Compared with crisp peach cakes, sesame cakes and sweet but not greasy glutinous rice flour, I like moon cakes that I can't eat at ordinary times when I was a child.

When I was young, moon cakes were mostly sesame seeds, rock sugar, five kernels and red bean paste.

"A cupcake is like chewing the moon, with crunchiness and pulp inside. “

Crystal sugar sesame moon cake, one crystal sugar at a time. Candy with slight toothache is crisp and still fresh in my memory.

Five kernel moon cakes, the most classic collocation is of course almond, walnut kernel, peanut kernel, sesame kernel and melon seed kernel. As far as I can remember, the nuts in the stuffing are crunchy, and there are shiny red and green silks, which are both sweet and tough to chew in my mouth.

Ask parents and everyone, and no one can tell what it is. When I grew up, I asked my friend who made the cake with curiosity, only to know that it was made of orange peel, papaya peel and so on, and pickled with sugar solution.

Mooncakes with bean paste are my favorite. The crust is crisp and continuous, and the bean filling is rustling and glutinous. Take a bite, the moon cake residue is full, and the lips and teeth remain fragrant.

The bean paste rolls in your mouth and slowly blends, which is very enjoyable.

I remember when I was a child, every Mid-Autumn Festival, I, a "delicious guy", would look forward to it at home, waiting for my parents to buy moon cakes and go home.

At that time, the packaging of moon cakes was very simple, wrapped in white wax paper and printed with patterns of different tastes on the front. Some are moon palace fairyland, some are jade rabbits looking at the moon, some are flowers in full bloom, and some are moon shadow lanterns.

Carefully open the wax paper package to avoid messing up the moon cakes and breaking the shell. While listening to her parents telling the story of Chang 'e Houyi, she chewed moon cakes with relish.

At the end of the meal, don't forget to fold the wax paper in half, raise your head and shake your hands, pat the wax paper gently, pour the crust scattered on the wrapping paper into your mouth, chew a few mouthfuls and swallow it happily.

Then, I will stick out my tongue and lick the crumbs in the wax paper carefully for fear of falling to the ground.

"The moon is particularly bright to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the feelings are particularly strong in the depths. Enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and men, women and children eat moon cakes. "

Nowadays, it is not easy to find delicious moon cakes among all kinds of moon cakes in the street, and it is even more difficult to find delicious traditional moon cakes.

Because of my work, I live in a spring city full of flowers. Please think twice about your relatives during the festival. What traditional flavor can I use to soothe my homesick stomach? I found the answer in the old hard-shell ham moon cake.

How delicious is this cake?

Just take a bite and you will know that this is a festival!

Old-fashioned ham moon cake is the most admired Kunming flavor by the great writer Mr. Wang Zengqi, also known as "four two tuo", which is known as the first in the country.

Yunnan ham moon cake, as one of the five traditional moon cake schools in Beijing, Guangdong, Soviet Union, Chaozhou and Yunnan, has no fancy appearance just like fried steamed bread.

Ham moon cakes are not only the favorite of Yunnan people, but also exported to overseas, which is a must in the pastry industry.

"Three points skin, seven points stuffing. Three points are fat and seven points are thin. "

Manually disconnect:

"Bordeaux skin is crisp, ham is attractive and sugar is sweet. “

Take a bite, the crispy skin is full of fragrance, and the diced meat in the ham stuffing is crystal clear, just like a ripe red pomegranate. Fat and thin evenly, full of particles.

Chew slowly, and your mouth is full of charming and fresh smells of ham, lard, honey and sugar. Crispy, crisp, soft, elastic, salty and sweet ... unforgettable.

According to records, Yunnan old ham moon cakes began in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. At about 1872, Governor Xu Zhiming, official chef Hu Shan and his son Hu Zenggui used refined cooked noodles as skins, Xuanwei ham as stuffing, and sugar, honey and lard as supplements.

Hand-made, roll out the dough, wrap it with carefully prepared stuffing, knead it into a ball, and bake it in the oven until the skin is golden and tender, named "four or two pieces of ham".

Wang Zengqi once explained in the book "Vegetation on Earth": "In the past, a catty of four moon cakes was 421 according to the old scale, which was called' 421'.

According to legend, Empress Dowager Cixi praised this cake after tasting it:

"Crisp but not broken, fragrant but not dry, oily but not greasy, sweet but not embarrassing."

The time-honored ham moon cake is a legend in the history of China cuisine, and Xuanwei ham with a history of thousands of years is its soul.

According to Xuanwei County Records, Xuanwei Ham: "Those who wear green robes have thick meat, rich lean meat, rich protein, fresh and delicious, salty but not greasy."

Cut into sections, the meat is fine and the oil is thin. Lean meat is like a rose, fat meat is as white as milk, and bones are slightly pink, just like blood is still moistening, and each piece has the taste of time! The naturally made ham moon cakes are delicious.

Once upon a time, before August 15, people who bought ham and moon cakes crowded the streets, and the moon cakes were snapped up as soon as they were baked.

It is said that during the Republic of China, in order to ensure the supply of ham and moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, an army was specially sent to defend the moon cake shop in Long Yun, Yunnan, at that time, in order to maintain the order of buying ham and moon cakes.

Fireworks in the world can touch the hearts of ordinary people most.

From eating moon cakes at home when I was a child to looking forward to moon cakes thousands of miles away from home now, the old moon cakes are still so unpretentious, without extra packaging, and stick to the original flavor.

Yesterday, I received an old-fashioned bean paste moon cake from my parents in my hometown. I opened the shiny waxed paper and smelled the long-lost fragrance of moon cakes.

Take a bite of childhood moon cakes, and memories will be scattered everywhere.

"August 15 full moon, grandpa gave me moon cakes. Moon cakes are round, sweet and fragrant, and a piece of moon cakes is full of affection ... "