Recently, in online classes, we teach children to understand the 24 solar terms in our country. The more we understand, the more we discover, the more we realize that our ancestors are so amazing. People have accurately planned these 24 time points based on the operation of the four seasons and used them to guide farming. Of course, these 24 solar terms seem to have made the long days refine, and each solar term makes people look forward to it.
Then I accidentally discovered this book "Solar Kitchen", which is a very relaxing book. I even want to recommend it to the second grade children I teach now (just kidding!). This book is written in accordance with the 24 solar terms. It will introduce you to what we should eat, what we pay attention to, how to maintain health in each solar term, etc.
There are methods, recipes and stories in the book. Actually, I think the recipe part in this book is the weakest. After all, China has eaten food. I have seen too many delicious and wonderful recipes, so I don’t want to try it because I really want to do it, but I haven’t succeeded! I think one is really well written in this book. The other is a brief story about food.
There is a chapter about him growing loofahs at home when he was a child. They would keep a few of the largest loofahs every year, dry them, and then use them to bathe or wash dishes. This detail is exactly the same as when I was a child, because when I was a child, I also planted loofahs at home. This is the same, leaving the pulp of the loofahs for washing dishes. I was also impressed by a story about the Xiaoman solar term in the book. The solar term of Xiaoman means that all crops start to inject energy on this day, but they are not fully full yet. This is Xiaoman. The author wrote that one day he went to fetch water, and he was very greedy and filled the bucket with a lot of stuff, but he ended up spilling all the way. Later, his mother told him not to fill the bucket too much, so that it would not spill, and Xiaoman would be very good. He deeply remembered his mother's words and this solar term. Then he thought of this dream of "Qin Keqing" in "Dream of Red Mansions" and said that if the water is full, it will overflow, and if the moon is full, it will lose. After the prosperity of the Jia family's fire cooking oil, it will definitely be lonely. This is the same.
I really like reading articles that recall or record emotions through food. I think it’s not my favorite dish, so I searched for a video. Sometimes the memories in the food will make the food exude a unique taste. It will convey some feelings, such as the feeling of missing your hometown, the warmth of your mother, etc.
Through this epidemic, many people have to start paying attention to their three meals a day. We Chinese say that we should be united by nature and follow the laws of nature, so when to eat something is very important. I personally think that eating something in season is the best. In fact, food really doesn’t mean how expensive it is. Sometimes when you eat very expensive things, your body may not be able to digest them. You should know that some things are really marketed to sell that product. It is very important to have a good meal, so calm down and feel the time. Everything will pass. Come on!