what are the traditional foods for Mid-Autumn Festival?

1. Mooncakes

Eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival is a long-standing traditional custom in China. The weather is clear and the moon is bright, and Gui Xiang is refreshing. Everyone tastes moon cakes and enjoys the moon, which is a festive reunion with a unique flavor. As a kind of food shaped like a full moon and containing good stuffing, moon cakes appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo, a poet and gourmet, has a poem that "a small cake is like chewing the moon, and there is crisp and glutinous in it". As a kind of food, it is called "moon cake", which began to appear in the Southern Song Dynasty's "Wulin Old Stories Steamed Diet". At that time, Hangzhou folks had "moon cakes to feed each other and take the meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion". By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, moon cakes had become the Japanese and American points of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Lotus root box

Eating lotus root in Mid-Autumn Festival also means sending a reunion, especially eating "lotus root box". Most people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang slice the lotus root, and the lower ends of each two slices are connected, and the stuffing made of meat and clam is sandwiched in the middle, and the noodles are fried until golden. This is also called lotus root cake, which has the same effect as moon cakes.

3. Snails

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, when snails are empty, there are no snails in their bellies. Therefore, the meat is particularly plump, which is the best time to eat snails. Moreover, snail meat is rich in nutrition, and vitamin A is an important substance of eye visual pigment.

4. Pomelo

Pomelo is one of the necessities of Mid-Autumn Festival, because "Pomelo" is homophonic with "You", which also means wishing the moon to bless. Eating sweet moon cakes, and then eating sweet and sour grapefruit, both appetizing and greasy, makes the mouth feel refreshed.

5. Duck Meat

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian rulers oppressed the Han people, and the Han people decided to overthrow the Yuan people. But at that time, the control was strict, and it was impossible to organize the struggle clearly, so we used code words. At that time, the Han people called the Mongols "Dazi", so they took the homonym "Duck". It is agreed that eating ducks in the Mid-Autumn Festival means that everyone will take action together to overthrow the Yuan rule. Moreover, the ducks around the Mid-Autumn Festival are fat and thin, have a good taste, and have the effect of nourishing yin and enriching blood.

6. Ciba

Ciba is the condensation of a circle, which is always accompanied by a circle. The steamer for steaming glutinous rice, the rice bowl for making Ciba, the dustpan for putting Ciba, and the soybeans, peanuts, sesame seeds, etc. all exist with the round. In some places in Sichuan, sweet-scented osmanthus is added to Ciba to make it into laurel Ciba, dipped in it and fried.

7. Pomegranate

The Mid-Autumn Festival is when pomegranate is ripe. Because it is as red as agate, as white as crystal, and its entrance is like crystal grain jade paste, pomegranate has become one of the offerings on the table, symbolizing longevity, reunion and auspiciousness. When this thing is not peeled off, its playability is greater than its visibility. It is cool, round and smooth when touched in the hand, and its visibility is greater than its edibility after being peeled off. It is like a small gem gathered together, which also means a reunion.

8. Sesame cakes

In addition to eating moon cakes, Sichuanese also eat sesame cakes, honey cakes and so on. In some places, orange lanterns are also lit and hung at the door to celebrate. There are also children who put incense on grapefruit and dance along the street, which is called "dancing meteor balls". The Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiading County is called "Watching the Meeting" for offering sacrifices to the land gods and performing zaju, vocal music and cultural relics.

9. Barbecue

In Taiwan Province Province of China, almost every household eats barbecue during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and now many shopping malls in the mainland also hold barbecue sales on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, so many people patronize it. Unconsciously, eating barbecue on Mid-Autumn Festival has become an indispensable dish for every household.

1. Mai Jian

On August 15th, farmers in Qingyun County, Shandong Province offered sacrifices to the God of Tugu, which was called "Young Miao Society". Zhucheng, Linyi, Jimo and other places have to pay homage to their ancestors in addition to the moon. Landlords in guanxian, Laiyang, Guangrao and Postal City also entertain tenants in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Jimo Mid-Autumn Festival eats a festive food called "Wheat Arrow". Wheat arrow is a kind of festive food eaten in Jimo Mid-Autumn Festival. It is first spread into pancakes with white flour, then added with meat stuffing or vegetarian stuffing, and then rolled into a tube with straw for steaming, and seasoned when eating, which is very delicious.

