages have their own tastes, salty zongzi should not quit the stage of history, not depending on what individuals think, but on how everyone eats it. Comparatively speaking, it seems that salty zongzi is more popular with ordinary people now.

The origin of the dispute between the two tastes is actually a dispute between northerners and southerners. Northerners like to eat salty and heavy taste; Southerners like to eat sweet and light food. There's nothing in this book. What's the big deal if you like sweet food and salty food? But it happens to be interesting that in the matter of zongzi, northerners prefer sweet food, while southerners prefer salty food. Every place has different customs, and it is normal for everyone to have different preferences. Why do you have to fight for a high or low win or lose?

In fact, when Zongzi first appeared, it was alkaline Zongzi, with no requirement of sweetness or saltiness, and then it gradually developed into sweet, salty, meat, egg yolk, jujube and even traditional Chinese medicine. There are many kinds.

As far as the initial popularity and popularity are concerned, it seems that sweet zongzi is indeed more widely eaten in the country. However, with the diversity of food being pursued more and more in recent years, a small moon cake and bean curd can be made in countless ways and tastes, not to mention Zongzi, a food that is more changeable.

Taste advantage of salty zongzi

So slowly, people began to pursue more diverse tastes. Eating too much sweet will make them tired, but not salty. Moreover, there are only a few kinds of ingredients that can be matched with sweet zongzi. It is sweet to eat and eat, but it is just the difference between sweetness and sweetness.

But salty zongzi is different. If only egg yolk is wrapped in it, it is a taste. If pork belly is wrapped in it, it is a taste. Is it different to put bacon and sausage in it? The mix and match of each ingredient can sublimate into a completely different taste.

Zongzi, besides itself, often gives gifts on the Dragon Boat Festival, and a criterion for people to choose gifts generally depends on the value of this item. It must be that the more expensive the better, the richer the content the better.

The sweet zongzi has a disadvantage in this, because its sweetness is easy, just a little sugar, a little candied dates, or a little red bean paste is enough. In comparison, sweet zongzi will be cheaper.