Confinement food varies from place to place. What do you eat during confinement in your hometown?

I think the confinement period here is too unscientific. We can’t eat vegetables or fruits. It is said that children who eat these cold foods are prone to diarrhea. Now let me tell you what we usually eat during confinement here?

①The first three days after birth.

Breakfast: drink brown sugar porridge (can effectively eliminate lochia)

Drink water: drink brown sugar water

Lunch and dinner: steamed local dried tofu

Avoid greasy meat during the first three days of confinement. This is our local steamed dried tofu with a little salt. It is said that there will definitely be milk on the 3rd day. If you drink chicken soup or eat meat, it is easy to block the breast ducts, and you will not have milk in the future.

③Three days after confinement

Breakfast: rum and eggs.

Lunch and dinner: chicken soup, pork ribs soup, fish soup, pork tripe soup, pig intestine soup, randomly arranged. Generally the most eaten food is chicken soup.

Because the daughter has given birth here, the mother’s family will give her a confinement gift, including more than 10 chickens and hundreds of eggs, to replenish her daughter’s health. Therefore, the most common thing eaten during confinement is egg and chicken soup. Now that life is better, the above soups can be arranged as desired by the breastfeeding mother during her confinement period. Many lactating mothers are afraid when they see egg and chicken soup after confinement. They really eat too much and drink too much.

Ten years ago, confinement was still the old method, and people were not allowed to wash their hair or take a bath. You can't use cold water when brushing your teeth and washing your face, and you can't touch cold water with your hands. When I was in confinement, I still took a shower, but I really didn't wash my head. It was really oily. The itching was very bad for a few days in the middle, but after 20 days, I didn’t feel it anymore. The first thing I did during the confinement period was to go to the barber shop and wash my hair. It was really comfortable.

There must have been changes in the past 10 years. I heard many young mothers say that they wash their hair and take a bath during confinement. In fact, it is not to blame these mothers-in-law for strongly insisting that their daughters-in-law not wash their hair or bathe. It is really the case that some daughters-in-law here, when they get older, complain that this pain hurts and that they did not sit properly during confinement, they all blame their mothers-in-law for not helping. The mother-in-law is like a frightened bird, and she is very strict with her daughter-in-law's confinement, just to prevent her daughter-in-law from talking about her in the future.

Giving birth to a baby during confinement is a major event for the Chinese people. Due to different regions, confinement meals are also different in different places. Let me talk about the confinement meals here. .

Millet porridge

Located in Shijiazhuang, the most common thing we eat during confinement is millet porridge. The newly harvested millet is boiled into sticky millet porridge, which is the best way to nourish the body. Eating millet porridge alone will inevitably make you feel tired. When some people cook millet porridge, they will also add red dates, longan, peanuts and other ingredients. After a bowl of millet porridge, the whole body of the mother will feel much better.

Glutinous rice

In our home, in addition to millet porridge, people often chop pork and beef into cubes, then stir-fry them with a little oil until they change color, and add shredded cabbage Stir-fry until soft, then add water to boil, add more millet than usual for millet porridge, and cook until it becomes a thick meat porridge with almost no soup. In our dialect, it is called thick rice. Because it contains meat and vegetables, and the porridge is thick (you can use chopsticks to pull it when eating), one bowl of rice can be regarded as a confinement meal.

Egg noodle soup

The specialty here is Gaocheng palace noodles (noodles). After giving birth, eating egg noodle soup is also a standard part of confinement.

During the confinement period, mothers have to eat extra meals every morning and afternoon. Egg noodle soup is simple to make and easy to digest, so it is called one of the most common meals for mothers during the confinement period.

A simple egg noodle soup is boiled white noodles, nestled with a poached egg, sprinkle with chopped green onion or coriander before serving, and add two drops of sesame oil. Some people also use chicken soup or pork rib soup as the soup base to cook the noodles. Add in some leafy greens and it's light, but delicious.

Sesame salt

In an old custom in Hebei, when a new child is born, the host will also prepare sesame salt and give it back to the guests who come to congratulate him.

Up to now, the custom of eating sesame salt during confinement has been spread, but it is not given back to guests, but specially prepared for mothers to eat.

We here cannot do without millet porridge during confinement. The taste of millet porridge alone is too bland, so we will prepare a small bag of sesame salt for the mother and sprinkle some into the millet porridge. The taste is fragrant and light, which makes the mother feel happy. Would rather eat.

