1, food culture

In the northern region, pasta is the main food, so Zongzi, a kind of "food containing glutinous rice and other grains", mostly appears as dessert after meals, so people in the north prefer to eat "sweet-mouthed Zongzi".

In the southern region, the climate is warm and humid, which is more suitable for rice growth. Most residents take rice as the staple food, so zongzi may appear in three meals. When zongzi becomes the staple food, it is easy to understand that it prefers "salty mouth".

2. Regional conditions

Jujube trees belong to "plants that like temperature and are drought-tolerant". The northern part of China has a dry climate and abundant sunshine, which is suitable for the growth of jujube trees (Hebei Jinsixiaozao, Northwest Jujube, etc.), so northerners like to eat "sweet dates with dates as stuffing" in line with regional characteristics.

However, Hunan and Sichuan are humid (the annual average relative humidity is above 70%), so residents like to store meat products by smoking for preservation. Because of this, influenced by weather and living habits, people in this area prefer to eat "salty zongzi stuffed with bacon".

Similar to this, Guangdong, Fujian and other places are near the sea, so many foods such as dried shrimps and scallops are added to the salted dumplings.

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Strange taste zongzi

1, thirteen fragrant crayfish dumplings

The main taste of crayfish dumplings is the taste of thirteen spices, leaving only meat and chestnut. The name of crayfish dumplings is far more attractive than the taste. Compared with other ingredients, crayfish is not resistant to cooking, and lobster meat has been melted into glutinous rice. It tastes smooth and delicious, and the meat is delicate.

2. Crystal coffee dumplings

Transparent skin, bright sandwich, transparent skin is very Q-elastic, which is a very good dessert, but the skin is too difficult to chew and tasteless. The taste is sweet and greasy, and the price is expensive, which is also the inevitable disadvantage of this kind of zongzi. This kind of zongzi has a really high face value and is suitable for sending girlfriends and mothers.

3. Longjing tea dumplings

This kind of rice dumplings is very fragrant. When cooking rice dumplings, the whole room smells like matcha. When the leaves are opened, the rice dumplings are bright green like jade, and the glutinous rice with matcha fragrance is particularly compact, and the more you chew it, the more fragrant it is. The bean paste stuffing inside has the fragrance of kidney beans and is not too sweet. After eating Longjing tea dumplings, it is like being in the Longjing tea garden in spring. Relatively speaking, it is much more normal than other dumplings.