11. Eating pumpkins

Eating old pumpkins in the Mid-Autumn Festival is very popular in the south of the Yangtze River, not only because the Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with the harvest of pumpkins, but also because there is a story about "eating pumpkins in August and a half". Legend has it that there lived a poor family at the foot of Nanshan, with elderly parents and only one daughter named Huanghua. At that time, Huang Hua's parents were ill in bed after years of famine. On August 15th, Huang Hua found two pumpkins in the weeds in Nanshan. She picked it back and cooked it for her parents. After eating it, the two old people greatly increased their appetite and recovered. Therefore, eating pumpkins on August 15th also means healthy growth and longevity.

12, edamame

In the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, in addition to taro, some edamame will be specially steamed. Maodou is also called Maopod locally, and pod is homophonic with the words "Jia" and "Ji". Therefore, eating edamame is in the hope of good luck and everything goes well.

13. Taro

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the pronunciation of taro is similar to that of "shipped". Therefore, eating taro in Mid-Autumn Festival is not only to enjoy the delicious food, but also to express the hope of good luck.

14. Eating water chestnut

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very traditional festival, and there are many dietary customs, among which eating water chestnut is a very common dietary custom. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, every Mid-Autumn Festival, the streets are full of people selling and buying water chestnuts. Water chestnut grows in July, but during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the most full and mature time of water chestnut. Water chestnut is sweet and crisp, and can be eaten raw or cooked. Moreover, eating water chestnut in the Mid-Autumn Festival has the meaning of "cleverness", so many adults will buy water chestnut for their children on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

15. Hairy crabs

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the season of "crab paste fertilizer, rice fragrance". A full moon, a pot of sake, a few old friends, a plate of hairy crabs, the taste is fascinating. Back to the secular life: But this year's hairy crabs must be expensive enough. You might as well eat something else.

16. Osmanthus Jelly

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people will use osmanthus as the most Osmanthus Jelly or soak osmanthus wine. No matter whether it is Osmanthus Jelly or osmanthus wine, it exudes the unique fragrance of osmanthus.

17. Sweet-scented osmanthus wine

Every Mid-Autumn night, people look up at the osmanthus in the middle of the month, smell the Gui Xiang, drink a cup of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, celebrate the sweetness of the family and get together, which has become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival. Osmanthus fragrans is not only for viewing, but also has food value. In Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", there is a poem of "helping the horse to fight and drink cinnamon pulp" and "drinking cinnamon wine and pepper pulp". It can be seen that the age of drinking osmanthus wine in China has been quite long.

Precautions for Mid-Autumn Festival

1. Don't drink before meals, and drink properly to control food intake

Drinking is indispensable for festivals. Many people always indulge in drinking a glass of wine before meals, and they should not drink all kinds of sweet drinks as children and girls who drink. Drinking on an empty stomach is not only easy to get drunk, but also easy to damage the gastric mucosa; Carbonated drinks not only have extremely low nutritional value, but also hinder the digestion and acceptance of food by the gastrointestinal tract.

it is suggested that you don't drink at the beginning of the dinner, and it's not too late to wait until you have eaten halfway. Drinking should be appropriate and moderate, and it is best to choose red wine and yellow wine. The food on the table used to be very rich, so it is better to focus on the quality of the food rather than the quantity.

2. Snacks should be reasonably matched, so don't let go.

There are many greasy foods for three meals, so snacks should be mainly appetizing, regulating qi, reducing flatulence, reducing fire and removing dryness, such as eating some fruits such as apples, pears and bananas after meals. Eat less peanuts, melon seeds, sweets, chocolates, etc. Dried plum, hawthorn slices and mint slices should be mainly tasted.

during the festival, there are always various kinds of melon seeds, peanuts, nuts, walnuts, sweets, etc. at home to entertain visiting guests or enjoy themselves. Everyone ate while chatting, and unconsciously they ate a table of melon seeds. In fact, melon seeds, peanuts, etc. are high in oil, and excessive consumption will make people thirsty, and candy contains a lot of sugar, which is not suitable for eating more. Therefore, although snacks are very attractive, they should be eaten in moderation, so don't let go of them under the pretext of festivals.

3, balanced diet, reasonable collocation

A balanced diet emphasizes the collocation of various nutritional elements, and the reasonable ratio of animal and plant protein, vegetables and bacteria and algae is 1: 1: 1, which not only ensures the diversification of food, but also meets the needs of taste.

In addition, when you are too greasy to digest, you can eat some fermented foods such as pickles, sauerkraut and soy bean curd. Those "beneficial microorganisms" in fermented food will make wonderful changes in food. Fermented steamed bread, rolls, bread and cakes are more nutritious than unfermented foods such as cakes and noodles. In addition, fermented pasta is low in calories and is the first choice for dieters, but it is best for diabetics not to choose fermented pasta.