1. Cantonese-style mooncakes. Cantonese-style mooncakes are currently the largest type of mooncakes. They originated in Guangdong and surrounding areas and are now popular all over the country. They are characterized by thin skin and large fillings. Usually the skin-to-filling ratio is 2:8, and the skin-filling has a high oil content. Compared with other types, it tastes soft and smooth, and the surface is shiny. According to taste, it is divided into two categories: salty and sweet. According to the mooncake fillings, there are: lotus seed mooncakes, bean paste mooncakes, five-nut mooncakes, fruit mooncakes, etc. The selection of mooncake fillings is very wide. In addition to taro, lotus seeds, almonds, termites, peach kernels, sesame and other fruit materials, they also use salted egg yolk, barbecued pork, roast goose, mushrooms, ice meat, candied winter melon, dried shrimps, bucket cakes, etc. There are as many as twenty or thirty kinds of raw materials such as tangerine peel and lemon leaves.

2. Chicken. Cantonese people have always believed that "there is no feast without chicken". Eating a whole chicken is homophonic to the word "home", which means eating chicken to start a family and reunite the whole family. In addition, whole chicken is also an indispensable tribute for Cantonese people to worship gods and ancestors. Fresh scallion chicken and white-cut chicken are the most popular.

The eating methods of roosters and hens are slightly different. Hens are generally used for stewing soup, while roosters are suitable for quick frying. Because hens have a higher fat content, the umami substances in the meat are easily dissolved in the soup, and the stewed chicken soup tastes delicious. On the contrary, the meat of rooster is tight and difficult to make thick soup. People prefer the tender "boy chicken" when eating rooster. At this time, it needs to be fried quickly to keep it fresh and delicious.

3. Water chestnut. The common water chestnut has a black shell, two pointed ends, and looks like a black hawk. Because it is regarded as "angular" and "sharp", eating water chestnuts during the Mid-Autumn Festival is said to make children smarter. However, water chestnuts are often rejected by children because of their unflattering image.

Water chestnut is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, a variety of vitamins and trace elements. It has diuretic, breast-clearing, thirst-quenching, and hangover toxin effects. When young, it can be eaten as a raw fruit. It tastes sweet, flat and non-toxic, with crispy skin and delicious meat. You can also cook the peeled water chestnuts with rice to make a salty white porridge. After eating the sweet mooncakes, drinking a bowl of water chestnut porridge will remove a lot of the greasiness in your stomach on the spot.

4. Grapefruit. The round shape of the grapefruit symbolizes reunion. At the same time, "you" and "you" are homophonic, representing the good wishes of hoping for the protection of the moon. In addition, the Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with the peak season, so the grapefruit naturally becomes the symbol of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Save food. Or the "meaning" is good enough, making grapefruit an indispensable protagonist of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Eating grapefruit during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangdong is still a tradition. When selecting grapefruits, you can "look", "smell" and "tapping" to buy grapefruits that are wide at the top and wide at the bottom, with thin and smooth skin, light green or yellowish color, rich aroma, and elastic skin.

5. Piggy cakes. People in Shaxi, Zhongshan celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and have the habit of eating piggy cakes and making porridge. In the era of scarcity, poor families could not afford mooncakes, so they used "brown rice cakes" and "pig piglet cakes" instead. The brown "brown rice cake" is made from sticky rice crushed into powder and mixed with sugar. It is about 1 cm thick and 10 cm in diameter. It has a small piece of thin fat meat embedded in the middle and has a sweet taste. "Piggy cakes" are made of flour into the shape of piglets and sold in pig cages. They are affectionately called "children's mooncakes".

6. Field snail. The snails on the Mid-Autumn Festival are the fattest, and it is the best time to eat snails. In addition, eating snails on the Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional dietary custom left over from ancient times, so Cantonese people also have the custom of eating snails on the Mid-Autumn Festival. Of course, there are many ways to make snails, including braised, stewed, stir-fried, etc., all of which are very delicious.

7. Taro. Cantonese people prefer to eat some pink and glutinous food, so taro also becomes a delicacy on the Cantonese table during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Making taro into taro balls or steaming it directly is very delicious, and eating taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival is actually very good for the body. Therefore, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, taro has become one of the traditional delicacies that must be eaten.

8. Ye Zizi. More specifically in Enping, in both urban and rural areas of Enping, Guangdong, in addition to eating mooncakes, they also make a kind of glutinous rice dumpling called "Ye Baojin". Eating "leaves wrapped with gold" is another local custom during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that eating "leaves wrapped with gold" can bring good luck all year round.

9. Pig cage cake.

Pig cage cake is a traditional Mid-Autumn Festival food unique to Foshan, Guangdong. It is made into the shape of a pig with flour and sugar, and then placed in a pig cage as a gift to children. A pig cage cake is very small and very cute in shape. Children like it very much. The meaning is that they hope that the children can grow fat and beautiful, and be as easy to take care of and raise as piglets. This is a very good meaning.

10. Hairy crab. In recent years, living standards have improved significantly, and it is also the time when crabs are fat around the Mid-Autumn Festival. People also like to buy some hairy crabs to take home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eat fat crabs while admiring the moon. It is really a unique feeling in the heart. Gradually, eating hairy crabs during the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a custom in some places.