What traditional food does beginning of autumn eat?
Every place in beginning of autumn and Jiangsu has the custom of eating watermelon every day, which is called eating autumn. This day in beginning of autumn is often the last time to eat watermelon this year-people think that after beginning of autumn, the weather will get cold in the morning and evening, and eating cold food will have an impact on the stomach, so they stopped eating watermelon after beginning of autumn.
Step 2 eat autumn peaches
In beginning of autumn, adults and children should eat autumn peaches, one for each person, and keep the stone after eating. On New Year's Eve, the peach pit was thrown into the stove and burned to ashes. It is thought that this will save the plague for a year.
Step 3 eat cold cakes
In the hearts of Jinhua citizens, eating watermelon and cake is an indispensable traditional custom in beginning of autumn. What is a cool cake? Is to boil sweet potato starch into soup and pour it into a bowl. Stay the next morning and form a whole piece. It looks like a round and transparent white jade from a distance, and then it is cut into small pieces and sprinkled with white sugar, vinegar and mint to make it cool and delicious, sweet and sour.
Step 4 eat "good fortune"
Beginning of autumn solar term is the rich period of longan in Taiwan Province. People believe that after eating longan meat, future generations will become big officials, and longan is also called "Fuyuan", so there is a saying: after eating longan, future generations will be the best.
Step 5 Eat jiaozi.
Of course, beginning of autumn will "grab the autumn fat" to pack jiaozi (eating cucumbers will make you thinner and fatter, eating eggplant will make you fatter and fatter). There is a saying in Northeast China: It is better to lie down while sitting, and it is not as delicious as jiaozi. Beginning of autumn usually eats jiaozi or steamed stuffed buns, which is called "grabbing autumn fat". I'll grab a jiaozi from your bowl, so that I can keep fit in autumn and make up for the oil and water lost in summer.
Step 6 eat eggs
In addition, on this day in early autumn, other parts of our country also have the custom of eating eggs and peaches. Eggs have the effect of calming the nerves and nourishing the heart. Eggs are harmless to the spleen and stomach, and are suitable for infants, pregnant women, lying-in women and patients, but should not be eaten more. It is more appropriate to eat 1 ~ 2 eggs a day.
7. Eat small red beans
Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, red beans have been served with well water every early autumn. Take seven to fourteen small red beans and swallow them with well water, facing west when taking them, so it is said that dysentery can be avoided in autumn.