What food should I eat in snowy solar terms?

Heavy snow is a good opportunity for tonic, which is called "winter tonic, spring killing tiger". It is cold in winter, so reasonable tonic can improve human immune function, promote metabolism and resist the cold. You can eat mutton, dog meat, red sticky porridge, bacon and sugar in snowy days.

1, mutton?

There is a folk saying that "winter supplements and spring kills tigers". In winter, the cold weather reminds people to "tonic", and mutton has become the first in the list of "tonic" in winter. In Nanjing, it is very popular to eat mutton during heavy snow. People think that eating mutton can dispel cold and nourish, replenish qi and tonify deficiency, and enhance the ability to keep out the cold. ?

In most parts of the north, the weather became extremely cold at this time, and a bowl of hot mutton or mutton soup became the best diet, which later formed a traditional diet of heavy snow and solar terms. In Baotou, Inner Mongolia, there is a saying that "light snow kills pigs and heavy snow kills sheep". Every solar term of heavy snow is the time to slaughter sheep and prepare new year's goods. Some people will eat freshly slaughtered mutton in the solar terms. ?

2.dog meat?

Wenzhou, Zhejiang has always had the saying that "fragrant meat warms the stomach in winter", and the fragrant meat here refers to dog meat. Dog meat is considered to have the effect of warming stomach and improving cold hands and feet. As a nourishing way, it is deeply loved by some people. It is said that in the past, there was a custom in Wenzhou that dog meat was a good tonic for pregnant women. ?

3. red sticky porridge?

In addition to meat, in some places in northern Shandong, there is red sticky porridge, which is sweet potato porridge boiled with millet, sweet potato and medlar. There is a local saying that "Lu brick (a farm tool) blocks the door and only drinks red sticky porridge", which means that the whole family stays at home, drinks sweet potato porridge and doesn't visit. ?

4.bacon?

It is the custom of Nanjing people to "pickle vegetables with light snow and pickle meat with heavy snow". In the past, people would store a lot of food before the Spring Festival. Some meat foods can't be preserved for a long time, so people preserved them and formed today's bacon. Every household in Nanjing buys meat to make bacon and hangs it at the door to dry, as well as sausages, salted fish and other pickled products. ?

5. change sugar?

In Wenzhou, Zhejiang, many people think that eating caramel in winter is good for their health. Before and after the heavy snow and solar terms, there will be a scene of "exchanging candy" on the local streets, that is, small vendors selling caramel (also called "candy customers") specialize in selling candy on the streets, beating sugar knives and selling candy loudly. The scene of "changing sugar" has been presented in many film and television dramas.

Beijing News-Snow Festival, have you eaten these traditional foods?