What traditional delicacies are good to eat in the Beginning of Summer?

Eggs

Eating eggs in the Beginning of Summer can not only withstand the test of "Xiaxia", but also bring a happy life. There is a custom of eating eggs at the beginning of summer, which can prevent common summer symptoms such as lack of appetite, tired body and limbs, and weight loss. Eggs are calm in nature, can replenish qi deficiency, and have the functions of calming the mind and nourishing the heart.

Lixia Tea

In order to welcome the Beginning of Summer, there is also the custom of drinking tea during the Beginning of Summer in Jiangxi, my country. It is said that if you don’t drink the Beginning of Summer tea, you will have a miserable summer. On the day of the Beginning of Summer, Women will gather tea leaves from seven families and cook and drink them together. They say that drinking tea from seven families at the beginning of summer will ensure that they will not feel sleepy throughout the summer.

Lixia Soup

In the Beginning of Summer, people eat soup balls made of glutinous rice flour and sage grass, called "Lixia Soup". As the saying goes, "If you eat soup at the beginning of summer, you will step on the stones to form a pit." There are often strong winds around the beginning of summer, called "Dragon King Storm". When the east wind blows out on the Beginning of Summer, it is commonly believed that there will be floods. The proverb says, "The east wind blows and rains on the Beginning of Summer." If there is thunder at the beginning of summer, there will be more thunderstorms in the future. As the saying goes, "Thunder hits at the beginning of summer, and it will happen every three days."

Wheat Silkworms

During the Beginning of Summer Festival, farmers in suburban counties of Shanghai take wheat flour and sugar to make inch-long strips of food, called wheat silkworms. People eat them to avoid "sickness" summer". The tender grass heads from the Beginning of Summer are mixed with rice flour and fried into pancakes, called "tan cakes", which are a favorite food of people in Shanghai and Pudong areas. Sugar plums, fermented glutinous rice, salted eggs, etc. are also regarded as seasonal foods, which are called seasonal foods. They are tasted and called "three new foods".

Foot bone bamboo shoots

Eating "foot bone bamboo shoots" at the beginning of summer is a unique custom in Ningbo. Not all the bamboo shoots currently sold in the vegetable market can be used to make "foot bone bamboo shoots". It is best to use wild mountain bamboo shoots or black bamboo shoots. The key to eating "foot bone bamboo shoots" lies in their shape. Before cooking, flatten the bamboo shoots and cut them into sections of about 4 centimeters, which are shaped like foot bones. Only by eating them can you "keep your foot bones strong."

Qijia porridge

There is a custom of eating "Qijia porridge" at the beginning of summer in the rural areas of eastern Zhejiang. That is, farmers' neighbors give each other beans, rice, and brown sugar, and cook it A pot of porridge is called "Qijia Porridge". It is said that after eating this kind of porridge, the neighbors will be harmonious and they can focus on plowing and planting in the summer.

Beginning of Summer Rice

In the old days of Beginning of Summer, in the countryside of Ningbo, red beans, soybeans, black beans, green beans, mung beans and other five-colored beans were mixed with white japonica rice to cook "five-color rice", which was called Beginning of Summer. meal. Nowadays, some families in urban and rural areas of Ningbo still retain this ancient custom, but the ingredients of Beginning of Summer rice have been changed to five other foods: broad beans, soybeans, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, plus soy sauce or bacon, called five kinds of rice.

Noodles

Wheat is mostly grown in northern my country, and the Beginning of Summer is the season when wheat comes into play. Therefore, most areas in the north have the custom of making and eating pasta during the Beginning of Summer to celebrate the wheat harvest. There are three main types of pasta in Beginning of Summer: summer cakes, noodles and spring rolls.

Black rice

Black rice is made by squeezing the juice of black rice leaves (also known as green leaves) and dipping glutinous rice into steamed rice. It is said that eating black rice in the Beginning of Summer will prevent you from getting sick in summer, it can expel wind and poison, and black mosquitoes will not dare to bite.

Black rice cake

Black rice cake is also one of the traditional Beginning of Summer snacks in Ningbo. It is made by mashing black leaves and soaking them in water, and then soaking the glutinous rice with black leaf juice to dye it black. , then the soaked black glutinous rice is steamed with sugar and then hand-pressed into glutinous rice cakes, which tastes like a faint aroma of black leaves.

Three delicacies

Tasting three delicacies at the beginning of summer is also called "eating three delicacies at the beginning of summer" or "seeing three new things at the beginning of summer". The three delicacies are generally divided into "three delicacies from the ground", "three delicacies from the tree" and "three delicacies from the water". The three delicacies are broad beans, amaranth, and cucumbers (some say they are amaranth, broad beans, and garlic sprouts). The three fresh fruits of the tree include cherries, loquats, and apricots (some say they are green plums, apricots, and cherries). The three delicacies of water are conch, pufferfish, and anchovy (some say they are anchovy, pomfret, and yellow croaker).

The dietary principle after the beginning of summer is "nourishing yang in spring and summer". Nourishing yang focuses on nourishing the heart. To nourish the heart, you can drink more milk, eat more soy products, chicken, lean meat, etc., which can not only supplement nutrition, but also play a role in nourishing the heart. Psychotonic effect. Eating more vegetables, fruits and whole grains at ordinary times can increase the supply of fiber, vitamins B and C, and can prevent arteriosclerosis.

What foods are suitable for eating in the Beginning of Summer?

Mung beans. It is recommended that you eat mung bean sprouts or drink mung bean soup, which are both good choices. The former can clear away toxins, while the latter can relieve heat.

Duck eggs. This is naturally the number one recommendation. The beginning of summer means the setting of eggs, which refers to the setting of duck eggs. Eating duck eggs can help you restore your physical strength and supplement other nutrients your body needs.

Jun Tacai. Junta vegetable is a seasonal vegetable that comes on the market around the beginning of summer. It is said that after eating Junta vegetable, you will not get prickly heat in summer, and your skin will be as smooth as Junta.

Sweet potatoes. Summer is here. Although sweet potatoes are mostly roasted and eaten in winter, you can also eat some sweet potatoes in summer. Firstly, they will fill you up. Secondly, they can stick the dirt on the intestinal wall to achieve the effect of cleaning the intestines.

Lettuce. It's hot in summer, and a lot of Qi accumulates in the body. At this time, if you want to eat more aerobic things, the natural first choice is lettuce. Eating lettuce can help you ventilate and release waste gas from the body.

You should eat less of these foods during the Beginning of Summer

Eat less: fried, braised, spicy seasonings, bitter melon, lotus seed core, Kuding tea, and frozen cold drinks

thin Taste is the most important dietary rule in early summer. Savor more of the natural taste of food and eat less fish, fried and braised foods.

At the same time, the heart fire becomes stronger in the beginning of summer, and it is easy to have dry mouth and throat, irritability in the heart, and hot hands and feet. The diet should be light and use less spicy seasonings to prevent the fire from damaging the yin. In addition, at the beginning of summer, you don’t need to eat too much bitter food to reduce internal heat. Bitter melon, kuding tea, and lotus seed cores are best eaten in moderation only when the tip of your tongue is red and you feel internal heat. If it is hot, try to drink warm water in small sips to quench your thirst and relieve the heat. Eating cold food in summer can hurt your spleen and stomach.