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On the nineteenth day of the first month, remember to eat 3 things, good fortune and good luck, don't lose the old tradition
More than half of the first month has passed, and on the nineteenth day of the first month, this day is a very ordinary but also meaningful day, and the folk call this day "New Year Seal". The arrival of the New Year's seal means the end of the year, and people's lives will return to daily life and get on the right track. At the same time, the nineteenth day of the first month is also a day of celebration and prayer, "nine" is considered to be the largest number, meaning a long time, and the folk also have the saying of "seeking blessings on every nine", so the nineteenth day of the first month is also a good day to keep money and keep good health. One of the most important is the folk food customs, on this day, whether you have money or not, on the day of the 19th "sealing day" of the first month, you must remember to eat 3 kinds of food, people are prosperous and prosperous means good, don't lose the old tradition.
One, eat sealed dumplings
Dumplings occupy a very important position in China's traditional culture, and dumplings appear every festival. The specific food on the 19th day of the first lunar month is also dumplings, and the dumplings on this day are called "sealed dumplings". The shape of the dumplings is like an ancient gold ingot, and when making dumplings, the seal is pinched tightly, which has the meaning of sealing a year's good luck and keeping wealth.
【Pork and shepherd's cabbage dumplings】Method:
The ingredients that need to be prepared are good dough, shepherd's cabbage, fungus, and fatty and lean pork filling.
1. Soak the fungus and wash it softly and chop it into powder. Wash the shepherd's cabbage, then put it into a pot of boiling water and blanch it, remove it to cool, and chop it into a filling after holding the water.
2. Add some water to the fat and lean pork filling until moist, then add minced green onion and ginger, white pepper, thirteen spices, soy sauce, vegetable oil and salt, and stir in one direction until it is delicate and sticky.
3. Pour the chopped shepherd's cabbage and fungus into the meat filling bowl, stir well, and the pork and shepherd's cabbage filling will be adjusted.
4. Roll the dough into long strips, cut it into equal size, press it flat, and then roll it into a slightly thicker dumpling skin in the middle. Wrap in pork and cabbage filling and knead into a dumpling shape. After the dumplings are wrapped, boil them in a pot under boiling water, remove them and serve them on a plate.
Second, eat sealed bread
On the nineteenth day of the first month, the traditional custom is to eat flour cakes. The dough and round cake means that the family is reunited, the life is happy, the wealth is good, and the hair is developed.
Bean paste dough cake] Method:
The ingredients to be prepared are 500 grams of plain flour, 5 grams of dried yeast, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and homemade red bean paste.
1. Add dry yeast and sugar to the flour and mix well, add warm water of about 30 degrees in batches and mix it into a dough, then knead it into a smooth dough, cover it with a lid, and ferment it in a warm place until it is twice as large.
2. Knead the dough to remove the large bubbles, then cut it into equal-sized dough and roll it into a thick dough.
3. Wrap in the bean paste, seal it like a bun, then press it flat, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise for 8 minutes at room temperature for a second time.
4. Preheat the electric baking pan with a little vegetable oil, stack it into the cake blank, and burn it until it is slightly yellow on both sides, and the cake is bulging and ripe thoroughly, and then it can be out of the pot.
Three, eat sealed dumpling noodles (or wonton noodles).
On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, there is a custom of eating dumpling noodles in the northern region. Dumpling noodles are boiled with dumplings and noodles, which means "gold silk entanglement ingots", which means that you can entangle blessings and fortunes, and you will have good luck throughout the year.
In the south, "wonton noodles" are eaten on this day, which means the same as dumpling noodles, and people pray for good fortune and prosperity.
Wonton noodle recipe
The ingredients that need to be prepared are frozen wontons, hanging noodles, and boiled eggs.
When the water boils in the pot, add the wontons and noodles and cook them together. Add seaweed, shrimp skin, light soy sauce, rice vinegar, and chicken essence to a large bowl, scoop in the soup from which the noodles are cooked, mix well, scoop in the noodles and wontons, put eggs on top, and serve.
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