客家人有“冬至羊、夏至狗”的说法,认为冬至吃羊肉、夏至吃狗肉是很重要的事。闽西、粤东地区的客家人,很大部分是喜欢吃狗肉的。河南信阳附近也吃狗肉,那里是客家的祖居地之一。还有江西省南部、湖南省西部、广西壮族自治区都是客家居地,也都好吃狗肉。台湾省的新竹一带也是如此。有人说,有吃狗肉的食文化的地方,往往是客家人住地。客家菜追求纯正、鲜香、脆嫩和本味的特色,一些偏僻的山区也有重咸、偏咸的现象。咸菜分“水咸菜”和“干咸菜”两种。水咸菜是带有水分的,含有一点酸 Hakka people have “winter solstice sheep, summer solstice dog” saying that the winter solstice eat lamb, summer solstice to eat dog meat is very important. Western Fujian, eastern Guangdong Hakka, most of them like to eat dog meat. Dog food is also eaten near Xinyang, Henan Province, where it is one of the ancestral homes of Hakka. There are southern Jiangxi Province, western Hunan Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are Hakka, but also delicious dog meat. The same is true in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Some people say that food culture where dogs eat is often Hakka. Hakka food pursuit of pure, delicious, crisp and flavor of the characteristics of some remote mountainous areas are salty, salty phenomenon. Pickles points “water pickles” and “dry pickles” two. Water pickles are with water, contains a little acid