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在南京，一般会煮菜饭吃，用矮脚黄青菜与咸肉、香肠或是板鸭等，剁成小丁，再放一些生姜粒，然后同糯米一起煮，据说十分的香鲜可口。你，也可以来试试哦！

In Nanjing, people usually cook vegetables with rice. They use small sprouts and bacon, sausages or dried duck. They chop them into small dices, add some ginger, and cook them with glutinous rice. It is fragrant and delicious. You can try it!

北方天冷，人们一般喜欢吃暖性食物，温热补益的牛羊肉则是人们最常吃到的。当归生姜羊肉汤，作为冬令的一道好汤，有汤有肉，做起来也不难。先把一斤左右的羊肉洗净，切成小碎块放入锅内，再放入20克当归、30克生姜和适量的黄酒及调料，先是大火煮开，然后小火慢炖，怎么也得个把小时。不管您是吃肉还是喝汤，那都是美味。不光味美，还有温中补血、祛寒强身的功效，要是神疲乏力、畏寒肢冷的，那这是最好的食疗妙方了。

It is cold in the north, people like to eat warm food. Beef and mutton are the usual dishes. Ginger lamb soup, it is a winter soup. It has meat and not difficult to cook.First wash the lamb, cut it into small pieces and put it into the pot. Add 20 grams of Chinese Angelica, 30 grams of ginger, and rice wine. Boil it for around one hour. Whether you eat the meat or drink only the soup, it is delicious. It also has effects of on the blood, strengthening the body. If you are tired and cold, then this is the best recipe.

中医一般认为，寒为阴邪，小寒节气自然也是阴邪偏盛的时候，所以日常饮食中适当多吃一些温热食物，对人们补益身体，防御寒冷都有好处。在这里给大家推荐几类食物，比如热性的像鳟鱼、辣椒、肉桂、花椒等；温性的那就多了，像各种米类、豆类，绿叶菜、芦笋、南瓜、葱、姜、蒜，水果像桃、大枣、荔枝、木瓜、樱桃、石榴、栗子、核桃等，再有就是各种肉类和海产品。

Traditional Chinese medicine generally believes that cold is the evil of yin, and the solar term of the small cold is naturally the time when the evil of yin is prosperous. Therefore, eating more warm food in the daily diet is good for people’s body and defense against cold. Here are some recommended foods for everyone, such as hot ones like trout, chili, cinnamon, pepper, etc; there are more warm ones, like rice, beans, green leafy vegetables, asparagus, pumpkin, green onions, ginger, garlic. Fruits like peaches, jujubes, lychees, papaya, cherries, pomegranates, chestnuts, walnuts and different meat and seafood.