Before, Shanghainese people needed a meat ticket to buy meat, but they didn't need a meat ticket to buy fresh meat mooncakes, so they went to buy fresh meat mooncakes to eat, and after they got used to eating them, they couldn't live without fresh meat mooncakes.

When it comes to the history of fresh meat mooncakes, it is about 100 years old.The core of the fresh meat mooncake is of course the fresh meat, which must be selected from three parts of fat and seven parts of fine fresh sandwich meat, and stirred evenly. The crust, as well as the ratio of meat to crust in each mooncake, is also key to the flavor of the mooncake.

According to public information from the Shanghai municipal government, it was in December 1955 that the city first introduced the idea of buying pork with a ticket, or what we call a "meat ticket". The average urban resident had 2 yuan per month per person, which could only buy 1 kilogram of pork. But you don't need either meat or food stamps to buy fresh meat mooncakes, as long as you have enough money. Later, lining up to buy fresh meat mooncakes became a habit for Shanghai people.

Fresh meat mooncakes can be categorized as a kind of Suzhou-style mooncake, but of course it is also said to have been pioneered in the Gaoqiao area of Shanghai, or it may be the confluence of the two that has created the independent qualities of Shanghai's fresh meat mooncakes. Suzhou's fresh meat mooncakes are sweet from the beginning of the pastry, and the filling is also sweet, with maltose added. Shanghai's mooncakes are also sweet, but not overly so, and even have a savory flavor.

Shanghai's fresh meat mooncake has its own unique way of doing things, authentic Shanghai fresh meat mooncake is fried in a pan. Precisely because it is fried, it takes longer and the surrounding crust is easily raw. Authentic Shanghainese fresh meat mooncakes have a very thin pastry and are filled with pork and soy sauce; those without soy sauce are not authentic enough. Fresh meat mooncakes are best when they are freshly baked, but they are also easy to store when packed in a gift box. Every time around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the smell of fresh meat mooncakes wafts through the streets of Shanghai.