Top 10 familiar jams on Tet holiday and their meanings

Ginger jam Jam is a very popular dish in every Vietnamese family every Tet holiday. Jam has a mild spicy flavor that is suitable for people to gather together to drink a cup of hot tea, eat a few slices of jam and share family stories.

Ginger jam There is a combination between the sweet taste of powdered sugar and the warm spicy taste of fresh ginger, creating a very special sweet and spicy taste that, once eaten, cannot be mistaken for any other jam. In spicy there is sweetness. In the sweet, there is still a strong spicy spread to the throat after eating is the typical flavor of this jam. Therefore, ginger jam means wishing for a warm and happy life in the new year.

Coming to Ham Ninh – where is known as the oldest fishing village of Phu Quoc, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy dishes made from Ham Ninh flower crab. Ham Ninh is also the place having the most delicious flower crabs in Phu Quoc. Although Ham Ninh crab is not too big, its meat is richly fragrant, fresh and firm. Many delicious dishes can be processed from crabs such as steamed crabs, stir-fried crabs, fried tamarind crab, spicy and sour crab hotpot … ginger jam The main ingredient is ginger with countless health benefits. Ginger jam can be considered an effective food and medicine because it has the effect of warming the body, stimulating digestion, detoxification, anti-vomiting, bloating and abdominal pain caused by irregular eating. When Tet comes to spring, people often use ginger jam with the meaning that they want to convey that the bitterness remains like the spicy taste of ginger and the sweet taste is the beginning of a more favorable and lucky new year.

Peanuts, also known as peanuts, are known as longevity nuts. This is a nut with many nutrients that are very good for health and in general it carries the mission of health. Peanuts are considered a fun snack, but in fact, they have made an important contribution to health to prevent and treat many diseases. Every New Year comes, besides jams that are familiar to everyone such as coconut jam, tamarind jam, ginger jam… peanut jam is also a delicious jam, contributing to making the family’s Tet confectionery plate more attractive and rich.

Peanut jam With the white color of sugar on the outside, the flesh of peanut inside brings a very interesting taste. Regularly eating peanuts can help you promote good health. Therefore, peanut jam has become a symbol of longevity and carries many meanings for the whole family.

Kumquat tree (also known as kumquat tree) usually blooms and bears fruit in the sixth lunar month every year and ripens on the occasion of Tet. Not only displayed on the ancestral altar with many other fruits, kumquats are also used by many people to make jam.

Kumquat jam – Brings health and prosperity: Kumquat jam has a yellow color, bringing special meaning in the new year. Kumquats often have seven equal segments, not crushed, characteristic and eye-catching golden color, so this dish is popular in the New Year with the belief that it will bring prosperity and luck to the family. When enjoying kumquat jam, you will feel a sour, sweet and sour taste, the touch of the tip of the tongue followed by a warm feeling that rubs off the cold spring weather.

Also when you use kumquat jam Daily, this is also a very good food for health because it has the effect of stimulating digestion, making appetite and treating cough effectively. Moreover, the characteristic yellow color of kumquat also has a special meaning, wishing the owner good luck, peace and prosperity in the new year.

One of the indispensable flavors on Tet holiday is lotus seed jam. This can be considered as the most luxurious jam among all holiday jams. Lotus seed jam has a cool, fleshy taste that gives people a feeling of excitement at the tip of the tongue because the processing process is also very laborious. The lotus seeds are dried, carefully preserved from the fresh summer season, near the end of the year, they are brought out to sweeten and make jam. The small, round, golden-colored jams, wrapped in a sugar-strewn shell, have a sweet but extremely delicate taste. Seeds have many effects such as curing insomnia, poor appetite, full stomach, slow digestion, diarrhea, curing thirst due to high fever, dehydration…. On Tet holiday, we can use it to prevent and cure problems. common gastrointestinal problems…

Lotus seed jam When eating, there will be many unforgettable feelings because of the sharp sweetness, and very fragrant. On New Year’s Day, if you receive lotus seed jam, it may be hard to resist. Everyone takes a few pills, takes a sip of fragrant tea, the sweetness, the acrid taste, and the warm heat blend together to create a sense of relaxation, making the early spring story more fun and exciting. With a unique and nutritious taste from lotus seeds, making jam also means looking forward to a new year of reunion, full of children and grandchildren.

