Did you know that besides mugwort and rice dumplings, this is also a must-have item for the Dragon Boat Festival?

Author: Fluent

It is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the green mugwort is neatly arranged in the vegetable market, and the leaves of the zongzi are crisp and fresh. The "Internet-famous" zongzi shop near the editor's workplace has been queuing up for a few weeks, and the vegetarian zongzi from Longhua Temple is also quite "popular". In fact, in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, there is another seasonal delicacy that cannot be missed during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is the salted duck eggs with green skin and golden sand and red oil.

The custom of eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival is said to have originated in the Jiangnan area. The ancients believed that salted duck eggs were heart-shaped, and eating salted duck eggs could protect the heart from the harm of heat and poison, and this custom has been passed down to this day. In many places, there is a custom of eating and giving salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival, which means wishing oneself and others good health and keeping away from plague and evil, in order to bring good luck.

Eating salted duck eggs on Dragon Boat Festival is not only for good luck, but also because it is delicious. The cooked salted duck eggs have egg whites like coagulated fat, the duck egg yolk is soft and glutinous, and the red oil is fragrant. If the duck eggs are not too salty, they are even more satisfying to eat. The Dragon Boat Festival means that the hot summer is coming. The weather is humid and hot, and it is time to sweat. Excessive sweating will lead to the loss of some trace elements, while salted duck eggs are rich in nutrients, rich in calcium, iron, etc. Eating some salted duck eggs at this time can well replenish the salt and other nutrients lost due to sweating.

Salted duck eggs, also known as green skin and green eggs, were called salted eggs in ancient times. Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List·Small Menu" has a "pickled egg" entry: "Gaoyou is the best pickled egg." Salted duck eggs are made from fresh duck eggs as the main raw material and are pickled. They are especially suitable for white porridge, soaked rice, etc. The fat in the yolk of salted duck eggs accounts for about 36%. If salt is used to pickle, the salt will penetrate into the egg, and part of the water in the yolk will be forced to penetrate out, so the fat is concentrated and accumulated. After the salted duck eggs are cooked, the protein in the yolk coagulates, and we can see a lot of fat in the yolk with the naked eye.

However, no matter how delicious salted duck eggs are, you must remember that they are a high-salt and high-cholesterol food, so don't eat too much! In this issue of micro-diet therapy, the editor recommends a convenient and delicious salted egg tofu stew . The ingredients are simple, and it is a quick and easy home-cooked dish! Please read the details before making it!

Salted Egg Tofu Casserole

Materials

2 salted duck eggs, a piece of soft tofu, a ham sausage, a garlic sprout or onion, some starch, a small bowl of water

Method-

Cut the salted duck eggs and ham into small pieces, wash the tofu and cut it into small pieces

Add water to the pot and bring it to a boil. Add a small spoonful of salt, blanch the tofu, and then remove and drain.

Heat oil in a pan, add chopped salted egg and chopped ham, and fry until the salted egg releases oil.

Add a small bowl of water and bring to boil

Add tofu cubes and simmer

Finally, season according to your own taste. Salted egg is already salty enough, so you don’t need to add

Thicken with appropriate amount of starch and water

After the sauce is collected, you can add chopped green garlic leaves or onions, then you can serve it on a plate.