1 wonton
Eating wonton in the winter solstice and noodles in the summer solstice is a kind of eating habit formed by the people according to the season. According to legend, Suzhou people eat wonton on the winter solstice to commemorate the great beauty Xi Shi. It is also said that in the Han Dynasty, there were two leaders of Hun tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. The people hated it, so they wrapped it into a corner with meat stuffing and called it "wonton" with the sound of "muddy" and "tun". Hate to eat, and seek to calm the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the winter solstice, every family eats wonton on the winter solstice.
2. Tangyuan
Eating glutinous rice balls for health on the winter solstice means "reunion", and eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is very popular all over the country now. The materials commonly used to make glutinous rice balls, such as glutinous rice, sesame seeds and red beans, are also warm and have a good spleen-strengthening effect. The spleen and stomach are healthy, and the dietary nutrition will be absorbed and utilized by the body, which will improve the body's ability to resist cold and prevent diseases. It is most suitable for eating in winter.
3. jiaozi
Every year on the winter solstice of the Lunar New Year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday meal for the rich and the poor, and it is very popular in supermarkets, shopping malls and other jiaozi. As the saying goes, "On October 1st, when the winter solstice comes, every family eats dumplings." . Why do you want to eat jiaozi on the winter solstice? It is said that this custom was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", who gave up medicine on the winter solstice.
Now there are all kinds of quick-frozen jiaozi in the market, but the atmosphere brought by jiaozi is missing. It is recommended to pack jiaozi with your family, which is safe and nutritious. When many people mix dumplings, they feel that it is not enough to put only meat flavor, but also to add a lot of oil. Pay attention to taste and health, so you should stop.
4, eight-treasure porridge
Hot eight-treasure porridge is very suitable for warm and soft diet in winter. Chinese medicine believes that eating porridge can strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach, and has a certain effect of nourishing yin, just against the characteristics of dryness in winter. In order to play a role in keeping out the cold, we can choose warm or mild foods that can strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as coix seed, jujube, walnut, peanut, chicken, mutton, glutinous rice, longan, yam and tremella. We might as well be creative and mix these ingredients into delicious porridge, such as mutton porridge, chicken porridge, glutinous rice porridge with red dates, millet porridge with yam, white fungus porridge with red dates and rice porridge.
5. Mutton
Suzhou people have also started a big tonic since the winter solstice, and it has also formed the highest peak of eating mutton after autumn. The mutton business in the mutton shop is booming all of a sudden. The mutton restaurant in the winter solstice can sell eight sheep a day. For the eaters, whether it is burning, stewing, stewing or cooking, they can both enjoy the delicious food and replenish their health, which is really a beautiful thing to kill two birds with one stone.
6. Chinese cabbage
As we all know, Chinese cabbage is a food rich in vitamin C and vitamin E, which is very helpful for skin care and beauty. Chinese cabbage is rich in crude fiber, which not only has the effect of moistening intestines and detoxifying, but also stimulates gastrointestinal peristalsis, which is very helpful for digestion and defecation.
7. Huaishan Mountain
Huaishan can strengthen bones and muscles and moisten fur. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. is an excellent medicinal and edible food, which can provide enough mucin for human body, thus achieving the effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, benefiting lung and relieving cough. It is worth noting that Dioscorea opposita Thunb. is a moisture-promoting ingredient. People with strong moisture should not take it alone, and it is generally edible for everyone.
8. Coprinus comatus
Coprinus comatus can benefit the spleen and stomach and stimulate appetite. Coprinus comatus is named after it looks like a chicken leg. It is delicious and nutritious. It is regarded as a "rookie among bacteria". Regular consumption can effectively enhance appetite and help improve immunity, especially suitable for health preservation in the winter solstice. Coprinus comatus contains very high nutritional value, in which maltase and tyrosinase can promote digestion and help lower blood pressure. In addition, Coprinus comatus is rich in compounds, which has a strong preventive and therapeutic effect on cancer prevention and treatment, and is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to eat in health care.
