As a traditional festival, the Cold Clothing Festival, like other large and small festivals, also has its traditional food customs and taboos. Whether you believe it or not, it makes sense to pass it down. Have awe and pray for blessings and good fortune for your family. Tomorrow's Cold Clothes Festival, don't forget to eat "3 treasures" if you have money or not, which means driving away bad luck and good health .
Which "three treasures" to eat?
1. Red bean
" October dynasty . Wear a cotton jacket, eat bean soup, keep the cold ". The bean soup here refers to soup boiled with red beans . According to legend, in Jiangsu, a poor cattle herder was killed because of his struggle with the landlord and donated blood all over the ground. That day was the first day of October. From then on, people of used red beans as sacrifices. Every year on the first day of October, they would eat a bowl of red bean soup. They prayed that granary was full of , will not be poor , days will become richer and richer.
Recommended method: [Red Bean Soup]
1. In the past, pure red bean soup was boiled. Now the conditions are good, which can enrich the ingredients, have a better taste and higher nutrition. Prepare some red beans, red beans, , add some flower coix seeds, peanuts, and lotus seeds, and wash them with clean water. Prepare half a bowl of jiangji, add a few red dates, pour in water that is one finger higher than jiangji, put them in a pot and steam for 30 minutes, and steam the red dates of jiangji.
2. Add half a pot of water to the casserole, add a little alkaline noodles to make the beans softer. Pour all the beans into the pot, add a little water to the boil over high heat and simmer slowly. Each time you boil, add some water to keep the soup slightly boiling. In this way, the beans cooked are soft and rotten and will not break the skin, and the color is also good.
3.Slow simmer over low heat for 40 minutes, add the steamed jiang rice, continue to cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent the pan, and finally sprinkle a handful of cooked white sesame seeds and let it be served, which is nutritious and warm. Don’t forget to cook a pot for your family to drink tomorrow.
2. glutinous rice cake
" October, glutinous rice cake is boiling ". In the coastal areas of Guangzhou, every October day, families gather together, steam the newly harvested glutinous rice, beat it into a ball of , wrap it with peanuts, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, sesame , etc., and make glutinous rice cake to worship ancestors and eat , and have a happy time. Therefore, eating glutinous rice cake on the first day of October 2017 lignies also symbolizes : lots of blessings and longevity , reunion .
Recommended method: [Pumpkin Sticky Rice Crisp]
1. Peel the pumpkin into small pieces, put it in a pot and steam it for 15 minutes, and steam the pumpkin.
2.15 minutes later, take out the pumpkin, press it into pumpkin puree with a spoon, and then add an appropriate amount of honey or sugar to increase the sweetness.
3. Then add glutinous rice flour to the pumpkin puree. The ratio of glutinous rice flour to the pumpkin is 1:1. Knead the pumpkin puree into a softer dough and put it aside for 20 minutes. Also prepare half a bowl of bread crumbs for later use.
4.html After 420 minutes, knead the pumpkin and glutinous rice flour smoothly, grind it into even-sized dough, apply some oil on the chopping board, knead the dough into small cakes, wrap it with breadcrumbs and put it on a plate for later use.
5. Roast oil in the pot, add pumpkin glutinous rice cake at 50% oil temperature and fry it. Keep low heat and shake the pot frequently to allow it to heat evenly.
6. Fry for about five to six minutes, and pumpkin cakes are all floating and golden. You can take it out and control oil. Take a bite and make it crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fresh, sweet and soft.
3. Dumplings
" October 1, oil jiji ", on the first day of the 10th lunar month, people want to chop meat , make dumplings , and prepare food for ancestors. Almost every traditional festival of is inseparable from dumplings . In fact, it is because is dumplings since ancient times, " praying for blessings and bringing good fortune , good luck " . eats good luck and keeps you safe and smooth for a year .
Recommended method: [cucumber and egg stuffed dumplings]
1. Wash the cucumbers and cut them into thin strips without peeling. After cutting, put them in a basin, sprinkle some salt and mix well and marinate them to kill water, so as to avoid the later water coming out and cause the dumpling to break the skin.
2. A few eggs are beaten into a bowl, stir-fry with chopsticks, then put them in a pan with cold oil, stir-fry them quickly with chopsticks, and stir the eggs quickly, so that they don’t have to cut them again.
3. Then put the pickled cucumber into gauze and squeeze the juice inside hard to dry it. This way the cucumber tastes crisper and tender and will not produce water. This juice can be used to knead noodles, which is both nutritious and beautiful.
4. Then put the shredded cucumbers into a basin, first pour sesame oil and mix well, which can prevent water from coming out, but also increase the fragrance. Then add the fried eggs, add some chopped green onion, add chicken powder, a little salt, pepper, and oyster sauce to taste, and don’t add anything else, and you will eat a fresh fragrance.
5. Harmonize the dough, roll the dough, and make dumplings. Everyone is familiar with the process of making dumplings. After they are all wrapped one by one, they can be cooked in the pot. Vegetarian dumplings are more cooked than meat dumplings. You don’t need to add water when cooking. Once they are boiled, they will basically be cooked.
6. Look at the filling, it is green and full of umami flavor, and it tastes better than meat. Don’t forget to try it tomorrow if you haven’t eaten it. The taste is quite amazing!
In addition to eating the above "3 treasures", you must also remember that the "2 dishes" of must not be served on . Tomorrow's Cold Clothing Festival, the old man said, "2 dishes are not served on the table, and blessings come to your house ", which "2 dishes" are referred to?
1. Cabbage
No matter how good the cabbage is, I like it more often, try not to serve on the first day of October. Because of its cheap price, cabbage has always been regarded as a poor vegetable. On the days of worshiping ancestors, serving a plate of cabbage will give people a shabby and down-and-out . has the signs of unstable and unstable .
2. plum vegetables
October 1st is a "ghost festival" after all, plums and "mold" are homophonic with . is easy to trigger bad luck and are contaminated with dirty things . Don't make taboos .
worship ancestors and send cold clothes. keep these 3 in mind. Don’t violate the taboos of ancestors
1. Don’t miss the time
The best time to worship ancestors is 9:00-11:00 in the morning, which is also called not going after noon. In addition to the significant reduction of yang energy, it is also the greatest disrespect to ancestors.
2. Don’t look back
In folk customs, whether it is the Cold Clothing Festival or any other sacrificial festival, it is most taboo to look back and act reluctantly to avoid the dead souls following you.
3. Avoid walking alone at night wearing red clothes, black clothes
Walking alone at night wearing red clothes too much, it is easy to get contaminated with filthy ghosts; black clothes are too hidden, and in the old saying goes, it is easy to be possessed, but in the middle of the night, wearing black clothes is indeed easy to be misunderstood and easily bumped into it.
First food editor: Xiaoya