Carrots are considered a food that is both cheap and beneficial for health such as good for vision, limiting cardiovascular disease, liver detoxification, anti-aging, good for blood, etc. On every Tet holiday, people People often buy carrots to prepare jam and put on the tray to welcome guests to play.

Carrot jam It is a dish with many very special flavors that once enjoyed, can not be forgotten. Pieces of carrot jam are sliced ​​and mixed with sugar, often with the characteristic color of carrots, it has a symbolic meaning of wealth and prosperity. So this Tet, prepare for your family delicious and beautiful carrot jam plates to entertain friends and neighbors when coming to visit!

Red artichoke is also known as Hong Hoa, Sour Vegetables, impermanent flowers, Vinegar… the scientific name is Hibiscus Sabdariffa Linn. Originating in North Africa and South America, known in Europe thousands of years ago with very good health uses such as: support to lower blood pressure, clear heat, detoxify, provide vitamins for the body, reduce cholesterol in the blood, rejuvenate the skin…

In recent years, artichoke is known for many uses, so it is more popular. New Year’s Day with a plate Artichoke jam red on the table, nothing more. Red represents good luck. Hoping for a new year filled with good things.

According to Oriental Medicine, tamarind has a cool, sour taste that is very beneficial for clearing heat, refreshment, and good for the digestive system. Therefore mjam It is also an indispensable dish for health and is especially beneficial for pregnant women. Tamarind jam has both sour and sweet taste, which has the effect of forgetting nausea and morning sickness of young mothers. Tamarind jam also helps to strengthen the resistance, fight weakness of the body.

On Tet holiday, eating too many hot and spicy foods, enjoying a little sweet and sour tamarind jam will help cool your body, in addition, tamarind jam also helps to lose weight, and effectively dissipate phlegm. So, don’t be afraid to eat a lot of fatty jam.

According to folklore, coconut jam It is called a traditional jam and is chosen by many people to put on a jam tray on Tet holiday to entertain guests who come to wish them New Year’s Eve. Made simply from copra (coconut), including thinly sliced ​​coconut rice and white granulated sugar, when you want to decorate it beautifully, you can add food coloring, but this is a very delicious dish. and bold Tet flavor.

Coconut jam It has a characteristic sweet aroma and a variety of colors thanks to different ways of making it according to each person’s taste. Not only delicious and sweet, but coconut jam also means gathering, happy reunion for the whole family and friends in the new year.

In the early spring gathering days, there is nothing more joyful and warm than when family and friends share a tray of coconut jam, sip a cup of hot tea and exchange good wishes for early spring.

Squash is a very common fruit that is not only used daily in Vietnamese family meals, but especially, when Tet comes a lot, it is processed into jam with a rich scent.

Tet holiday when mentioned Pumpkin jam Everyone from adults to children enjoys it. Pumpkin jam is not only an easy dish to enjoy, but also a meaningful dish that brings health and growth in the new year. This is the only kind of jam that is used a lot when making cakes such as moon cakes, pia cakes… Pumpkin jam has a moderate sweetness, crispness and a unique aroma. Not only delicious and beautiful, pumpkin jam also attracts you by its great uses.

Pumpkin jam It is considered a cure for diseases with very good detoxification effect during Tet, cooling the liver and diuretic. Therefore, you will not feel strange that this type of jam is always present in the candy trays of many families every New Year to spring.

Red is extremely popular with families during Tet. Because it brings a lot of luck, wealth and fortune in the new year. So tomato jam while increasing the rich flavor of the Tet jam tray, creating eye-catching colors and special meanings suitable for the beginning of the year.

Tomato jam It is also a traditional jam that is processed quite sophisticatedly. Tomato jam has a rich sweet taste with a little sour and sour taste that is extremely attractive. Tomato jam is delicious and nutritious because tomatoes are listed as extremely popular foods but are very nutritious and good for health. Tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, other vitamins improve health, resistance and beautify the skin effectively. There is a lot of vitamin A which is very good for malnourished people, has the effect of clearing heat, refreshing, increasing energy.. Lycopene in tomato skin also helps prevent cancer effectively, so this is a dish that not only brings Tet flavor with good luck, but also a dish that you should eat very healthy and should use it regularly. .