What does the Great Cold Food symbolize?

There are many foods that symbolize the great cold, for example, rice cakes, one of the great cold foods, symbolize the height of a year.

The rice cakes eaten by Dahan are called Quhan cakes, mostly made of glutinous rice. Since ancient times, people have paid attention to eating glutinous rice to drive away the cold. Among them, rice cakes have three colors: red, yellow and white, symbolizing gold and silver.

Rice cakes, also known as "rice cakes", are homophonic with "getting taller every year", indicating that the height of children is getting taller every year. Therefore, there is a poem by predecessors, which called the rice cake: "The meaning of the rice cake is slightly deeper, and it is as white as silver and gold. I hope that when I get old, I will be profitable, and I sincerely hope that my wealth will come. "

As a kind of food, rice cakes have a long history in China. 1974, archaeologists discovered well-preserved rice seeds at Hemudu site in Yuyao, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province more than 7,000 years ago, indicating that our ancestors began to grow rice as early as 7,000 years ago. In the Han Dynasty, rice cakes were called "rice cakes", "fish bait" and "glutinous rice".

Pay attention to eating rice cakes in cold weather.

Most rice cakes are made of glutinous rice, which will harden after cooling and will not be easily digested and absorbed by the human body. So when you eat rice cakes, you must eat them while they are hot, because under hot conditions, rice cakes will become soft, sticky and easy to eat.

The calories of rice cakes are several times higher than those of rice, so even ordinary people should not eat too much rice cakes at a time, and after eating rice cakes, they should also appropriately reduce the intake of other staple foods.

Although rice cakes are steamed at first, many people will let them cool after steaming, and then slice and fry them after hardening. The rice cake itself is a kind of food with high calories, which will lead to high calories and excessive oil intake. Therefore, the suggested cooking method when eating rice cakes is steaming, and don't blindly pursue the taste and ignore health.