1, cured meat

There is a folk custom of "pickling in winter and storing it to protect against winter". After the light snow, the temperature drops sharply and the weather is dry, which is a good season for curing bacon. At this time, some farmers began to make sausages and bacon, dried them and stored them for winter.

2, pickles

In the past, limited by conditions, there were few fresh vegetables in winter, so people used to pickle vegetables before and after light snow and use them as vegetables in winter. In the northern region, pickles are popular around the light snow solar term, especially in the northeast region, and pickles for the whole winter will be pickled at one time for the winter. In some southern areas, such as Nanjing, there is also a saying that "light snow pickled vegetables, heavy snow pickled meat", and people will also pickle some side dishes for family consumption.

3. Eat Ciba

Ciba is made by mashing cooked glutinous rice in a stone trough with a stone hammer or reed, which is popular in southern China. In the light snow season, many places in the south began to make Ciba, and many people used to make it into a circle, symbolizing reunion and celebration.

4. Dried fish

During the light snow, fishermen in some coastal areas, such as Dalian and Taiwan Province, will start drying dried fish and storing dry food. At this time, people living by the sea have dried fish hanging in their homes, so they can enjoy delicious food at home when it is cold.

5, eat "soup"

In Tujia customs, there is a tradition of "killing pigs in the new year and welcoming the new year" in Xiaoxue solar term, and "planing soup" is the appropriate food at this time. Cut the fresh pork, pig blood and pig viscera into pieces, stir-fry them in the pan, then cook the pot soup with the pig's large intestine, and add some homemade sweet wine to remove the fishy smell and increase the freshness. When the meat is cooked and the soup is boiled, add pepper, garlic and so on. This is the Tujia people's "planing soup".

6. Mutton hotpot

As the saying goes, "tonic in winter, killing tigers in spring". Folk legend has it that eating more mutton in cold season can dispel cold and nourish, replenish qi and tonify deficiency, promote blood circulation and enhance the ability of keeping out cold. Therefore, in some areas in the north, it is generally popular to eat instant-boiled mutton in light snow season to nourish health and resist the cold.