What do Suzhou people eat on the solstice night in winter?

1, Suzhou-style braised dishes: Suzhou people have seven or eight cold dishes to clear the way in winter solstice nightclubs, so in winter solstice night, Suzhou has all kinds of braised dishes, including mutton cakes, sauced meat, sauced ducks, barbecued pork and beef. The sauce meat is moderate in hardness and fragrance after eating.

2, Soviet-style warm pot: eat warm pot in winter solstice night, do not have a warm feeling, it is not like hot pot, it is to put semi-finished vegetables into the pot, add broth, and keep warm by fire.

3. Wonton: On the solstice night in winter, Suzhou people are also very particular about their staple food. There is a saying that "the solstice in winter is the solstice in summer". Eating wonton on the solstice in winter means eating a "chaotic world" and returning to a peaceful world.

Sauce: Suzhou people eat sauced meat in spring, steamed meat with lotus leaf powder in summer, braised meat in autumn and sauce in winter solstice. The so-called "square", square meat, big meat, can not be meat without square, the key to the quality of sauce lies in the square, and then the degree of crispness. The sauce is smooth but not greasy, the lean meat is fragrant and moist, and it melts in the mouth, and it is full of fragrance when swallowed.

5. Winemaking in winter: There is a saying in Suzhou that "if you don't drink Winemaking in winter, you will freeze all night". Winemaking in winter is an essential drink for Suzhou people from winter to day and night.