Why is it called Great Heat? What should we eat on this day?

As the last solar term in summer - Great Heat, it is also the twelfth solar term among the traditional twenty-four solar terms in my country. Why is this solar term called Great Heat? As the name suggests, "summer" already means high temperature and hot weather. Adding the word "大" in front of it means that this is the hottest period of summer this year, usually between the 22nd and 24th of late July every year. Paying attention to preventing heatstroke has become the most important thing at this time of the year, so let’s take stock together, what should we eat on this hot day~1 Eating noodles on the hot day

? There is a slang in the north that "head-down" Dumplings with two-fu noodles, three-fu pancakes with eggs." The older generation especially likes to pay attention to these. It’s also the time of the wheat harvest, so the summer heat should be a good time to eat noodles, but in the scorching heat, instead of eating hot soup noodles, it’s better to have some cold noodles. My family and I’s favorite cold noodle dish is vine pepper chicken noodle. It tastes absolutely amazing. 2. Drink ginger tea

? "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer." Therefore, summer is a good time to eat ginger to maintain health. There are also many people who choose to dry ginger in the hottest summer of the year. However, some friends think that drinking ginger tea in the summer is too strange. In fact, there is a reason for this. The hotter and humid the weather, the easier it is for food to spoil and breed bacteria that can cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Ginger can play an antibacterial role. Not only that, for those who suffer from excessive dampness and cold in the body in summer, ginger can expel dampness and dispel cold, so I often drink it and soak my feet with ginger powder, which is really a health-preserving package. 3 Herbal tea

? Herbal tea is actually an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine in many places. It is just used as a daily drink to relieve summer heat, so it is called herbal tea. Since it is medicine, you cannot drink it casually. You should make a decision based on your own body's specific conditions ~ 4 Mung Bean Soup

? It is very simple and easy to make, even a kitchen terminator like me can handle it. A great product to relieve summer heat. For those who feel that drinking plain water alone is not enough to relieve the heat of the summer, I recommend mung bean soup. Be careful not to completely replace water~

Let me briefly talk about my method of making mung bean soup. It is a must-have drink for work every day. : First, process the mung beans and prepare the casserole. After freezing the mung beans, add water and rock sugar and cook them together. If you don’t like sweet food, add less rock sugar. It's really very simple. 5 Mutton

If you want to eat something meaty in summer, mutton is the first choice. The cooking method should be as light and non-greasy as possible. Not only does it have high nutritional value, but it also tastes great and can prevent you from getting angry after eating it. (Please ignore this article if you don’t like mutton~) 6 seasonal fruits

In this season, you must eat fruits. If your body allows, you can eat watermelon and drink watermelon juice. It's refreshing and thirst-quenching, and the price is reasonable.

However, watermelon is a cold fruit and it is not suitable to eat too much because it is sweet~