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Eating too many kinds of mooncakes on the market, do you miss the whole process of watching your own custom-made mooncakes from filling - bunting - making - baking when you were a child in the mooncake making workshop? In the aroma of mooncakes, the happiness is indescribable.
Shouyang people still retain their own unique old traditions today in the variety of mooncakes, and there are always a few cake mills for you to customize their own mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, so that busy people can taste the taste of their hometown during the festival.
Mooncakes made in Shouyang are called "stupid mooncakes". Why "stupid" mooncakes? That is, compared to fine mooncakes such as pulp lifting, Shouyang "stupid mooncakes" are handmade, the surface is not smooth enough, and it looks stupid and stupid. But it tastes crisp and sweet but not greasy.
The unique flavor of Shouyang "stupid mooncake" lies in the preparation, the mooncake filling must not drip into the water, in addition, to make a few pounds of mooncake noodles and a few oils, how much edible alkali to make out of the mooncake skin will be crisp. Then there is the dough, in the dry noodles, add baked to eight or nine ripe oil, and then add a little cool water... There are many mysteries in the moon cake, and only the stupid moon cake made with heart and labor can be complete in color, aroma and taste. Shouyang's mooncakes look "stupid", but the thoughts pinned on them are Lan Xin Hui's.
Our common moon cake, the filling generally uses white sugar, and Shouyang people choose brown sugar to make moon cakes, why is this?
Shouyang is located in the alpine mountains, people eat sugar generally eat brown sugar, think that brown sugar fever, and white sugar is yin, should not eat more. Therefore, the mooncake is also filled with brown sugar.
Modern scientific research proves that brown sugar is a good health product, especially suitable for women, children and the elderly.
Brown sugar usually refers to the finished sugar cane with honey, generally refers to the sugarcane through juicing, simple processing, and concentrated to form honey. Brown sugar water was the most common and practical brown sugar health drink in the early days.
The glucose contained in brown sugar releases energy quickly, absorbs and utilizes highly, and can quickly replenish physical strength.
Children have problems such as lack of breath, loss of appetite, malnutrition, etc., and can drink brown sugar water in moderation on weekdays.
People who suffer from cold abdominal pain and are prone to colds when menstruation comes, can also use brown sugar ginger soup to get rid of the cold.
For the elderly who are weak, especially those who have just recovered from serious diseases, brown sugar also has an excellent therapeutic effect, and the elderly can eat some brown sugar in moderation to disperse stasis and activate blood, facilitate laxatives, and slow liver and eyesight.
In addition to brown sugar, the ingredients of the "stupid mooncake" are: flour, sesame oil, raisins, sesame seeds, melon seeds, peanut kernels, roses, soda, alkali noodles, etc.
The ingredients of the "stupid mooncake" look very fragrant
After the ingredients are ready, divide them in equal amounts, so that the filling in the cake is equal every month.
Dough pulling agent (Shouyang dialect, that is, kneading the dough and dividing it into a number of small dough), wrapping the filling, pressing the mold.
The dough wrapped in the filling is placed in this mold and pressed, and the prototype of the mooncake is there.
Put two eyes on top of each month's bread, do you know why? This is to prevent the mooncake from bulging when baking, and we call these two eyes "ventilation eyes".
This is called "brushing", after brushing with the ingredients mixed with sugar and vinegar, the color and taste of baking are excellent!
Home and dry! This is what it looks like after baking, and after cooling, it can be packaged and stored.
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