Part 1: New Year's greetings In the traditional agricultural society, the preparations for the New Year began on the twelfth lunar month 16, which was due to the lack of materials and underdeveloped transportation in the early days. But it is convenient for modern people to shop, especially in the north, south and north, and there is a new year street. Therefore, Mommy only needs to start preparing one week before New Year's Day. However, at present, there are many food safety problems, and some illegal workers infiltrate into the mainland or unqualified factories to make new year's goods. How should mommy choose new year's goods? The following is a description of the purchase of new year's goods:
Manager Ding Yizheng pointed out that people should grasp the principles of "seeing with eyes", "smelling with nose" and "touching with hands" when purchasing new year's goods. Basically, the color of new year's goods should be natural, not too bright; The taste is natural meat or umami, not too fragrant, too sweet or too salty; When touched by hand, the product should be naturally dry and not sticky. In addition, you should also pay attention to whether there are too many chemical additives in the product when purchasing, so as not to endanger your health. Professor Ye Naiqi added that modern families tend to be small families. Even if the whole family get together during the Spring Festival, they may not stay at home every day because they arrange to go out to play. Therefore, when buying, we should first evaluate the consumption situation at home, but practitioners can start with the big gift boxes that have been packaged, and there are many small gift boxes inside, and then open them as appropriate to avoid waste.
New year's day is coming, and all kinds of new year's goods are coming out one after another. What are the necessities for Chinese New Year? What should I pay attention to when shopping? mushroom
Mushrooms: Pay attention to gloss and integrity. If it is dull or chipped, it means that it has been stored for a long time and should not be purchased. Auricularia auricula: Auricularia auricula is divided into tremella and Auricularia auricula. When purchasing, you should choose a single, complete and thick fungus. Tremella must pay attention to whether it has been bleached, and black fungus should observe whether it is black and shiny. If the color is dim, it means it is not fresh. Flammulina velutipes produced in Taiwan Province Province are mostly delicate in texture, golden in color and tender to the touch. The primary colors made in mainland China tend to be brown, which some unscrupulous businessmen will confuse with dyeing.
Dry goods category
Abalone: abalone, the scientific name of abalone, is divided into dried abalone and canned abalone. The dried abalone is plump, oval and ingot-shaped; Canned abalone, also known as Haliotis diversicolor, is produced in Mexico and Australia. Top abalone comes from Japan, South Africa and other places. Because of its high price, other shellfish have been mixed together in recent years. Scallop: The appearance should be dry, the smell should be light seafood, not fishy, and it should be dry to the touch. Don't buy it if it's wet and sticky. Codonopsis pilosula: The appearance is short, fat, short, fleshy and rich, and the Codonopsis pilosula with long and dense thorns is better. You can touch it gently when you buy it to see if it is salty. If it is salty, it means that the manufacturer wants to increase the weight and add some additives, and should avoid buying it. Mullet roe: dry, without serious fishy smell, orange or reddish in color. Transparent under light. Gently press the eggs with your hands. The eggs should be dense and there should be no fingerprints on the surface. Bird's nest: the color should be white or light yellow. If it is unnatural white, it may be bleached; There are tiny black spots and impurities in the bird's nest, and the faint protein aroma tastes better. Squid: The ranking of producing areas is Argentina, New Zealand and Falklands, with thick meat and delicious taste as the best.
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Bacon: It is best to have a dry appearance, clear fat and lean meat, not too bright colors and a natural meat flavor. Sausage: it is not very bright in color, legally registered, fully packaged and marked with chemical additives, such as nitrite content.
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Healthy fruits: including cashew nuts, walnuts, green grapes, medlar, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, black melon seeds, etc. It provides rich and fresh vegetable oil and nutrition, and is an excellent healthy food. However, this kind of food is easy to be spoiled by moisture, so you should taste it before buying it. If the taste is too soft, it is not suitable for buying. At the same time, all kinds of dried fruits need different dry humidity. If they are not eaten for a long time, it is best to keep them by category. Candy: whether the packaging is complete, avoid buying bulk candy, confirm the origin and shelf life, and ensure the quality.
Taipei's New Year's Street, the largest New Year's Street is Dihua Street, Huayin Street and Yongle Market in non-Avenue City. Local people not only sell all kinds of new year's goods and ingredients, but also north and south groceries and tea. The central area is dominated by Tianjin Road, Yizhong Street and Ji Guang Street in Taichung. In addition to all kinds of new year's goods, there are many festivals tailored for the New Year. In the southern region, Sanfeng Middle Street in Kaohsiung is a famous wholesale center for goods in the south. There are also many local markets in other counties and cities, so people can have a good year in last year's goods market or traditional market on New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve&New Year's Eve Shopping Necessary Part2: As the saying goes, "Sleep in June and eat on the 29th night. It means that the New Year's Eve dinner must be expanded and enjoyed by the whole family slowly during the Chinese New Year. Due to the rise of modern people's health awareness, the emphasis on low-oil, low-sugar, low-salt and low-calorie diet concepts and lifestyle changes, only the tradition of having dinner on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day has been retained, and the New Year's Eve may not be eaten for several days. Therefore, when preparing new year's dishes, Mommy should not only pay attention to the balance of the weight, but also buy fresh seasonal ingredients and eat healthily.
