Introduction: The Mid-Autumn Festival delicacies are different in different places in China, so what exactly is there to eat on the Mid-Autumn Festival? You might as well take a look at the Mid-Autumn Festival delicacies I shared.
Watermelon During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people in Shaanxi, whether rich or poor, must eat watermelon. Watermelon should also be cut into lotus shapes. It is a good product for relieving summer heat. It is cold and cool in nature, rich in sugar, can clear away heat and purge fire, and has the functions of relaxing the middle and lowering qi, diuresis, and curing blood dysentery.
, the effect of detoxifying alcohol.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is full, you can enjoy the moonlight while enjoying the coolness while eating watermelon to relieve the heat. The coolness is pleasant and adds to the joy of family reunion.
Moreover, after eating mooncakes, eat a piece of watermelon to clear away heat and relieve fatigue.
Over time, eating watermelon has become a habit of Shaanxi people during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so today people in Shaanxi will eat watermelon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The watermelon is cut into lotus shapes just to match the festive atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival and add joy and auspiciousness.
Lotus root box Eating lotus root during the Mid-Autumn Festival also means reunion, especially eating "lotus root box".
People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang usually slice lotus root into slices, connect the lower ends of each two slices, stuff them with meat, clams, etc., and fry the outside until golden brown. This is also called lotus root cake, which is similar to moon cakes.
There are two main varieties of lotus root on the market today, namely seven-hole lotus root and nine-hole lotus root.
Seven-hole lotus root is mostly cultivated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This variety has excellent texture, tender meat, crispy, sweet, and flawless whiteness.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus root changes from cool to warm in nature after being cooked, which is beneficial to the spleen and stomach. It has the effects of nourishing the stomach, nourishing yin, and replenishing blood.
Crabs Autumn is also the season when crabs are abundant. It is a good time for many gourmets who love seafood to try them.
As early as the Ming Dynasty's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, crabs have become the protagonist of the feast. The book "Zhuizhongzhi" writes: "Steamed to 50% to 60% cooked, people gathered together to sit down and eat, laughing and undressing themselves.
"Pick your fingernails and dip them in vinegar and garlic to accompany the wine." At that time, after steaming the cattail bags, everyone sat around and ate crabs, served with wine and vinegar, which was very popular.
Crabs are cold in nature, so it is best to eat crabs while they are hot, and dip them in more ginger and wine to get rid of the cold.
As for eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is recorded in the "Shunde County Chronicle" during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty: "Looking at the sun in August, people eat snails with taro." Folks believe that eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival can improve eyesight.
But why should we be particularly keen on eating them during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the snails are empty, there are no small snails in the belly, and the meat is particularly plump, so it is the best time to eat snails.
Nowadays, among the people in Guangzhou, many families have the habit of frying snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mooncakes When mentioning the Mid-Autumn Festival food, everyone must immediately think of mooncakes.
In fact, the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival did not become popular until the Ming Dynasty.
Before that, the Mid-Autumn Festival food was still mainly based on fruits and vegetables suitable for the festival.
As for the origin of mooncakes, there is a popular legend among the people: at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people wanted to resist the Mongol rule, but they were unable to deliver the news.
So Liu Bowen came up with a strategy.
It is said that there will be winter plague this year, and it can only be avoided unless every household buys mooncakes to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
When I returned home, I bit into the mooncake and found a note hidden inside, which read: "On Mid-Autumn Night, kill the Tatars and welcome the rebels!" So everyone rose up in rebellion against the rulers, and the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival remained.
Eating water chestnuts during the Mid-Autumn Festival is said to make children smarter.
Most of the ways to eat water chestnuts are to boil the water chestnuts in water (or salt water), then peel them and eat them as snacks; you can also cook the peeled water chestnuts with rice to make a salty white porridge, and eat it after eating the sweet water chestnuts.
After the moon cake, drink a bowl of water chestnut porridge, which will remove a lot of greasiness in your stomach on the spot.
Chestnuts As autumn cools down, the aroma of sugar-roasted chestnuts begins to float on the streets.
Chestnut, like taro and water chestnut, was also a must-eat Mid-Autumn Festival snack.
Chestnut is sweet and cold in nature and has the functions of nourishing the stomach, strengthening the spleen, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the muscles.
It is most suitable for consumption in autumn, and chestnuts are rich in soft dietary fiber. Diabetics can also enjoy them in moderation, and they are most suitable for the elderly and the infirm.
In addition to being used as snacks, chestnuts can also be used in meals. The famous dishes include chestnut duck, chestnut roast chicken, chestnut stewed chicken soup, etc. They are delicious and can fully bring out the deliciousness of chestnuts. Eat healthily during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Chestnuts
Dishes are essential.
Pomelo Grapefruit is one of the must-have items during the Mid-Autumn Festival, because "pomelo" and "bless" are homophonic, and it also means hoping for the blessing of the moon.
After eating sweet mooncakes, eat some sweet and sour grapefruit, which is appetizing, relieves greasiness, and leaves your mouth feeling refreshed.
Grapefruit tastes sweet and sour, slightly bitter, and is rich in vitamin C and a large number of other nutrients. It is recognized by the medical community as the most therapeutic fruit. It has the effects of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, losing weight, and beautifying the skin. If eaten regularly,
It has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on diseases such as diabetes and vascular sclerosis, and has the function of keeping healthy and beautiful for obese people.
Taro In Taiwan, it is also popular to eat taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
There is a saying: "Eating rice noodles and taro will lead to a good start."
The homophony of taro and road is used to pray to ancestors to bless you in finding a good job.
Eating taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival means to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and it also means not believing in evil spirits.
The "Chaozhou Prefecture Chronicles" written in the Guiwei year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty said: "Playing with the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, peeling taro and eating it is called skinning ghosts." Peeling ghosts and eating them has the spirit of Zhong Kui to drive away ghosts, which is respectable.