The method of making sesame salt is very simple. Fry the sesame seeds over low heat until golden brown. Use a rolling pin to crush the sesame seeds while they are hot. Add some salt and mix evenly. Sprinkle some into the porridge when eating.

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The diet during confinement is really lively, one, pork ribs, two, chicken, three, eggs, four, black-bone chicken, five, tilapia, six, beef, seven, mutton, eight, milk. , Ninth, fruits, Ten, soy milk, Eleven, all kinds of fresh vegetables, alas, this confinement period is like Chinese New Year every day, but when you are a mother, you eat well and your milk is strong. It depends on the baby, how delicious it is every day. This mother is not in vain, the baby is really strong.

My hometown is in a northern county in Hunan, although I have been away from my hometown for several years now. But I gave birth to both babies during confinement in my hometown. Now let’s talk about the confinement diet in our place.

In our confinement period, the diet is divided into time periods. There are different ways to eat it at different times, but the overall way to eat it is to try to be as light and light as possible.

1. The first three days of confinement

The custom there is that in the first three days of confinement, you can only eat a little boiled dried long beans or other vegetables. You can't eat meat. The old people say that this has two meanings: first, you have just given birth and your body is still very weak, so it is not suitable to take supplements. Second: We Hunan people all love chili peppers, but you must not eat chili peppers in confinement dishes. In order to avoid losing your appetite during confinement, you must stay up for the first three days. After three days, you will definitely have a good appetite after seeing light meat.

Before I gave birth, my mother told me this rule, saying that they all did this at that time, and she dried a lot of dried long beans for me. When I gave birth to my first child, I was in pain from 12 midnight until 12 noon the next day. I was in pain all night and didn’t eat anything. After giving birth, my body and spirit were very poor, and I even lost my appetite, so I basically didn't eat anything that day.

After a long sleep the next day, I woke up with a lot of physical and mental recovery. My mother happened to bring me breakfast. When I saw it, it turned out to be boiled dried long beans. There is no trace of oil star seeds, and there is no salt taste. I forced myself to eat a little, but before noon, my stomach growled with hunger again. When my mother came to deliver lunch, the doctor happened to be there. I knew I couldn't fight against my mother's "old rules", but I could go to the doctor to "get justice." After hearing my complaint, the doctor said angrily: "Although the mother cannot take supplements these days, your diet is too light and is not conducive to the mother's recovery. At least she can cook some lean meat with cabbage. This is both light and vegetarian. ”

2. The 3-10 days of confinement

The custom here is to eat during the 3-10 days of confinement. Pig belly and old duck. It is said that eating pork belly is because a woman's belly is too damaged after pregnancy, and eating it can replenish her belly. I eat Lao Ya because Lao Ya’s soup is very delicious and nutritious. The most important thing is that I don’t get angry after eating it.

Because of these two customs, the prices of pork tripe and old duck in our hometown are ridiculously expensive. The price of pork tripe is between 2-2.5 times that of pork, and the price of old duck is also more expensive than ordinary duck. Double. Close relatives, such as uncles, aunts, aunts, uncles, etc., usually order pork belly from local self-raised pigs or local self-raised ducks early for the pregnant women in the family. After they are produced, they will be bought and delivered.

3. 10-30 days of confinement

At this time, in addition to continuing to eat pork belly and duck, we can eat hens appropriately for a change. Why can't you eat hens from the beginning? Because hens contain more estrogen. If you eat hens immediately after giving birth, it will increase the estrogen in the mother's body and affect the secretion of milk.

There is another must-eat food in our hometown—sweet wine.

Once a mother is sure that her daughter is pregnant, she will count the days and brew a jar of sweet wine for her daughter to drink during confinement. Mothers who do not know how to make wine will also ask someone they know to prepare it early.

The glutinous rice used to make wine is grown at home, and the koji is made by the villagers using things from the mountains. They are all very green and healthy things. Count the days to steam the glutinous rice, add an appropriate amount of distiller's yeast, and then pack it in a jar. After about 48 hours, the sweet and fragrant wine will be ready. Then remove the lees, put the wine in a pot, boil it and bottle it. The first purpose of doing this is that the boiled wine will never get old or change in taste, and will always be sweet. The second is boiled wine, which has a greatly reduced alcohol content and is better for the bodies of mothers and newborns.

