Today, the first day of the first lunar month, has officially entered the Wax Moon, there is still a month away from the Spring Festival, there are many folk activities during the Wax Moon, busy outside for a year, finally can meet with relatives, the lunar calendar December, that is, the traditional Wax Moon, the end of the year, every household is busy drying bacon, filling sausages, pickled fish, preparing a series of New Year goods, the Spring Festival in the heart of the Chinese, is very attractive, often have to prepare a month in advance, inventory the accounts of the whole year, there is also an account for the family, the so-called "home without vain, lane without waves." Even the pedestrians on the street seem to have accelerated their pace, entering the Waxing Moon, no matter how busy you are, don't miss these 3 kinds of food, which means that it is good and nutritious, continues the traditional customs, and is full of fun.
From the beginning of the beginning of the waxing moon, there is still a week of time, that is, the Lapa Festival, "children and children, don't be hungry, after the Lappa Is the Year", after the Lappa Day, even if it enters the New Year's Pass, it means that the prelude to the New Year has begun, especially the northerners, for the Lapa Festival, it is not sloppy, every household is busy pickling Lapa Eight Garlic, Boiling Lapa Eight Porridge, Boiling Lapa Eight Noodles, and Southerners rarely mention it, as if they do not pay attention to it, to say that Lapa Festival is a northern festival, this is not exaggerated at all.
Lapa garlic
Ingredients: Garlic, balsamic vinegar
Seasoning: Sugar
1, ordinary purple garlic, peel the outer skin, put into the plate, purple garlic taste is more crisp, the head of the garlic is removed, exposing the inner core, so that it will be easier to soak into emerald green.
2, glass bottle, blanch with boiling water, and then blow dry water, keep anhydrous and oil-free, dry as a whole, put garlic in, pinch a pinch of white sugar, white sugar can make the taste more sweet and delicious, but also effective antiseptic.
3, add a bottle of Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar, add to the mouth of the bottle, cover with a layer of plastic film, tighten the lid, the film can not only prevent the air, but also prevent the lid from rotting and rusting.
4, put in a cool and dry place, this is the appearance of the sixth day of pickling, has properly turned green, you can rest assured to open to eat, crispy and delicious, spicy taste reduced a lot, lapa garlic can accompany the meal, can be stir-fried, vinegar sauce can also be dipped in dumplings.
On the eighth day of the first month of the Waxing Moon, every household in the north began to pickle The Eight Garlic, through the balsamic vinegar pickling, so that the Eight Garlic becomes turquoise, like emerald, the vinegar is slightly spicy, used to accompany the meal, dipping dumplings is very good, many fried sauce noodle restaurants in the north, all year round will prepare a plate of Lapa Eight Garlic for guests.
Laba porridge
Ingredients: black rice, red beans, rice, peanuts, dates, water
Seasoning: Rock sugar
1, in addition to rock sugar, the black rice, red beans, rice, peanuts soaked in advance for one night, soaked in enough water, will shorten the cooking time, red dates do not need to be treated separately, clean can be cleaned, can be washed with rice water, the effect is also quite good.
2. Soak the ingredients overnight, especially black rice and red beans, the taste is soft and delicious, rinse with water.
3: Put in rock sugar, add 5 times the ingredients of water, bring to a boil on high heat, turn to medium-low heat, continue to press for 20 minutes, turn off the heat and simmer for a while, and then exhaust with a wet towel.
Rice cooker: Many brands of rice cookers have a smart porridge cooking function, pour 5 times the ingredients into the pot of water, boil on high heat will automatically reduce the heat, cook for 45 minutes.
4, bright color, simple and nutritious, soft glutinous sweet, nutritious and delicious laba porridge, taste a bite, the taste of home happiness taste, followed, especially suitable for the cold winter, drink a bowl of porridge to maintain the spleen and stomach.
Many supermarkets also have to sell good eight treasure porridge, suitable for lazy people to buy, in addition, you can also match it yourself, add more guiyuan, lotus seeds, walnut kernels, almonds, guiyuan, raisins, white fruits, etc., casual collocation, free combination, Lapa porridge is not only seasonal food, but also a health product, must not miss.
Lapa Tofu
In the Yixian area of Anhui Province, there is a kind of Han special snack, called Lapa Eight Tofu, to the day of the Lapa Festival, every household must dry tofu, first grind the soybeans into soy milk, make tofu, and then sprinkle with salt, put it in the sun and slowly dry, let the tofu gradually absorb the salt, and so that the water gradually dried, the Lapa Tofu will be made, the finished product is yellow and jade, the entrance is soft, the taste is salty and sweet, fragrant and fresh.
Eight faces
Lapa eight noodles belong to the lapa festival of seasonal cuisine, on this day there is no time to drink porridge, you can use lapa noodles instead, in the Weibei area of Shaanxi Province, the morning of the eighth day of the first month of the lapa month, every household must eat lapa eight noodles, the method can be meat and vegetarian, cooked oil will be fried with green onions, and then poured in the noodle bowl, meet the particularly exquisite people's homes, just make the toppings of the cheeks, it will involve eight or nine kinds of ingredients, the taste is delicious, nutritious, is a very characteristic folk snack.
Laba Ice
Lapa festival eat ice, you did not hear it wrong, as the saying goes, "the next year can not be achieved, first look at lapa eight ice", to the day of lapa eight festival, first go outside to find a piece of ice, can be well water ice, river ice, snow water ice, smash the first back home, who is the first to go home, whose luck is better in the next year, go home and knock it up and eat it, according to the older generation of people, eat Lapa eight ice, the next year will not hurt the stomach for a whole year, Lapa eight ice, eat not bad people.
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