Since ancient times, the most important thing in China culture is peace and smoothness. In the rich New Year's Eve dinner, there are auspicious New Year's dishes. Here are the reunion dishes that must be eaten in the New Year. The Buddha climbed over the wall to symbolize family reunion. There is a poem that says, "The altar is full of meat, and the Buddha will abandon Zen and jump over the wall when he hears it." This dish is so delicious that even monks want to give up practicing and try it. Buddha jumping wall is rich in ingredients, and it takes a lot of time from preparation to cooking. Therefore, most families only eat/kloc-0 once a year to celebrate the family reunion in the New Year. The Buddha Leaping Wall is rich in ingredients, including taro, chicken, ribs, sea cucumber, chestnuts, scallops, abalone, shark's fin, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots and red dates. Mommy can increase or decrease the ingredients that her family likes to eat according to the situation.
Hotpot Hotpot symbolizes family reunion and auspiciousness. Eating hot pot should avoid high oil, sugar and sodium, and try to choose fresh vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, tomatoes and carrots, to make soup, which is refreshing and healthy.
The Taiwanese pronunciation of chicken soup is the same as that of home, which means "getting married". The whole chicken must be served during the Chinese New Year, with a head and a tail, symbolizing family reunion. Chickens who choose chicken soup should be newly mature hens, which are quite good in freshness, fragrance and meat quality. When cooking, you might as well add some mushrooms to taste.
Whole fish symbolizes more than one year, whether it is steamed, braised or sweet and sour, but it must be whole fish. You can't eat it on the same day, and you should save it until the first day of the New Year, which symbolizes keeping money every year. When picking fish, you should pay attention to whether the gills are bright red, whether the eyes are bright and not turbid, and whether the nose smells of medicine, so as to prevent illegal operators from adding chemicals or other growth promoters.
Assorted vegetarian dishes symbolize all the best. When cooking this dish, you will take ten kinds of vegetarian dishes and make a "what" sound, which is similar to "thing", indicating that everything is going well. Basically, ten kinds of vegetarian dishes include ginger, celery, konjac silk, bean sprouts, auricularia auricula, Flammulina velutipes, mushrooms, carrots, edamame, winter bamboo shoots and so on. And the ingredients are not fixed, and you can follow your family's favorite tastes.
The long-term vegetable is mustard, which means longevity. When eating this dish, you must finish it in one bite, and you can't cut it off just to prolong your life. Mustard can be divided into big mustard and small mustard. Mustard is mostly used for Chinese New Year. The whole plant should be spotless, with thick stems, straight petioles, complete leaves, green color and no yellowing.
Jiaozi and jiaozi are shaped like gold and silver ingots, so there is a "New Year's fortune, and the ingots are rolling." The meaning of ". In order to get lucky during the Spring Festival, many families wrap red dates in jiaozi to symbolize the early birth of babies, or put coins in it, which means that whoever eats them will get rich. Dumpling skins are mainly made of high-gluten flour, while fillings are varied, mostly pork and shrimp, mainly lean meat, without too much fat, and vegetarians can pack vegetarian dishes.
"Gao" and "Gao" are homonyms, meaning "increasing year by year". In addition, because of its sweet taste, it means "eat well and live a good year". The main ingredient of rice cake is glutinous rice, and the auxiliary materials are sugar, red beans or peanuts. The selection should be based on pure glutinous rice flour and dry and moisture-proof accessories.
Save and cook because the new year's goods are only eaten on New Year's Eve. Mommy doesn't have to buy ingredients too early. It can be prepared about 2 ~ 3 days ago. Fresh food should be put into the refrigerator immediately after being bought back to avoid meat spoilage. When thawing, you can use a microwave oven or tap water or warm water to clean it. Dry goods should be kept in a dry place away from light and direct sunlight.
When cooking, mommy should grasp the cooking principle of "three lows and one high", that is, "low oil, low sugar, low salt and high fiber". Don't add too much oil and seasoning, and keep the original flavor of the ingredients, which can not only preserve more nutrition, but also eat healthily. In addition, modern people are more inclined to enjoy New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, so there is no need to prepare anything too heavy. Mommy can decide the purchase amount of ingredients according to the number of family members and eating habits, so as to eat skillfully and not waste.
Ye naiqi
Education: Taiwan Province Provincial University, Institute of Architecture and Urban-Rural Development, Ph.D. Experience: one of the founders of Dihua Street, consultant of the National Cultural Assets Preservation Center, and director of the Department of Architecture of Huafan University. At present, he is a full-time assistant professor in the Department of Architecture of Huafan University.
Ding Yigou Education: Master, School of Statistics, Central University Current position: Public relations manager of old Xie Zhen brand.