The origin of pancakes is said to be fried with mixed wheat flour. In the Edo era, cakes based on wheat flour or rice cakes were made into various fruits with light sweet taste, so they were well known. Soy sauce pancakes made of japonica rice were popularized after Meiji.
2 mutton soup
Mutton soup is the soup of mutton as shown in the text. As one of the snacks, it is said that it originated from a Zen monk in China. Zen monks are forbidden to eat meat, so they are cooked with adzuki beans, wheat flour, Ge Fen and so on, which looks like sheep soup. The cold weather in the Edo period was developed and used, and the refined mutton soup was born.
3 mantou
According to legend, steamed bread, like mutton soup, originated from Zen monks in China during Kamakura-Muromachi period. At the beginning, it was mainly made in temples. It is said that the stuffing of the package is also cooked with vegetables. Sweet adzuki bean stuffing was popular in the Edo period and penetrated everywhere.
4 Dafu
Dafu originated from the "quail roast" with stuffing. It is more full than Dafu, so it is also called "belly cake". During the reign of Kuanzheng (1789 ——1801), the belly cake was sold under the name of "Dafu cake". Perhaps eating a blessing to such a meaning makes people happy and wins popularity.
5 Tuanzi
There are many etymologies of dumplings. One of them is the "group happiness" of Tang Guozi. The simplicity and simplicity of processing the mixed rice flour into a ball shape makes all parts of the country have their own famous dumplings. Headed by the dumplings offered at the mitarai Festival in Xiaya Shrine in Kyoto, the dumplings on the other side and the dumplings enjoying the moon are deeply related to the mid-year ceremony.
6 ぉ Juice powder and goodness (adzuki bean porridge with rice cake slices)
In Kanto and Kansai of Japan, the names of "juice powder" and "good at fighting" are different. It is said that juice powder originally refers to the juice in which fruit is put into soup. Good fighting comes from the "God is in the cake" made of rice cakes and adzuki beans, which are enshrined in front of God.
7 jinhuashao
Quadrilateral is the mainstream. At first, it was round like a knife. The "silver cake" made of rice flour in Kansai spread to the Edo period, resulting in a round "golden cake" made of wheat flour. Further evolution has formed a quadrilateral like similar four-corner snacks.
8 Jiang mi tiao
In the Edo period, there was a kind of sugar fruit with the name "りん". Maybe it was named after the second time. But the real source is not clear. In the late edo period, it won popularity, and the pictures of the "Yamaguchi House" rice noodle shop were handed down.
9 mi Hua Tang
It is said to be one of the fruits of the Tang Dynasty sent by the envoy to the Tang Dynasty. Fried with fire to expand "rice revitalization" is written as Chinese character "Xingmi". The edo period was made everywhere. In Edo, as a specialty of Sensoji Temple's visit, "Lei Xing" is very popular in Osaka. Material use
Autumn (September-11month) is the harvest season, so the fruits such as chestnut, persimmon and taro are on the scene. If you want to taste the delicious chestnut of that year, you should first choose "chestnut golden time" and "chestnut deer and cake"
Winter (1February-February), such as steamed bread wrapped in thin bags and Dafu, is very weighty, which makes people feel warm and warm. It is also a good season to taste baked fruits such as "snapper burn" and "Imagawa burn".
In spring (March-May), fruits with the fragrance of grass or leaves like "grass cake" and "cherry cake" begin to be lively. "Young fruit", "cypress cake" and "Zongzi" are mostly fruits closely related to various mid-year ceremonies.
In summer (June-August), when it is used in cold weather, Ge Fen's fruits with cool visual effect and smooth taste are more popular. Needless to say, Ge Fen-wrapped steamed buns are also very popular.
Represents fruit.
autumn
Peony cake (ぉはぎ), Chitose.
Adzuki beans, which are indispensable in Peony cake, have been thought to ward off evil spirits since ancient times. It is eaten on the other side, that is, at the autumnal equinox.
Chitose sugar is said to come from "chitose sugar" sold by Asakusa. It is slender in shape, mainly to celebrate the children's July 5th and pray for their health and longevity.
winter
Petal cake
In the first month of the Japanese royal family, they will prepare white round cakes with beans-colored rhombic cakes, burdock and Wei Zeng's "rhombic flower". Based on this, a petal cake was designed and made.
Cake flowers were sacrificed and decorated in the first month of 1 month 15 as a prayer for grain harvest. It is called "cocoon jade" in sericulture area.
spring
Lingbing, Zongzi, Baibing
The color of diamond cake is compared to peach blossom, snow and vegetation. The sharp end angle of the diamond also has the meaning of exorcism. Decorate and eat on March 3 rd, Daughter's Day.
Zongzi was originally a ritual food to eliminate bad luck.
When the new buds of cypress are not sprouting, the old leaves will not fall off the cake, so the cypress cake is popularized and developed in the Wu family society, which prays for the prosperity of future generations.
Zongzi and cypress cakes are eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival in the old calendar.
summer
Jiaxiang fruit, bean jelly
Jiaxiang fruit was made and popularized as a fruit used in the "Jiaxiang" ceremony on June 16. This day is designated as "Peace and Fruit Day".
Bean jelly varies from region to region, and some provide it as spiritual food for the Bonin Festival (August 15). In some areas, the custom of eating bean jelly with a chopstick is still circulating.