Which came first during the Dragon Boat Festival, sweet rice dumplings or sweet rice dumplings? Which type of zongzi has a longer history?
It won’t be long before we arrive at the new year’s Dragon Boat Festival. The annual battle between sweet and salty is about to begin again. Everyone has different tastes and therefore different preferences. So, which comes first, sweet or salty rice dumplings, during the Dragon Boat Festival? On the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, we usher in the new year’s Dragon Boat Festival amidst the aroma of rice dumplings. Let’s follow the Fortune Teller website to take a look at the information about the Dragon Boat Festival in 2018!Which came first during the Dragon Boat Festival, sweet rice dumplings or sweet rice dumplings?According to existing historical documents, sweet rice dumplings were created earlier than salty rice dumplings , and several centuries earlier.The earliest written record of Zongzi was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when Taishan prefect Ying Shao wrote in his book Customs and Meanings: "It is customary to wrap millet in cattail leaves, cook it in thick ash juice until it is well cooked, and eat it on May 5th and the summer solstice." During this period, the sweet and salty characteristics of zongzi were not very prominent. The ash juice mentioned above refers to the water extracted from wood ash. The rice dumplings cooked with "pure and thick ash juice" taste neither sweet nor salty. Lime juice rice dumplings are not unique to the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Northern Wei Dynasty's agricultural work "Qimin Yaoshu" mentioned rice dumplings, and it was also talking about rice dumplings cooked with "millet and jujube lime juice". Perhaps in that era, the ritual purpose of zongzi in sacrificial activities was more than its edible purpose, so there was no improvement in the taste for hundreds of years. Can sweet and salty rice dumplings be cooked together?Yes, just wrap it tightly and don't let the filling show.1. Using plain water to cook rice dumplings is the main way for many families to heat and cook rice dumplings. However, many people don’t know that when using plain water to cook rice dumplings, you must pay attention to the amount of water. The amount of water should not be too much or too little, it should just cover the rice dumplings. 2. Before putting the rice dumplings into the pot, make sure the water in the pot is completely boiling before you put the rice dumplings into the pot for cooking. While cooking rice dumplings, if you find that a lot of water in the pot has evaporated, be sure to add hot water in time. This hot water does not have to be boiling water, but try to use hot water to add to the pot. What are the taboos in eating zongzi?Don’t eat it before it’s cooked <br /> When wrapping the rice dumpling, we shouldn’t make it too big, otherwise it will be difficult to cook it. Zongzi must be fully cooked before eating, otherwise it will be harmful to your health.Avoid eating too much <br /> Zongzi is made of glutinous rice, which is difficult to digest, so people who have or have had gastrointestinal diseases should not eat too much. In addition, children and the elderly have poor digestive functions, so they should be restrained when eating rice dumplings, and should try to eat them while hot to avoid making them more difficult to digest after they cool down. Don’t eat zongzi on an empty stomach <br /> If you eat zongzi on an empty stomach, the glutinous rice will stay in the stomach for a long time and stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, causing the recurrence of chronic gastritis and esophagitis in patients. Don’t drink cold drinks when eating zongzi <br /> Don’t drink cold drinks when eating zongzi. Because cold drinks can easily cause glutinous rice to solidify, which is more difficult to digest and will make people feel bloated. |
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