The summer solstice, also known as "Summer Festival" and "Summer Solstice Festival" in ancient times. It is not only one of the twenty-four solar terms, but also one of the ancient folk "four seasons and eight Festivals". Since ancient times, there has been the custom of worshipping gods and ancestors at the summer solstice to pray for disaster relief and abundant years. Why eat wonton at the summer solstice? Let's get to know.
Why eat wonton at the summer solstice
1. Eating wonton at the summer solstice makes people smart.
Wonton, the ancients called its shape "like a chicken egg, quite like the chaos of heaven and earth", and "wonton" is homonymous with "chaos". Pangu opened the sky, chaos at the beginning, eat wonton can be smart. Folk also extended eating wonton to break chaos and open up heaven and earth.
2. Eating wonton at the summer solstice, swimming is not afraid of water.
Summer is the time to swim. When cooking wonton, wait for the water to boil. After "three rolls and three colds", when you see that one wonton floats, you can fish it up and eat it. Because wonton will eventually float up in the water and will not sink to the bottom. Therefore, there is a saying that when people eat soup wonton on the summer solstice, they will always float on the water like wonton and will not be flooded.
3. Eat "wonton noodles" at the summer solstice to live a long life.
When eating wonton on the summer solstice, some people mix noodles in wonton. Eating wonton can avoid "blocking summer". Compare the length of noodles with the long day time of the summer solstice, and take the good color head of longevity. After the summer solstice, the direct point of the noon sun gradually moves southward, and the days in the northern hemisphere are shortened day by day. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "after eating the summer solstice noodles, one day is a short line".
In the Qing Dynasty, the worship of gods during the summer solstice was very popular. People had to eat pasta to show respect for gods. It can be seen that on the summer solstice, it is a custom for northerners to eat noodles and southerners to eat wonton.
Lao Jin Chinese pay more attention to eating wonton. They should eat it at noon. In addition to eating wonton at noon, you have to drink porridge in the morning of the summer solstice. It is said that this can prevent some common diseases in summer. After the summer solstice, the weather is muggy and diseases are easy to occur. The folk custom of wrapping ravioli with amaranth for children. Mainly to prevent children from getting sick in summer.
The most scientific dietary pyramid structure recommended by the dietary nutrition guide for Chinese residents gradually decreases from the bottom to the top, followed by various grains, vegetables and fruits, various animal foods and dairy foods, and the last layer is oil.
Pay attention to the principle of "food diversity". Wonton and dumpling foods are very in line with the nutritional standard most respected by nutritionists at home and abroad.
The overall nutritional composition of wonton is reasonable. People need a variety of nutrients such as protein, fat and sugar every day, which are not only complete, but also in line with the proportion given by the above pyramid structure: the skin made of flour - grain food and green vegetables - are generally rich in content, and the high-quality protein - the amount of pork, chicken and mutton in the filling is moderate, When people mix stuffing, they usually put some oil, especially vegetable oil - which supplements vegetable fat.
Wonton Soup with seaweed and shrimp skin soup is rich in protein, calcium and iodine. It can effectively supplement the minerals and vitamins consumed by the human body due to high temperature and sweating. In particular, the elderly often eat some shrimp skin, which is good for improving appetite and physique, and can also prevent osteoporosis caused by calcium deficiency.
There is a saying: "the summer solstice wonton winter solstice group, the four seasons of healthy people reunited." Eating wonton at the summer solstice contains a good wish to pray for a safe summer. If you eat wonton, you will gain more weight for children.
Types of wonton
[fresh meat wonton]: the most basic method is to chop pork and scallions and stir them, wrap them in wonton skin and cook them.
[shrimp wonton]: Guangdong is rich in seafood, often made of shrimp and pork. Shops in Hong Kong often sell "big wonton" (big wonton blunt) with large fresh shrimp meat in wonton.
[shrimp wonton]: it is made of chopped shrimp and pork.
[vegetable meat wonton]: Qingjiang cuisine with pork and shredded pork is usually large, also known as "vegetable meat wonton".
[copy in red oil]: it's a special dish in Sichuan, usually eaten with the sauce based on spicy oil.
[fried wonton]: cook by frying.
[dim sum]: wrap small pieces of rice cakes, honey cakes, cheese or fruit with wonton skin and fry them.
Stuffing for making wonton
Pork, shrimp, vegetables, scallions and ginger are the most basic fillings. Large wonton with vegetables and meat and small wonton with fresh meat were once the basic options of Shanghai snack bars.
Wuxi Sanxian wonton, originated in Wuxi Dongting, takes fresh pork, Kaiyang and pickled mustard as fillings. Changzhou Sanxian wonton is filled with fresh pork, shrimp and herring meat. The combination of pork, aquatic products, dry goods and pickles also inspired future stuffing innovation. Guangdong is made of fat, lean pork, fresh shrimps, minced earth fish, egg yolk and seasoning.
Since the 1990s, several flavor wonton shops operated by chains have appeared in Shanghai, concurrently engaged in Tang food and takeout. In the menu, various pickles, fresh meat and vegetables, and dried goods from north and South have been imported into the stuffing. The variety of wonton stuffing has also been greatly enriched and improved, such as lotus root barbecued meat, cured meat, yam fresh meat, bacon fresh meat, three mushroom fresh meat, Dutch bean fresh meat, egg yolk crispy duck, Hami melon fresh meat, whitebait egg yolk, stink bug fresh meat, mushroom shrimp, pine kernel corn fresh meat and so on. Beef, snail meat, chicken, all kinds of fish and other aquatic products, fresh vegetables and fruits, all kinds of bean products and so on can be the choice of fresh goods. Among the dry goods, Kaiyang, scallops, mushrooms, sausages, salted fish, bacon and plum vegetables can also be filled. Pickles, especially pickled mustard, turnip and dried radish are popular.
There is also a condiment that is not available in the family, and this is the reason why the wonton made by ourselves is not tasty inside what the wonton shop does.