When drinking sweet wine, prepare a glass of boiling water, pour in a quarter of the sweet wine, and a fragrant and sweet sweet wine drink is ready. Not only is it delicious and milky, it is also rich in vitamins. Just be careful, don’t drink it after 10 days after delivery, for fear of causing endless lochia.

4. Things to note about diet during confinement in our hometown

During confinement in our hometown, the biggest feature of the diet is light, less oil and less salt, and no stir-fried vegetables. , can't eat rooster, can't eat hard-to-bite and raw or cold food. My mother always told me that I had an aunt who liked to chew chicken bones during her confinement period. As a result, half of her teeth were lost before she was 50 years old. It is also said that if you have chronic pharyngitis, you must add less salt. In this way, after the confinement, the pharyngitis will be mostly cured.

Generally speaking, the confinement diet in our hometown is based on scientific basis. But the first three days of abstaining from meat and meat were too harsh, and the overall food was relatively monotonous, which was a drawback. My first confinement was so tormented by my mother-in-law and my mother. During the second confinement period, I learned my lesson, gained knowledge in this area, and had more ideas about my diet during confinement period. Therefore, I would argue with them and give them scientific evidence, and the types of food became much richer.

Let me talk about the meals I used to eat when I was in confinement in my hometown in Henan. In 2000, conditions were not good at that time. Every day my mother would give me a bowl of poached eggs with brown sugar, because I didn’t like poached eggs, so I just I ate for two days, and then it was scrambled eggs and flatbreads, and lean meat and vegetables and flatbreads for lunch. However, I really didn’t get tired of eating that month and didn’t eat enough. I remember one day when my mother left for something, my husband gave me I cooked and bought some crucian carp. The crucian carp stewed with cabbage didn't have any seasoning except some salt. It was so unpalatable that I couldn't even take a bite. Even now, when I mention crucian carp stewed with cabbage, I feel uncomfortable in my mouth. I haven’t been away from my hometown for many years, and I haven’t cared much about confinement, but now the conditions are better and the food is quite abundant! Haha, I have to pay attention to the confinement meal when I have time. I will have to take care of my future wife when she gives birth to a grandson in a few years!

The customs and habits of each place are different, but I think the food during confinement should be similar. Since it was my first child, and I thought I had a caesarean section, I didn’t pay much attention to my diet. I ate with my family, and I ate whatever they ate. As a result, I was tortured by stomach problems for more than a year after my confinement (I had no stomach problems before).

My mother-in-law’s family eats six meals a day during confinement. Because they eat clear soup and fresh water during confinement, and they also have to feed the baby milk, so I will feel it after a while. Hungry.

For the first meal, I usually drink a little chicken soup when I get up at five or six in the morning

For the second meal, I drink a little millet porridge and a few eggs around nine o'clock.

For the third lunch, I will eat a little stir-fried vegetables and steamed buns as my staple food.

For the fourth lunch, I will have some chicken soup or fish soup around three in the afternoon.

For the fifth lunch, I will have some at six or seven o’clock. Eat some noodles or something else

For the sixth meal, have some millet porridge and a few eggs around ten o'clock in the evening

Don't take confinement seriously. The root cause of the disease is difficult to cure. Many gynecological diseases are caused by confinement and not paying attention! ! !

I am Qiyue, let me answer this question. It happens that my sister-in-law just finished confinement some time ago.

I happened to go back during that time, and the most common food we ate during confinement there was chicken soup and fermented fermented eggs.

Most of the chickens are roosters, which is what we call them there. I don’t know what my mother added to the roosters. I know there is rice wine, because it is sweet and seems to have red dates. Bar!

Jiuniang eggs are cooked with rice wine and free-range eggs. The rice wine is made by my mother a few days before my sister-in-law gave birth. That kind of rice wine can be used to boil eggs in just a few days, during confinement period. This is what I eat most, fermented rice with fermented rice and eggs with every meal. Unless my sister-in-law says to change it to something else, as long as she can eat it, as much as possible will be ready, as will the rooster, and sometimes stir-fried vegetables or fish soup. , like broccoli, as long as my sister-in-law says she wants to eat it, my mother will buy it!

Let me talk about my hometown first. I am from Shanxi. During the confinement period in our hometown, most people eat chicken during confinement, one chicken a day.

