Speaking of moon cakes, this is my favorite thing when I was a child, because I can't eat them at ordinary times. Only on holidays will my family buy some, and then I will have a good time. Eating bit by bit, although a little greasy, but really satisfied.
When I was a child, the most common mooncake should be Wuren mooncake. Unlike now, mooncakes with various fillings emerge one after another. There are more and more moon cakes with salted egg yolk and fruit stuffing, which are more and more popular.
At present, no one likes to eat Wuren moon cakes, especially young people, and even a little disgusted. Only some middle-aged and elderly people like to eat and buy them every time.
As everyone knows, this kind of five-kernel moon cake was the most popular in ancient times, and even only dignitaries could eat it. Ordinary people have a deep yearning for it.
Wuren moon cakes are not popular. Apart from the bad taste of the basic stuffing, there is also a key point, that is, the green and red silk in them is really difficult to swallow. Every time I eat this, I'm puzzled. Why do you put something so bad in it? It simply ruined Wuren moon cakes. Without it, the sales of Wuren moon cakes might be improved.
So what is this green red silk? Why do you have to put it in? In addition to moon cakes, it will appear in other traditional cakes and foods. Everyone will be very puzzled. Why should something that is not delicious be passed down all the time? Can't you improve it? Next, let's take a look at what this thing is.
What is the green red silk in Wuren moon cake? Although people dislike it, it is the most difficult to make.
It turns out that these green and red shreds are actually dried tangerine peel, which is a very common seasoning in life and is actually made of orange peel. After making it, dye it green and red and put it in the moon cake. Although it sounds like a very simple thing, it is very troublesome to make. In the whole process of making moon cakes, green silk can be said to be the most difficult thing to make.
Since it's dried tangerine peel, why doesn't it taste like it, but it tastes like chewing plastic? Because the dried tangerine peel has changed in taste after a series of production, and it is dry and full of toughness. So it tastes a little hard and chewy, giving people the feeling that they are chewing plastic.
In fact, the real green red silk made of dried tangerine peel is not so bad. The very bad green red silk we eat is probably not made of authentic dried tangerine peel. It is very likely that it is some melon, radish and the like, and then some essence and pigment are added. Although it looks similar, the taste difference is still very big.
Generally speaking, eating the green and red silk made of authentic dried tangerine peel is not so difficult to swallow. After all, it is a traditional food handed down from generation to generation. But now, it has been destroyed by the "fake goods" of some unscrupulous merchants.