The 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the time when the osmanthus flowers are fragrant, and the clever and skillful people will make the osmanthus into delicious pastries, and the aroma is fragrant, especially the mung bean cake made of osmanthus flowers, which is very popular with people.
2. Hairy crabs
The autumn wind rises, and the crab feet are fat. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the season when hairy crabs are on the market, and friends who like to eat crabs cannot miss it. However, buying crabs during the Mid-Autumn Festival will definitely increase in price, and it is best to buy them in advance.
3. Sticky Dumplings
Mid-Autumn Festival eating rice dumplings originated from the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, in order to commemorate the Chu general Wu Zixu, it has been passed down to this day, when making rice dumplings to add osmanthus flowers, dipped in soybean noodles and brown sugar syrup to eat together, have a different flavor.
4. Field snails
Eating field snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival can be blind, and before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is no small snail in the stomach of the field snail, the meat is very fat, it is the best time to eat field snails, and there are habits of stir-frying field snails in Guangzhou and other places.
In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, taro will be eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the harmonic sound "transported", ancestors bless themselves to find a good job, and there is also the meaning of warding off evil spirits and eliminating disasters. And taro is a coarse grain that is good for the body.
6. Yuzu
Yuzu is also one of the must-have foods for the Mid-Autumn Festival in many regions, the harmonic sound "You" has the meaning of hoping for the moon to bless, eat greasy moon cakes, and then eat some sweet and sour thirst-quenching grapefruit, appetizing and relieving grease.
7. Pumpkin
Mid-Autumn Festival to eat pumpkin is a more special custom, Mid-Autumn Festival is just the harvest season of pumpkins, the largest, the sweetest taste of the time, in Jiangnan and other places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is rich people eat moon cakes, poor people eat pumpkins.
8. Diamond angle
Eating diamond horn during the Mid-Autumn Festival is said to make children look smart and clever, and after cooking it in water, they directly peel off the shell and eat it, and can also be used to cook porridge, which is very fragrant. It's also very good to eat the tender diamond directly raw.
9. Lotus box
Mid-Autumn Festival to eat lotus box is also the meaning of reunion, Jiangsu and Zhejiang people generally slice the lotus, sandwiched with meat stuffing in the middle, wrapped in the paste, fried until golden brown, crisp and delicious to eat.
10. Mooncakes
What traditional food to eat in the Mid-Autumn Festival is known to everyone, mooncakes are essential, but also a long-standing custom in our country, people everywhere will eat mooncakes on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, enjoy the moon, and reunite.