The green and red silk is made of orange peel, radish, papaya and other materials.

The green and red silk is a special seasoning used for processed food and is sold in a wide range of channels. The required raw materials are 25 kilograms of fresh orange peel/radish/papaya etc., 25 kilograms of sugar, 150 grams of alum, the right amount of food red pigment, the right amount of food green pigment and the right amount of powdered sugar. in the 90s, it was called green silk rose, but now it is called green red silk.

Commonly used in old-fashioned traditional mooncakes, but less common now. Green and red silk is shredded carrot, orange peel, papaya, radish, etc., and then dyed with food coloring, the main purpose is to increase the color and flavor of the moon cake. From the beginning of the dessert pastry garnish, gradually become an important component of the mooncake filling, there is a trend of dominance. In hindsight, it might have been more appropriate to call the old "mooncake with five kernel filling" the "mooncake with green and red silk".

The use of green and red silk

The authentic green and red silk in the past, is made of green apricot and rose preserves, but constrained by the price, labor and other cost constraints, in the past, only the court or a large family can afford it, they do moon cake fillings, but the people's wisdom is infinite, and soon found an alternative, which has the orange peel or peel! The flavor is similar and the cost has come down, so you can have a mooncake with five kernel filling without a few "kernels", but definitely with some green and red threads.

Friends who have eaten the five-kernel mooncake know that the inside of the "green and red silk" but the standard five-kernel mooncake, can be said to be its soul, green and red silk has long been in the five-kernel mooncake appeared in the ancient food color is not as colorful as today's so colorful, and the five-kernel mooncake. The "green and red silk" is the ancient people's desire for good things, symbolizing joy and good luck, who can be set up with the "green and red silk" containing the five kernel moon cake, it means that the family conditions are still very solid.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Green and Red Silk