What should beginning of winter eat?

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Today, let's discuss it. It is said that northerner beginning of winter eats jiaozi, but what does southerner beginning of winter eat?

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Beginning of winter means entering the cold season, and people tend to eat foods that can drive away the cold. In the south, people will eat some high-calorie foods, such as chicken, duck and fish. Some will be cooked with traditional Chinese medicine to increase the efficacy of medicine tonic.

Beginning of winter "winter tonic", every household must boil root soup, chop the roots of Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhus verniciflua, Litsea cubeba and Paeonia suffruticosa into pieces, put them in a pot to boil thick root soup, remove the root pieces, and then add chicken, duck, rabbit meat or pig's trotters and pig's bellies to boil.

There are many kinds of grass roots and various formulas, but they can't escape the functions of tonifying kidney, strengthening stomach and strengthening waist and knees. In Chaoshan area of Guangdong, beginning of winter wants to eat sugar cane and fried fragrant rice. Sugarcane can become one of the foods for "supplementing winter" because there has always been a folk saying that "beginning of winter eats sugarcane without pain", which means that the sugarcane of "beginning of winter" is ripe and will not get angry after eating it. At this time, "eating sugar cane" can not only protect teeth, but also play a nourishing role.

In the north, beginning of winter has the custom of eating jiaozi. In northern China, we usually eat jiaozi at festivals. There is a saying that jiaozi comes from "the time of sexual intercourse". New Year's Eve is to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter. When jiaozi is in love, he can't help eating. People are used to this custom.

In the north, it is the custom to eat jiaozi in winter, because jiaozi looks like ears. People think that if you eat them, your ears won't catch a cold in winter. Beginning of winter, wrapped in jiaozi, tastes different from Chinese cabbage, but also dipped in vinegar and rotten garlic to eat, just don't have a taste. Autumn harvest and winter storage, this day, in order to improve our life, we chose "delicious but jiaozi".

What food does South beginning of winter eat?

Mutton stove

The purpose of beginning of winter's tonic is to preserve the body's yang, keep the body warm and replenish the body's yin and blood. Mutton stove conforms to this tonic principle and is a good choice for tonic in early winter.

Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Fructus Jujubae in the mutton stove have the functions of enriching blood, Fructus Lycii has the function of nourishing yin, Radix Codonopsis and Radix Astragali have the function of invigorating qi, Ramulus Cinnamomi can warm meridians, and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae can strengthen spleen and regulate qi. Mutton is warm, which helps Yuanyang and tonifies essence and blood. On the whole, the mutton stove can nourish the qi and blood of the body and make the qi and blood of the whole body smooth.