Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes, reunion cakes, etc., are one of the traditional delicacies in China, and were originally used to worship the moon god as offerings.

The term moon cake, in the existing literature, was first included in the Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zimu's "Dream Lianglu".

Enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a necessary custom for Chinese people to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, because moon cakes symbolize great reunion, and people use it as a festival food to worship the moon and give it to relatives and friends. As the saying goes: "August 15 is full, and the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes are fragrant and sweet." Su Dongpo, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, has a poem "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, and there are crisps and syrup" to praise moon cakes.

To this day, mooncakes are already available on the market.

However, due to the restrictions of economic conditions, the moon cakes in Qingzhou in the seventies and eighties were all very crispy candy old-fashioned moon cakes, and I didn't know that there were many fillings in the moon cakes.

The day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, this is the first Mid-Autumn Festival after Jiang Xiaobai's rebirth, he decided to make mooncakes with lotus paste egg yolk stuffing and ham and meat floss stuffing that are not available in Qingzhou, so that his family can enjoy different mooncake deliciousness.

Mixing noodles, adjusting fillings, and making moon cakes, these are all at hand, and it didn't take long for Jiang Xiaobai to make a lot, and the next thing is to bake.

In later generations, moon cakes were basically made in the oven, but now Jiang Xiaobai does not have that convenience, so he can only bake them in the most primitive way.

This is the most difficult test of work, the heat and time are not well mastered, and the moon cakes made will be wasted.

After trying it twice, Jiang Xiaobai knew it and baked the mooncakes that he thought he was satisfied with.

"Shanshan, come and try the mooncakes I made!"

Jiang Xiaobai went out with a plate of finished moon cakes, greeted Jiang Shan and said.

Jiang Shan couldn't wait for a long time, dropped the Rubik's Cube in her hand, picked up the mooncake and sent it to her mouth.

She was holding a ham-filled.

As soon as I bit down, large pieces of puff pastry on the surface of the moon cake fell to the ground.

Jiang Xiaobai shook his head speechlessly, and hurriedly said, "You eat slowly, you will choke like this." ”

As he spoke, he put down his plate and hurriedly went to get a glass of water and walked over.

Anyone who has eaten moon cakes knows that because of the filling, the moon cakes are sticky in the mouth, and it is very easy to choke.

Sure enough, the little guy bit too big, and ate urgently, and his mouth was bulging and swollen, and it was difficult to swallow.

Jiang Xiaobai hurriedly asked her to open her mouth, stretched out her fingers and took out a part, so that the little guy was more comfortable.

After taking a sip of water, he finally swallowed all the mooncakes in his mouth, and said before he could remember: "It's delicious!" ”

Finally, it was no longer sour food, and the little one was very happy.

Jiang Xiaobai wiped his hands and said angrily: "I can't eat so fast in the future!" ”

The little one nodded again and again, but began to eat again.

But this time, I finally didn't take a big bite.

After Jiang Xiaobai beckoned Jiang Ting to come and eat moon cakes, he took a lotus paste egg yolk filling and handed it to Lin Jiayin, saying, "Wife, you try this." ”

Lin Jiayin took it and took a small bite.

I didn't feel anything, it was similar to the mooncakes she had eaten before, they were all crispy.

I really don't know why my daughter eats so well?

Maybe my daughter has been "bitter" sauerkraut for a long time!

Seeing Lin Jiayin's disapproval, Jiang Xiaobai said: "Wife, the stuffing is delicious!" ”

Lin Jiayin directly broke the moon cake, and immediately revealed the lotus paste egg yolk filling inside, only to see that the lotus paste cake was embedded with egg butter shiny, golden color, and exuded a refreshing taste.

She couldn't help but taste it, and felt that the taste was soft and smooth, with layers of crispy, soft and glutinous flavor, and a rich egg aroma.

"It's delicious!"

Lin Jiayin praised with a smile.

After receiving the praise of his wife, Jiang Xiaobai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Today's wife is not as good as before, she eats in her mouth, and it is really difficult to get her praise for the food she cooks casually.

Jiang Xiaobai took the moon cake and continued to give it to Jiang Haiyang and Wang Xiuju.

"Dad, Mom, you can taste one too!"

Jiang Haiyang didn't say a word, he took one to eat, but Wang Xiuju didn't want it, "I don't eat moon cakes, and it's not that I haven't eaten." ”

At dinner, the granddaughter and daughter-in-law barely ate two bites.

It's disgusting to make my own food.

She was upset!

It's not pleasing to look at Jiang Xiaobai.

If Jiang Xiaobai hadn't said anything about making moon cakes to eat, his granddaughter and daughter-in-law would definitely eat two more bowls of rice.

It's all Jiang Xiaobai's habit!

"Baba, I still want it!"

Jiang Shan finished eating the moon cake and ran over again and said.

Jiang Xiaobai picked a lotus paste egg yolk filling for her, and the little guy took it and ate it happily.

"Husband, let's make moon cakes and sell them before the Mid-Autumn Festival next year, your lotus paste egg yolk filling is delicious, and it will definitely be very popular."

Lin Jiayin finished eating the moon cake in his hand, and said excitedly.

Yes?

Again!

Jiang Xiaobai was speechless.

My wife is really hard to change, and when she eats what she likes, she has to sell it herself.

"Well, Jiayin has a point, this mooncake tastes good and can be sold."

Jiang Haiyang was on the side to help.

"You eat first, I'm going to make mooncakes!"

Jiang Xiaobai hurriedly said and fled quickly, he didn't want to make moon cakes anymore.

"Pumpkin pie is done, what's wrong with making moon cakes?" Lin Jiayin looked at Jiang Xiaobai's back and snorted softly.

Jiang Xiaobai made moon cakes in the stove house, and was busy until 12 o'clock in the evening, making more than 300 moon cakes with lotus paste egg yolk filling, and more than 200 moon cakes with ham and meat floss filling.

He stretched his back, but he was tired.

But he can't rest yet, he still has to wrap the mooncakes one by one.

It took another more than two hours to finally finish it.

In order not to affect Lin Jiayin's rest, he chose to go to the bathroom of the guest room to take a bath, and then went back to the bedroom lightly.

When he turned off the light, he found that he hadn't woken up his wife, Jiang Xiaobai lay down gently, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and slept peacefully.

The next day, when Jiang Xiaobai entered the city, he took away three hundred mooncakes.

"Why do you bring so many mooncakes?" Lin Jiayin asked in surprise.

Jiang Xiaobai smiled: "Give it away!" ”

Lin Jiayin let out an "oh" and didn't care about him anymore.

After entering the city, Jiang Xiaobai went to buy some red paper and wrapped ten moon cakes into a letter, each containing six lotus paste egg yolk fillings and four ham and meat floss fillings.

The main reason is that the market economy is not active in this era, and the supply and marketing cooperatives sell moon cakes one by one, and there is no gift packaging.

Jiang Xiaobai had to do it himself.

Thirty mooncakes were wrapped, and the four big words "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" were written on the red paper, and a simple package was done.

Jiang Xiaobai nodded with satisfaction.

Although the packaging is simple, it is also a gift box.

At this time, Tan Qingshan knocked on the door and walked in.

Jiang Xiaobai said: "I was about to go to you, I worked hard last night, how much did my wife bring back?" ”

Tan Qingshan said: "There is only half a car, and there are more than 4,000 bags. In addition, a batch of spiced peanuts were fried in the factory, and I saw that the car was not full, so I loaded half a car by the way. ”