1, jiaozi
I am used to eating jiaozi in my off-year evening, which means to see the Kitchen God off, and it means to "see off the windward side of jiaozi". In addition, there is a folk saying that "it's delicious but not as good as jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable food.
2. Kwantung sugar
Guandong sugar is also called kitchen king sugar and big candy. In a year, it is only sold around the off-year period. Guandong sugar is a sugar product made of millet and malt.
3. Sticky cake
There is a folk song "Twenty-three, Sticking Cake Sticking" in Luxi area of Shandong Province. Every year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, it is the day when every family steamed sticky cakes and ate sticky cakes, which means to stick the mouth of the kitchen king and let him say good things in heaven instead of bad things in the world. Sticky cakes are made of yellow rice and red dates, which are sweet and strong, and the entrance is soft, taking the meaning of "high year after year".
4, scallion cake
Scallion cake is a special staple food in the north. The main ingredients are flour and chopped green onion. There are thousands of fresh scallion cakes, which are covered with silk by hand. The outer layer is golden and crisp, the inner layer is soft and tender, and the taste is crispy and salty.
5. Fire
Traditional foods in the north are generally prepared to burn when offering sacrifices to stoves on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.
6, stir-fried corn
In the southeast of Shanxi, the custom of eating fried corn is popular, and the folk proverb says, "Twenty-three, don't eat fried, on the New Year's Eve-one pot pours."