After eating Wuren moon cakes for decades, what is "red and green silk"?

Red and green silk, also called green silk and rose silk, is often used as food stuffing for glutinous rice balls, moon cakes and cakes.

Red and green silk has a variety of raw materials:

Noble version of "red and green silk"-the real green silk of green apricot rose is the dry silk of green apricot, and the rose silk is made by soaking rose petals in sugar and mixing them into mud. After all, true moss and rose silk are natural materials, and the glue texture is not heavy.

The civilian version of "red and green silk"-orange peel and radish peel, what is the "red and green silk" we usually eat? The most common one on the market is made of orange peel. Fresh orange peel is ready, shredded, dipped in water, colored, sugared, mixed with powdered sugar, etc. The green and red silk at the bottom of the orange peel can be done.

Extended data:

Green roses are made of orange peel, plums and shredded roses, plus color and sugar. If it is well preserved, it will not be bad for 20 years. In the past, all the green and red silk in moon cakes were pickled with radish, and of course there were orange peels, which tasted different. The thick ones are shredded radish.

Moon cakes are a long-standing traditional snack of Han nationality, which is deeply loved by people in China. They are round and shared by the whole family, so they symbolize reunion and harmony and are a must-eat food for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Ancient moon cakes were eaten as sacrifices in the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty.

Wuren moon cake is one of the traditional Chinese cakes, which belongs to Cantonese moon cake and is the most famous of all kinds of moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival. It has the characteristics of exquisite ingredients, thin skin and many fillings, delicious taste, not easy to break and easy to carry. ? This kind of moon cake is drum-shaped, with slightly bulging edges, clear patterns and handwriting, correct shape, no skin breakage, no stuffing exposure and sharp edges and corners.