Of course, offal and chicken heads and feet cannot be cooked together. These are for the family to eat. The postpartum mother-in-law eats chicken other than those things. She stir-fries it with ginger wine and then puts it into soup. Some of them are also eaten directly. Remove the chicken skin, because they are afraid of oil. Some people can drink wine without getting angry, so they simply use white wine and ginger to make soup and drink it.

Of course, you need to have a certain amount of alcohol to do this. Generally, you stir-fry with ginger wine and then boil the soup and remove the oil on the soup. It tastes very good, it can warm the uterus, or if it is a caesarean section. , you cannot eat ginger wine, so some nutrients cannot be kept up.

There is also the ability to cook pig's trotter soup with home-brewed white vinegar. Almost every confinement baby knows how to cook these. When guests come, give them a bowl first, which is also very helpful for contracting the uterus. Ginger must also be added in the middle to cook together. Some people can eat some vegetables, but some places say that you should never eat vegetables during confinement. Confinement in our hometown is so simple. We usually eat just this every day. Alas, it’s really scary to eat too much.

Also during confinement, it is generally necessary to wash your hair and take a bath after seven days, and you usually boil the water and wait until it cools before washing. You cannot add cold water in the middle, and you can only use it after it is completely boiled. , all contact with water is similar. But there are not many people who can really help such people. After all, many people are afraid of trouble. So now many people wash directly with warm water.

Moms, how do you sit during confinement in your hometown?

Diets vary from place to place, and what mothers eat during confinement is also different. My hometown is Guangxi, and the most common thing during confinement is eating chicken. My mother said that she and I were born in the 1980s. Her family was very poor at that time, but even though she was poor, she basically ate a chicken every day during her thirty-day confinement period. She definitely didn’t have money to buy chickens at that time. Her family was in a rural area, so she started to raise more than 30 chickens during her pregnancy. After giving birth, her parents’ family would also send a few chickens, so no matter how poor she was, she had to ensure that she had enough food during her confinement period. Serve chicken.

Every time I heard her say this, I found it unbelievable how she could eat a chicken in one day, but when it was my turn to be in confinement, I believed it. I gave birth to my baby in my husband’s hometown, and I was also in confinement there. They also have the custom of eating chicken during confinement in Guangdong. When I was three months away from giving birth, my husband bought more than 30 chickens weighing about two kilograms. The chickens are raised after being raised for a while, and they say they taste better than those bought at the vegetable market.

When I was in confinement, I mainly ate the following items:

Chicken soup

In my hometown, people who were in confinement usually drank chicken soup. Chicken soup is also made with chicken, and a lot of ginger is added to the chicken soup. It is said that ginger can dispel cold and wind, and it is used in many foods during the confinement period.

Brown sugar and ginger eggs

For breakfast, I usually eat brown sugar and ginger eggs. Boil water with ginger and brown sugar, add some red dates, and then beat two nest eggs. My mother will also add some lean meat. Go in, eggs are nutritious and are eaten almost every day for breakfast.

Pig's trotters and ginger

Pig's trotters and ginger are the most commonly eaten by Cantonese people during confinement. When I was preparing to give birth, I also cooked a big pot of ginger at home. Sometimes, when I want to eat pig's feet or eggs, I scoop some out and cook them together with the pig's feet. I like to eat both ginger and pig's feet. The ginger is not spicy, and the pig's feet are not greasy. They are a little sweet and sour. If I eat too much chicken, occasionally After eating this, you will feel very appetizing.

The above items are the classic ones for me during confinement, but I will get tired of eating them every day, so my mother and husband will change them, and they may not follow the customs of their hometown. For example, I have Sometimes I drink millet porridge and eat noodles. The chicken can be steamed or braised to make it taste the way you want, as long as it’s not spicy. If you are tired of chicken soup, you can replace it with bone soup or fish soup. Vegetables and fruits should also be included. You cannot only eat high-protein foods. You must ensure food diversity and balanced nutrition.

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I am from western Guangdong. In my hometown, I often eat pork trotter vinegar, Yuepo chicken (old hen stir-fried and then boiled with white wine to make chicken soup), and Ai Grass egg soup, fried pork loin, pork belly soup, etc. In my mother's time, it was pig's trotter vinegar, Yuepo chicken, egg soup, and those who don't eat vegetables. Now, in addition to the above recipes, there are also some vegetables that are not cold, chicken stewed with fish gelatin soup, etc.