#This is the taste of the new year# Coordinates Xiangxi, every year when the winter solstice arrives, each family must prepare bacon. The winter solstice in 2021 is the 12/21st, the old man is not still doing things here with me, there is no way to rush back, the old man arranged for the mother-in-law to go down to the mountain town to buy freshly killed pork. Most of the pigs in the mountains are raised by themselves, the price is about twice as expensive as in the city, these pigs eat some leftovers to grow up, not very strong, a pig is about 150 pounds, the New Year bought more than 50 pounds of meat, and some pig intestines. After buying it, sprinkle salt and knead, cut the bacon strips, clean the enema with the pig's large intestine, pick some rattan and tie a knot to hang on the kitchen beam.
Relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, all year round, the branches of the mountain are collected to burn stir-fry, and the pork hanging on the kitchen beam begins to smoke. When I was young, I went to the mountains to pick some artemisia seeds, hammered and mixed with glutinous rice flour, and kneaded into rectangles one by one. In the middle, you may pack some dried plum vegetables or brown sugar or nothing, wrap them up with leaves, steam them and put them up, do not use a refrigerator in the winter on the mountain, spread them out and put them in bamboo baskets, and the main artemisia rice dumplings are also ready.
Chinese New Year's Eve on the same day, killed two pheasants, smoked for more than a month of bacon can also be eaten, in the evening fried a large plate of bacon, skewed tofu, mountain shoots, stewed a pot of chicken to make hot pot, etc., the hot pot will put kelp, vermicelli, bean shoots and other ingredients, watching the Spring Festival Gala New Year.
In the first month, the weather in Hunan is very bad, and many places have rained or snowed, but the temperature on the mountain is low, and when it rains on the mountain, the mountains are snowy, and the ice can't go out, just roast the fire at home, watch movies vibrato and so on.
The first three days of the first month of the weather in Hunan turned better, go out to start walking relatives, each family visiting the door, but close to work, like when I was a child, each family stayed for a day to eat, nagging is not sure, basically a day to go four or five relatives, almost can be described as dragonflies a little water, sit down and drink a cup of tea and leave.
The fifth day of the first year began to return, before the night, the old man took all kinds of food in the mountains, bacon, plum vegetables, pickled peppers, wax tofu, artemisia, etc., stuffed a full trunk, unconsciously this Spring Festival passed. The most important thing about the Spring Festival should be to prepare New Year goods, steam food, and wait for the arrival of the New Year, what do you think?
