The origin of Osmanthus Jelly's name

People often describe autumn as "the golden wind is refreshing and the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant". The red sweet-scented osmanthus, full of color, fragrance and taste, is indeed a treasure in flower viewing. However, the ancients also regarded osmanthus as their favorite food. There is a famous point in the remains of sea tea, which is called "Dan Osmanthus Jelly": "Dan osmanthus picks flowers, sprinkles licorice water and rice flour to make cakes, and the fragrance is full of cheeks."

People in China have a long history of eating cakes, and there were similar foods as early as the pre-Qin period. Later, there were more and more kinds of cakes, such as Shilu cake, jujube cake, Peng Yan cake, Dani cake, sugar cake, millet cake, wheat cake, bean cake, flower cake, cake, ice cream and dry cake. It may be that there are fewer osmanthus flowers in Dan, so it can't be made in general places. It can be seen that "Dan Osmanthus Jelly" is the best of ancient cakes. It should be pointed out that the example of "Guanghan Cake" recorded in Lin Hong's "Shanjiaqing Sacrifice" in Song Dynasty is also made of osmanthus and rice flour, but it is estimated that it is made of "Jingui" yellow osmanthus, which seems to be another matter.