Today s Mid Autumn Festival. What should I eat?

What to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival As the saying goes: "August 15 is full, and the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes are fragrant and sweet", which shows that of course you eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, depending on the customs of each region, there are many kinds of food to eat.

Eat duck. The villagers of the Gelao nationality in Yunnan, China, all buy cakes and kill ducks on August 15 to celebrate this traditional festival. In order to commemorate the three members of the sugar seller who mobilized the villagers to kill the ghost guy by selling sugar in the village, every year on August 15, every household has to buy cakes and kill ducks, so as to educate future generations not to forget the struggle against aggression.

Eat taro. Eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival means warding off evil spirits and eliminating disasters, and has the meaning of not believing in evil. Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty "Chaozhou Mansion Chronicles" said: "Playing with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, peeling taro and eating it, it is called peeling the skin of ghosts." Peeling ghosts and eating them, there is a lot of Zhong Kui's spirit of exorcising ghosts, which is respectable.

Eat snails. As for the Mid-Autumn Festival snails, it is recorded in the "Shunde County Chronicles" in the Qing Xianfeng period: "Looking at the sun in August, taro eats snails.

Folks believe that the Mid-Autumn Festival snail can be eye-catching. According to analysis, snail meat is rich in nutrients, and the vitamin A contained in it is an important substance for eye pigment. Eating snails can be clear-sighted, and words make sense.

But why do you have to be particularly keen on eating during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Some people pointed out that around the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the time when the snail is empty, and there is no small snail in the abdomen, so the meat is particularly fatty. It is the best time to eat snails.

Nowadays, in Guangzhou, many families have the habit of frying snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Eat pumpkin. The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in various parts of the Yangtze River, and every household has the custom of eating old pumpkin and burning glutinous rice in the middle of August.

Drink osmanthus wine. Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, people look up at the bright moon, smell the bursts of cinnamon, think of Wu Gang cutting cinnamon, drink a glass of osmanthus nectar wine, celebrate the sweetness of the family, gather together, has become the enjoyment of the festival. Osmanthus is not only ornamental, but also has edible value.

Osmanthus is not only ornamental, but also has edible value. In Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", there are verses such as "Aiding Ji Douxi Drinking Cinnamon Syrup" and "Laying Cinnamon Syrup". It can be seen that the era of drinking osmanthus wine in China is quite long.

Lotus root box. Eating lotus root in the Mid-Autumn Festival is also the meaning of sending reunion, especially eating "lotus root box". Jiangsu and Zhejiang people mostly slice lotus root, connect the lower end between each two pieces, sandwich the meat in the middle, the stuffing made of clams, etc., and fry the noodles until golden brown, this is also called lotus root cake, and the moon cake has the same effect.

At present, there are two main varieties of lotus root on the market, namely seven-hole lotus root and nine-hole lotus root. Seven-hole lotus root is cultivated more in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the variety has excellent texture, delicate flesh, fresh and crisp sweet, white and flawless. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that after the lotus root is cooked, the sex changes from cool to warm, which is beneficial to the spleen and stomach, and has the effect of nourishing the stomach and nourishing yin and benefiting blood.

Duck, taro, pumpkin, snail, osmanthus cake.

Traditional, mooncakes.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Food to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival:

1. Moon cakes. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival did not prevail until the Ming Dynasty, and it is still a common practice. The moon cake is round and round, and it is eaten by the whole family, symbolizing reunion and harmony, and it is a must-eat product during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Grapefruit.

Grapefruit is also one of the must-haves of the Mid-Autumn Festival, "pomelo" is the same as "you", hoping that the moon will bless.

3. Chestnut. Chestnut is also a must-eat snack in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is most suitable for autumn.

4. Water chestnut. Eating water chestnut during the Mid-Autumn Festival is said to make children grow smart and smart. Water chestnut is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids and a variety of vitamins and trace elements.

5. Glutinous rice cakes. Eating glutinous rice cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is said to have originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and has been passed down to this day to commemorate Wu Zixu, the general of the Chu State.

6. Osmanthus cake.

Osmanthus wine, August osmanthus fragrance, indeed, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when osmanthus is fragrant. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, many families will use osmanthus cake or soaked osmanthus wine. Whether it is osmanthus cake or osmanthus wine, they all exude the unique fragrance of osmanthus without exception.

Eating moon cakes The urban and rural masses in China have the custom of eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, as the saying goes: "August 15 is full, and the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes are fragrant and sweet." Moon cakes were originally used to worship the moon god, and the word "moon cake" was first seen in the Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zimu's "Dream Lianglu", at that time, it was just a cake-shaped food like a rhombic cake.

Later, people gradually combined the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing with the tasting of moon cakes, which symbolized family reunion.

Mooncakes were originally made at home, and the practice of mooncakes was recorded in the "Sui Garden Food List" by Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty. In modern times, there is a workshop specializing in the production of moon cakes, the production of moon cakes is more and more refined, the filling is exquisite, the appearance is beautiful, and there are various exquisite patterns printed on the outside of the moon cakes, such as "Chang'e running to the moon", "Milky Way Night Moon", "Three Pools Printing the Moon" and so on. With the full moon of the reunion of the people, with the cake of the round of the trillion people's eternal life, with the moon cake to send the hometown, miss the feelings of relatives, pray for a good harvest and happiness, have become the wishes of people all over the world, moon cakes are also used as gifts to relatives and friends, contact feelings.