65438+February 2 1 coincides with the solar term of winter solstice, and folks have always said that winter solstice is as big as a year. The "standard posture" of most Ningbo people in winter solstice is to eat glutinous rice balls, jiaozi or Bao jiaozi. The sense of ceremony is full, which also drives the consumption of Yongcheng from winter to Sunday to climb.
Ningbo dongzhi taste
People in Ningbo must prepare many special foods for the winter solstice festival. Among them, there are three kinds of food that cannot be separated from the word "Yi". Turnip rice cakes, taro and fairy chicken are winter solstice delicacies in Ningbo.
Every year before the winter solstice, Hu Xiuhua's grandmother is always very busy, preparing traditional food radish cakes for the winter solstice, and putting the big stove that has been idle for half a year back into use.
"Radish and taro must be cooked in a big stove, so that they are delicious. "Hu said, while lighting firewood with a newspaper behind the big stove. Cooking in a big stove is very troublesome, and there is a lot of firewood and ashes. It is only used when radishes and chickens are slaughtered.