When we were young, moon cakes were very big. There is half a candied date in the middle of the moon cake. The bread is covered with white sesame seeds, and there are candied winter melons in it. Looking back now, I still think the moon cakes at that time were delicious.
In the past, when I was a child, I was poor and had nothing to eat. My father will buy moon cakes before the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he is afraid that our brothers will steal moon cakes before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he warns us that we can't eat moon cakes until the moon shines on the Mid-Autumn Festival. The point is that our two brothers foolishly believed them.
There are all kinds of moon cakes in the supermarket now. We don't have to wait for the moon to eat them, but the taste is not as good as before.
When I was a child, I went to Yue Bai before eating moon cakes. Now, do you remember to worship the moon when eating moon cakes? Many years ago, moon cakes were one of two or three kinds of snacks. At that time, two boxes of moon cakes wrapped in oil paper were put in rice barrels before the Mid-Autumn Festival. You could eat a little occasionally and keep a whole box. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, in the yard or on the roof, we put a table, offer moon cakes and apples, worship the moon first, let the moon fairy (Chang 'e) enjoy it first, and then we can eat it.
At that time, moon cakes were of course delicious, with five kernels, egg yolk and red bean paste. Anyway, we children can eat a whole moon cake by ourselves.
Now such a simple package of moon cakes was not found many years ago, and there were not even pictures and pictures. You can't find such delicious moon cakes. After eating a small piece of moon cake, everyone was full. A moon cake is enough for three or five people.
Sometimes I think two mooncakes are enough for a family, and often everyone has two or three boxes of mooncakes. After reading August 15, there are still so many moon cakes in the supermarket that they can't be sold at a discount. What a waste.
Moon cakes, why can't they be made as delicious as before?
My feeling of eating moon cakes has four stages or four things that I will never forget.
First, I still remember the cookies I ate when I was a child, because there is a photo that will always be fixed at that moment. But what really impressed me was the cakes my father bought me. Said my mom couldn't find her things, and took it out on me. Turns out I didn't lose it. In order to make up for my unfairness, my father bought cakes. I remember eating this cake for the first time, and it peeled off as soon as I ate it. Little people are easy to fool. After eating snacks, things will "turn over" and they will never feel wronged again. These are all pre-school things.
Second, naturally inviting red moon cakes is the best memory in my memory. Biting the rock sugar inside, it is very comfortable to eat. It was not until later when I was old and my teeth were bad that I fell in love with improved moon cakes, that is, moon cakes with soft skins.
Third, eat snacks in Daoxiang Village, which is something after the reform and opening up. Originally, there were not many Daoxiang villages. At first, I bought a cake from Daoxiang Village on my way to work and took it home. Later, it was convenient to open more facades in Daoxiang Village.
For ten years, my relatives and friends all know that I like dim sum. Every time I send a snack box, it is filled with all kinds of snacks, mostly cakes from Daoxiang Village, or gifts and snacks on August 15th, which are nothing more than double yellow moon cakes with various names. When the visiting guests arrived, I also took out snacks to entertain everyone, but later many relatives and friends were too tall to eat. Fortunately, I can still eat, but I don't like snacks for breakfast. ...