Traditional food of Mid-Autumn Festival

"August 15th, chrysanthemum and yellow crab fat", the annual Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a day for family reunion, but also a good time to enjoy the moon and eat crabs. However, the high temperature continued this summer, and the growth of hairy crabs was slower than in previous years. At present, hairy crabs in many places are not fully mature. In addition, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival date is advanced, and fat hairy crabs will miss people's Mid-Autumn Festival table.

2, osmanthus wine, Osmanthus Jelly

Autumn is crisp, and Jingui is fragrant. This period is also the day to make osmanthus wine and Osmanthus Jelly. Osmanthus fragrans wine is made of osmanthus fragrans and rice wine that bloom in autumn. Osmanthus Jelly is made of glutinous rice flour, sugar and osmanthus honey. Delicate taste, sweet-scented osmanthus.

3. Lotus root box

Lotus root is very popular in the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, especially the "lotus root box". On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people will buy fresh lotus root slices with stuffing such as meat and clams in the middle, and then fry them until they are golden on both sides. "Lotus box" and moon cakes have the same effect, and also express people's reunion.

4. Pumpkin

Eating old pumpkins in the Mid-Autumn Festival is very popular in some areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This custom comes from the folk story of "eating pumpkins in August and a half". Legend has it that there was a family with a daughter named Huanghua who suffered from famine every year. Huanghua's parents are ill in bed. Huanghua found two pumpkins on August 15, picked them up and cooked them for her parents. After eating them, my appetite increased greatly and my body gradually improved. Therefore, locals believe that eating pumpkin on August 15 can keep healthy and prolong life.

5. Eyebrows jiaozi

In the Jinshan area of Shanghai, besides moon cakes, there are eyebrow dumplings. It is made of dough wrapped with black sesame seeds and white sugar. Because it looks like eyebrows, it is called "jiaozi with eyebrows", and it is often given to relatives and friends as a Mid-Autumn Festival gift.