Lively and lively New Year, the north eats dumplings, the south eats tangyuan.
Tangyuan is not only eaten during the New Year, but also the Lantern Festival is also a special responsibility.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, the whole family sat together in a group, happily eating the warm and melting tangyuan, the sweet and beautiful taste was full of taste buds, and the happy atmosphere filled the face, making the tangyuan one of the most ritualistic and humanistic Lantern Festival delicacies in everyone's mind.
| small archive of tangyuan history
Small tangyuan, but there is a big way to go.
Tangyuan had as early as the Song Dynasty, and the custom of eating tangyuan was also recorded in the Song Dynasty.
It is reported that at that time, Mingzhou is now Ningbo, Zhejiang, the rise of a novel food, the use of fruit bait as a filling, the outside with glutinous rice flour wrapped into a ball, this "glutinous rice ball" is the earliest tangyuan.
Because it will float in the pot when it is cooked, it is also called "floating balls", and in some places it is also called "soup balls", cantonese people call it "soup balls", which gradually rise in the south until it becomes a popular food for festivals.
| tangyuan is made like "buns"
Speaking of soup dumplings, it is inevitable that you will not think of its best friend "Lantern".
It all looks pretty much the same, but the approach is different. The Lantern is made by first having a solid filling and then snowballing like a "rock". The tangyuan is made by first having a skin and then "wrapping" the filling inside.
The filling of the traditional Lantern is relatively simple, basically sweet, while the filling of tangyuan is very rich, it can be said that it is almost omnipotent, from five nuts, to dried fruit bean paste, from fruits and flowers to cheese chocolate, and even like dumplings wrapped in a variety of meat fillings.
It can be described as "vegetarian and meaty, salty and sweet", wrapped in the atmosphere of the times, making the tangyuan of the New Year's customs become extremely colorful.
Walking into the supermarket fifteen years ago, the freezer is basically written with "TangYuan", compared to "Lantern" or a niche.
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The outside of the dumplings is glutinous rice flour, and the inside is a variety of fillings, which are delicious and delicious, but the overall calories are not low.
About 3 -5 medium-sized dumplings, there are as many as 100 grams.
If it is a traditional five-kernel stuffed rice ball, the average size of 4 is about the same as a bowl of rice (100g of raw rice steamed rice), which needs to be walked for 2 hours or jogged for 1 hour to consume.
In addition, the calories of some meat-stuffed dumplings are lower than those of traditional black sesame seeds and five-kernel dumplings.
On the one hand, the fat content of meat is lower than that of nuts, especially the fat content of seafood and poultry meat is lower, and it is "won" from raw materials; on the other hand, nuts should add sugar to achieve a sweet taste when making fillings, but meat fillings will generally add salt and will not put sugar.
Some meat fillings also add vegetables to the filling, which lowers the calories again.
So overall, "meat and vegetables" is better than "nuts and sugars", for example, lean shrimp rice lettuce stuffed tangyuan has a calorie lower than the average filling.
Therefore, the festival to taste folk customs, a light taste of pleasant, like the traditional tangyuan we eat a 3-5, instead of a large part of the staple food can be.
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Diabetics: Sticky foods raise blood sugar rapidly, coupled with the high sugar oil content in many fillings, so it is not suitable for diabetics to eat, even if it is "sugar-free tangyuan" is not recommended to eat.
People with poor gastrointestinal function: Sticky foods with more sugar and oil are not suitable for friends with poor gastrointestinal function (such as excessive stomach acid, insufficient gastric motility, gastric ulcer, etc.).
Especially eating at low temperatures will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, causing bloating, abdominal pain and other discomfort.
If you really want to eat something, be sure to cooperate with other foods, and chew slowly, the gastrointestinal tract will be more comfortable.
People who need to lose weight: In view of the high calories of Tangyuan, people who need to lose weight, overweight and obesity, high blood lipids, and friends with gout are not suitable for eating more.
In particular, during the festive season, the amount of activity is reduced, energy consumption is reduced, and it is easier to accumulate fat after eating more.
People with gallbladder disease and chronic pancreatitis: this kind of sticky, oily and sweet food, do not eat too much, you must have some moderation.
Infants, preschoolers eat with caution: When such children eat tangyuan, they must not only control the amount, but also have adults accompanying them to avoid dangers such as choking.
| find the best partner for TangYuan
Tangyuan has high calories and raises blood sugar faster, so it is best to eat them with vegetables with rich dietary fiber and low calories.
For example, a mouthful of tangyuan + a large mouthful of green vegetables is conducive to balancing the problem of high calories and blood sugar rising too fast, and it is not easy to stick teeth.
In addition, with some foods containing protein, it is also conducive to pulling down the rise in blood sugar, and the balance is more nutritious, such as tofu, eggs, seafood and meat.
Of course, choosing the right partner does not mean that it is foolproof, the amount of food still has to be controlled, taking advantage of the annual Spring Festival, reuniting with the family while trying a few appropriately, and remember to reduce some staple foods and other high-fat foods.