Speaking of the history of fresh meat moon cakes, it is about 100 years. The core of fresh meat moon cakes is of course fresh meat. You must choose fresh sandwich meat with three points of fat meat and seven points of lean meat and crush it evenly. The production of dough and the ratio of meat and dough in each moon cake are also the key to determine the delicious taste of moon cakes.
According to the public information of the Shanghai municipal government, Shanghai first proposed that pork should be bought with a ticket, which is what we call a "meat ticket", from June 1955 to February 65438. On average, urban residents can only buy 1 kg of pork with 2 yuan money coupons per person per month. Buying fresh meat moon cakes requires neither meat stamps nor food stamps, just banknotes. Later, queuing to buy fresh meat moon cakes became a habit of Shanghainese.
Fresh meat moon cakes can be classified as a kind of Soviet moon cakes. Of course, it is said that it originated in Gao Qiao, Shanghai, or it may be a combination of the two, forming the independent characteristics of Shanghai fresh meat moon cakes. Suzhou's fresh meat moon cakes are sweet from the dough, and the stuffing is also sweet, with maltose added. Although the fresh meat moon cakes in Shanghai are also sweet, they are not excessive and even salty.
Shanghai's fresh meat moon cakes have their own unique practices. Authentic Shanghai fresh meat moon cakes are fried in a pan. Because it is fried for a long time, the dough around it is easy to grow. Authentic Shanghai fresh meat moon cake is very thin, and the filling is sauce meat, but it is not authentic enough. Fresh moon cakes are the best when they are freshly baked, but they are also easy to keep when packaged into gift boxes. Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fragrance of fresh meat moon cakes floated in the streets and alleys of Shanghai.