The implication of eating ducks in summer.
Old duck tastes sweet and cool, so there is a tradition of eating duck in summer, and there are many ways to do it, such as boiled duck, lemon duck, ginger duck, roast duck, lotus leaf duck and walnut duck. Beijing still retains this tradition. Usually in summer, Beijingers will go to the store to buy lily ducks and the like.
Ducks are full of treasures. Duck meat is sweet, salty and cold, and has the functions of nourishing yin and stomach, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Suitable for bone steaming, heat exhaustion, dysuria, nocturnal emission, irregular menstruation of women, etc. Black-bone duck has great medicinal value, and tuberculosis patients can relieve symptoms such as hot flashes and cough. Old ducks can tonify deficiency and nourish yin, which is beneficial to those who have been sick for a long time or vomited blood because of fatigue.
Mild hot flashes, cough, etc. Old ducks can tonify deficiency and nourish yin, which is beneficial to those who have been sick for a long time or vomited blood because of fatigue.
Why do you eat ducks in summer solar terms?
The arrival of the "hot summer" means that the hot summer is coming to an end. In many parts of our country, intense heat means the beginning of cool autumn. Since this day, the temperature difference in most parts of China has increased, with warm days and cool nights; But in some places, there will also be short-term high temperature weather of "autumn tiger". Nutritionists say that the diet at this time should follow the principle of moistening the lungs and strengthening the spleen in summer, and often eat foods that clear away heat, promote fluid production and nourish yin. Duck is a kind of moist food suitable for summer heat.
The custom of eating ducks in summer has been circulating. There are many ways to eat summer duck: boiled duck, lemon duck, ginger duck, roast duck, lotus leaf duck and walnut duck. Beijing still retains this tradition. Speaking of summer, Beijingers will go to stores to buy lilies and ducks for the summer. You can cook duck, boil yam, chop duck, steam duck, etc. And prepare some sauces according to your own taste, so that ducks can eat all kinds of flavors. If you like duck soup with sauerkraut, you can buy Sichuan sauerkraut and cook it with ducks, but don't put soy sauce. The color of the soup is white, the taste is sour and refreshing, and the taste is particularly refreshing.
Although the custom of eating jiaozi in summer is rare, since fillings can be freely mixed in jiaozi, we might as well choose seasonal ingredients according to the climate characteristics in summer and have a meal in jiaozi, which conforms to the summer solar terms.
How to eat ducks in summer?
Stewed old duck with yam
Ingredients: 65438+ 0 duck, 2 yam, onion, ginger, salt, cooking wine.
Exercise:
1. Chop the washed old duck into small pieces;
2. Blanch with hot water until blood stains come out and drain;
3. Rinse with hot water and drain;
4. Peel the yam, cut it into hob blocks and put it in clear water for later use;
5. Put the duck in a casserole, add unheated hot water, add onion and ginger;
6. After boiling, skim off the floating foam and impurities on the surface with a spoon;
7. Add cooking wine and simmer;
8. Stew until the chopsticks can smoothly pass through the duck meat and add yam;
9. Add salt to taste after boiling, continue to cook until the yam is cooked, and turn off the fire.
Baihe Shashen White Duck Soup
Ingredients: white duck 1 (about 750g), dried lily 20g, Glehnia littoralis10g, Lycium barbarum10g, red dates 20g, ginger, onion, salt, rice wine and pepper.
Exercise:
1. Slaughter the white duck, gut it, wash it, cut it into pieces, and blanch it in boiling water to remove blood stains;
2. Wash the ingredients, put them into gauze bags and tie the bags tightly. Slice ginger and shred onion.
3. Put the duck pieces, gauze bags and appropriate amount of ginger, onion, yellow wine and clear soup into a saucepan, and simmer for about 1 hour as usual.
4. Take out the gauze bag and season with salt and pepper. Eat with meals, eat meat and drink soup.
Kelp old duck soup
Ingredients: half an old duck, half a catty of kelp, about garlic 10, a piece of ginger and a handful of wolfberry.
Exercise:
1. Clean the old duck and cut it into large pieces; Washing kelp, slicing, and pulping ginger for later use;
2. Pour the duck pieces into the griddle and stir-fry until the oil inside the skin explodes;
3. After the water is boiled, pour in the fried duck pieces and kelp, add the prepared ginger and medlar, and simmer until the meat is rotten. (stew in casserole for 3-4 hours)