Double Ninth Festival, whether you have money or not, remember to eat 4 traditional delicacies, which have good meanings, pray for your parents
9th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar , 29th day is called " 9th ". This day of the year is the traditional festival of my country, "Double Ninth Festival", which is auspicious day worth celebrating. Since ancient times, there has been an old tradition of climbing high places, to appreciate chrysanthemums , eating to appreciate chrysanthemum cake , and drinking chrysanthemum wine. Although the customs are different from different places, there is no distinction between food and the nineteenth place. Not all elderly people can realize their wishes, but eating Double Ninth Festival food is something that we can do when we are children. Therefore, when the Double Ninth Festival is approaching, whether we have money or not, remember to eat 4 traditional foods. It is delicious and good to make, and pray for our parents and wish our parents all the world good and longevity! Healthy for a long time!
First type: Chongyang Cake
Chongyang Cake is one of the must-eat traditional foods on the Double Ninth Festival. Although the methods are different in different places, the meaning is the same, because "cake" and "gao" are homophones. As a festival food, eating cakes at a high level and there is also the auspicious meaning of climbing high and climbing high step by step. Therefore, "Dongyang Flower Cake" is the best gift for elders on the Double Ninth Festival, and it is also a favorite delicacy among the public.
Chongyang cake does not have a fixed method, it is relatively casual, usually a sticky and soft cake. I recommend a fruit and vegetable cake suitable for the elderly to eat, which can nourish qi and produce saliva, moisten dryness and clear fire.
Ingredients: Sago, pumpkin, kidney beans, dragon fruit, corn starch, sugar, milk, osmanthus juice,
Method: Add a little sugar to the sago, add pure water without the sago, soak for 15 minutes, stir and add corn starch to knead it into a dough, and make 4 round cakes. Steam the pumpkin and kidney beans, cook and paste them separately, and add some milk if they are dry. A layer of sago cake is placed in the live base mold, a layer of kidney bean cake , a layer of sago cake, a layer of hijab cake , a layer of sago cake, a layer of dragon fruit, and a layer of sago cake. Steam on the trunk over high heat for about 1 hour, cut it open when eating, and sprinkle with osmanthus juice and it will be OK.
Second type: mutton noodles
The custom of eating mutton noodles on Double Ninth Festival, because the character "Yang" of Double Ninth Festival is homophonetic to the character "Lamb" of mutton, which means Double Ninth Festival. People will eat mutton on Double Ninth Festival. Moreover, the mutton is rich in nutrition and tender in meat, which is also very suitable for nourishing the elderly. There are also some specialties when eating mutton noodles. You should eat white noodles. The word "white" is the word "hundred". Remove the horizontal line on the top, which means that one hundred minus one to "nine nine".
Recommended recipe: mutton braised hand-rolled noodles
Method: Add appropriate amount of water to the flour and make a dough. It should be slightly harder. After about half an hour, divide the dough into appropriate amounts of dough. Use a rolling pin to roll it into long cakes, and send it to noodle press to press into noodles. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, boil the water and add the noodles. The water should be wider. Add the noodles. It is also very easy to cook the noodles. Boil it on a high heat and pour cold water. Boil it again and then pour cold water. The third time I boil the noodles and cook it just right. Remove from the pot, put cold water, remove, make the mutton sauce in advance, pour it on and mix it and start the meal. You can also cook the mutton with various seasonings, then cook the mutton soup with mutton soup and heat the noodle soup with some vegetables. It tastes delicious.
The third type: crab
Around the Double Ninth Festival, it is the time when crabs are the fattest. The custom of eating crabs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in my country, as well as in Guangdong and Guangxi places is relatively popular. Every Double Ninth Festival, in addition to eating crabs at home, relatives and friends also invite each other to gather together, literati, eat crabs and enjoy chrysanthemums, and recite poems with wine. "Hold the crab claw on the left and the wine on the right, but I didn't realize that the day was again nine times. At this time, the best time of the year was, there was orange, green, orange, yellow, and Dongting ." This is a true portrayal. Crabs are rich in high-quality protein , vitamins and dietary fiber, and have high nutritional value. They are a good tonic for the elderly. Don’t forget to send hairy crabs to honor their parents during the Double Ninth Festival.
Recommended recipe: Steamed hairy crabs
Ingredients: 5 hairy crabs; appropriate amounts of green onion, ginger, sugar, vinegar, and seafood soy sauce.
Method: Rinse hairy crabs in cold water, do not untickle them. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, put on the steaming curtain, put cold water in the pot. Put the hairy crabs in the belly facing upwards and put them in the steaming curtain, cover the pot, steam the 4-two-sized hairy crabs for 15 minutes. When the time comes, turn off the heat. Make a sauce, peel the onion and ginger and chop it, add appropriate amount of sugar, vinegar, and seafood soy sauce to season. You can steam it with hairy crabs, or fry some oil and pour it on. In short, this dipping sauce can be adjusted according to your favorite taste.
The fourth type: chrysanthemum wine
Drinking chrysanthemum wine is a folk custom of the ancient Double Ninth Festival. On the ninth day of the ninth month, people pick the first blooming chrysanthemums and a little green branches and leaves, mix them in the grains prepared for brewing, and then use them to make wine together and drink them on September 9th next year. Legend has it that drinking this wine can prolong life. In fact, this statement also makes sense. Chrysanthemum is a Chinese herbal medicine, which has the effects of clearing heat and removing fire, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, clearing the liver and improving eyesight . Therefore, remember to send chrysanthemum wine to honor your parents during the Double Ninth Festival!
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