1 In order to reduce costs, small manufacturers used inferior raw materials.
The five kinds of nuts mentioned above are not cheap, and the consumption is relatively large, so the cost of Wuren moon cake is relatively high. Small brands depend on the quantity, as long as the price is cheap, many people buy them, so they will use cheap peanuts and preserved fruits to make moon cake stuffing. It is not that peanuts are bad, but they have completely changed their taste after replacement, so they feel bad.
2, the taste is too hard, people with bad teeth can't bite.
High-quality Wuren moon cake tastes sweet, soft and crisp, and can eat the fragrance of various nuts. Five-kernel moon cakes produced by some small workshops are not only hard in crust, but also hard in stuffing. Even if the crust is removed, the stuffing is still a complete cake, which shows how hard it is. It's strange that people who have eaten such inferior five-kernel moon cakes don't say it tastes bad.
3, the oil content is high, and the oil oxidation produces a spicy taste.
Wuren moon cakes are traditionally high in oil and sugar, regardless of the factory. The added cooking oil is easy to be oxidized after a long time, and it has a spicy taste, and the cake skin will be particularly oily, especially the kind of moon cakes that have been placed for one or two months, and the feeling is particularly obvious. Eating this kind of moon cake, it feels like it is made of expired oil, and its taste is particularly bad, which is also the reason why it tastes bad.
4, red and green silk
Five kernel fillings are five kinds of nuts, all of which are white in color. In order to enrich the color, some red and green silk are added. In fact, in addition to moon cakes, traditional cakes and glutinous rice balls, red and green silk will also be added. At first, red and green silk was a characteristic of the court, and it was made of green apricot silk and rose silk. Later, it spread to the people. In order to save costs, it was made of orange peel and radish peel, and the taste was much worse.
Introduction to the origin of moon cakes;
According to legend, when Zhang Qian was sent to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, he introduced sesame seeds and walnuts, which added auxiliary materials to the production of moon cakes. At this time, a round cake filled with walnuts appeared, which was called "Hu cake". In the Tang Dynasty, there were bakers engaged in production among the people, and pastry shops began to appear in Chang 'an, the capital.
It is said that one year on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, when Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei enjoyed the moon and ate Hu Bing, Tang Xuanzong thought the name of Hu Bing was not nice and wanted to give it another name. At this time, Yang Guifei looked up at the bright moon, and her heart surged. She casually came up with "moon cake", and Tang Xuanzong clapped her hands and said it was good. Since then, the name of "moon cake" has gradually spread among the people. People eat "moon cakes" instead of "Hu cakes" on Mid-Autumn Festival.