What foods are there for the Double Ninth Festival?

The foods eaten in the Double Ninth Festival are: chestnut cakes, muffins, Ciba, crabs, mutton and so on.

1, chestnut cake. Eating chestnut cakes on the Double Ninth Festival is made of chestnut paste. The preparation method is simple, the taste is soft and waxy, and it is very popular. Chestnut cake can be eaten with various dipping sauces, such as sweet noodle sauce, garlic sauce and Chili sauce. And the taste is richer. At the same time, chestnut cake also symbolizes the arrival of autumn, meaning longevity and happiness.

2. muffins. It is a traditional food for the Double Ninth Festival, which is made of eggs and white sugar through fermentation, cooking and other steps. Muffins taste delicate, soft and delicious, symbolizing longevity and good luck. Eating muffins on the Double Ninth Festival symbolizes family reunion and happiness.

3. hey On the Double Ninth Festival, it is also a custom to eat Ciba in the southwest and other areas. Ciba is a kind of food made by steaming and mashing glutinous rice. Ciba is made by mashing cooked glutinous rice in a stone trough with a stone hammer or Arundo donax (due to local differences, some of them are replaced by bamboo). Generally, this kind of food can be called Ciba.

4. crabs. Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, the crab paste is full of yellow fat, so there is also the custom of eating crabs on the Double Ninth Festival. When steaming crabs, tie them up and put them in the pot, so that the steamed crabs have a more complete shape; When steaming crabs, belly up can avoid the loss of crab roe.

5. Mutton. As the saying goes, eat mutton and drink mutton soup, eat mutton on the Double Ninth Festival, and the homonym of "sheep" and "yang" should be the code name of the Double Ninth Festival. There is also mutton in autumn and winter, which tastes delicious and tender at this time.