9. Black rice
Black rice is not as refined as white rice, but is mostly eaten directly in the form of brown rice after hulling. This kind of thick black rice is suitable for cooking porridge. Soak the porridge before cooking to fully absorb the water. The water used for soaking rice should be boiled with rice to preserve the nutrients in it. It can also be made into snacks, dumplings, zongzi, bread, etc.
10, ginger
Another folk food on the winter solstice is preserved ginger rice, and ginger is naturally an indispensable role. This plant takes the thick and pungent underground rhizome as the material, and there are more than ten kinds of ginger, turmeric, black ginger, sand ginger, etc. The common ginger is mostly turmeric with moderate spicy taste.
1 1, pear
Pear is the first choice of winter fruits, which contains malic acid, citric acid, glucose, fructose, calcium, phosphorus, iron and various vitamins. Pear has the functions of moistening throat, promoting salivation, moistening lung, relieving cough and nourishing stomach and intestines.
12, nuts
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that nuts are warm in flavor, and it is easy to get angry when eaten in other seasons, while the cold winter is a gift in the snow. In addition, most nuts can tonify the kidney, which just echoes the corresponding organ kidney in winter. Eating nuts in moderation can be called the trick of keeping healthy on the winter solstice.
13, red bean porridge
Porridge is one of the traditional dietary methods in China, and Chinese folks have the custom of eating red bean porridge on the winter solstice, "Laba porridge" on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month and "Babao porridge" on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. In the cold winter, a bowl of warm porridge can not only dispel the cold, but also provide nutrition. If some medicinal food is added to it, it will also have the effect of treating diseases, which can be described as many benefits. An old saying goes, "If you cook porridge with red beans on the winter solstice, you can be immune." This means that on the winter solstice, if the family is reunited to eat porridge cooked by red beans, the plague of this year can be avoided.
14, radish
There is a folk saying: "winter solstice radish summer solstice ginger, eat at the right time without pain." He added, "Radish is better than ginseng in winter." Therefore, eating radish on the winter solstice is the most nourishing. On the night of the winter solstice, it is just suitable for stewing a pot of hot radish sparerib soup to supplement nutrition, nourish the body and enhance the cold resistance. Radish contains protein, sugar, vitamin A, vitamin C, niacin, and calcium, phosphorus, iron and so on. The saccharifying enzyme and mustard oil contained in radish are of great benefit to human digestive function. This function of radish has earned it the reputation of "Little Ginseng".
Experts specially reminded that although white radish has a good digestive function, it is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency, chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer to eat in large quantities because of its cool nature. White radish should not be eaten with his brother "carrot", but also with oranges, because they can produce thiocyanic acid, which will prevent the thyroid from taking iodine and easily induce goiter.
15, sweet potato
It is a kind of food with rich nutrition in grain. Because sweet potato can supply a lot of mucin, sugar, vitamin A and vitamin C to human body, it has the functions of tonifying deficiency, invigorating qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, strengthening kidney yin, harmonizing stomach, warming stomach and benefiting lung. Therefore, eating sweet potatoes often can prevent connective tissue atrophy in liver and kidney and prevent the occurrence of collagen disease.
16, winter brewing
Eat winter wine on the winter solstice. This wine is brewed only once a year before the winter solstice. It tastes sweet and fragrant. When pouring wine into a cup, the aroma gradually rises and then spreads, and finally the room is full of warm and sweet aroma, which makes people get drunk before drinking. However, the winter wine is very weak, and all ages, women and children can drink two cups. Suzhou Winter Brewing in the old days was a kind of rice wine, which was brewed together with osmanthus. It was sweet in taste, golden in color, vaguely fragrant with osmanthus, and very refreshing and pleasant.
17, winter solstice group
Suzhou people eat the "Winter Solstice Group" on the night of the winter solstice. The Winter Solstice Ball, also known as the "Rice Bun Ball", is made of glutinous rice flour with stuffing, including minced meat, vegetables and fruits, bean paste, shredded radish, etc. After it is made, it is used for sacrifice, eating or giving to relatives and friends. The Winter Solstice Ball is also called the "Rice Cake Ball". On the night before the Winter Solstice, it is ground into balls, stuffed with minced meat, vegetables and fruits, bean paste and shredded radish, and sacrificed and presented to each other. There is still the custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice.