1, mutton
The folk saying "tonic in winter, killing tigers in spring". In winter, the cold weather reminds people to "tonic", and mutton has become the first in the list of "tonic" in winter. In Nanjing, it is popular to eat mutton during heavy snow. People think that eating mutton can drive away cold and nourish, replenish qi and tonify deficiency, and enhance the ability to keep out the cold. ?
In most northern areas, the weather becomes extremely cold at this time, and a bowl of hot mutton or mutton soup becomes the best diet, which later formed the traditional diet of heavy snow and solar terms. In Baotou, Inner Mongolia, there is a saying that "light snow kills pigs, while heavy snow kills sheep". Every solar term with heavy snow is the time for slaughtering sheep to prepare new year's goods. Some people will eat freshly slaughtered mutton on the solar term. ?
2. Dog meat?
Wenzhou, Zhejiang has always been said that "fragrant meat warms the stomach in winter", and the fragrant meat here refers to dog meat. Dog meat is considered to have the effects of warming the stomach and improving the coldness of hands and feet. As a nourishing way, it is deeply loved by some people. It is rumored that in the past, there was a custom in Wenzhou that dog meat was used as a good nourishing product for parturients. ?
3. Red sticky porridge?
In addition to meat, in some places in northern Shandong, there is red sticky porridge, which is sweet potato porridge cooked with millet, sweet potato and medlar. There is a saying in the local area that "Lu Brick (a kind of farm tool) has blocked the door and only drinks red sticky porridge", which means that the whole family stays at home and drinks sweet potato porridge instead of visiting in cold weather. ?
4. Cured meat?
It is the custom of Nanjing people to "pickle vegetables with light snow and pickle meat with heavy snow". In the past, people would reserve a lot of food before the Spring Festival. Some meat foods can't be preserved for a long time, so people marinate them and store them, forming today's cured meat. Every year, every household in Nanjing will buy meat to make cured meat and hang it at the door to dry, as well as sausages, salted fish and other cured products. ?
5. exchange sugar?
In Wenzhou, Zhejiang, many people think that eating caramel in winter is good for your health. Before and after the solar term of heavy snow, there will be a scene of "exchanging candy" on the local streets, that is, small vendors selling caramel (also called "candy customers") specialize in selling candy in the streets, beating sugar knives and shouting to sell candy. The scene of "exchanging sugar" has been presented in many film and television dramas.
Beijing News-Snow Festival, have you eaten these traditional delicacies?