What do you eat in summer in the south?

In the south, we eat chicken in summer, eat fairy grass and ginger juice to make eggs.

1, eat chicken

Southerners have the habit of eating chicken in summer. There is a traditional folk tonic method, which is to eat broilers in summer. Broilers contain certain growth hormone, which is beneficial to children in growth and development period and middle-aged and elderly people with decreased hormone level. When cooking chicken, add a proper amount of ginger to adjust the temperature difference between inside and outside the human body in summer, so that the human body can adapt to the external environment and play a role in eliminating dampness and strengthening the body.

2. Cao Xian

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in summer. Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat. After drying the stems and leaves, it can be made into Xiancao, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert.

3, ginger juice to adjust eggs

People in Jiaojiang, Taizhou, have the custom of mixing eggs with ginger juice in summer. Ginger juice can eliminate moisture in the body, and ginger juice can adjust eggs and "replenish people". Some elderly people like to eat chicken porridge, which is said to tonify yang.