While watching and chatting| gossip flower cake

Seasonal solar terms are the meridian of flower cake, cultural flavor is its soul, only by providing the original heart, conscience, solid products, can we go further.

　　Speaking of flower cakes, everyone will invariably point to Yunnan, and the special dim sum can be seen everywhere in Kunming shops. Industry insiders estimate that the annual output of flower cakes in Yunnan is about 20,000 tons. What is the concept of 20,000 tons? If the permanent population of Shanghai is 24 million, 50 grams is one, which is equivalent to 16 per capita. This figure exceeds the per capita consumption of Mid-Autumn Mooncakes in Shanghai.

　　Flower cakes are due to the energy of Yunnan tourism, see a set of figures: under the new crown epidemic in 2020, Yunnan domestic and foreign tourists more than 530 million. Of course, tourists don't just go for the flower cake, but it is very common to bring back the flower cake specialty. For more than twenty years, I have been to Yunnan many times, and the flower cakes must be brought back, but recently I have found that the flower cakes that were applauded by friends have begun to change.

　　Before 2000, 10 rolls of flower cakes were mostly packed in kraft paper cylinders; soon there were similar mooncake boxes; a few years later, all-plastic boxes were used; and now fully enclosed plastic packages that can be stored for half a year or more. Of course, driven by industrialization, food safety requirements, changes are also normal. But in terms of pros and cons, I like the packaging of the compartment in the box, it is not easy to "break the picture" during the journey, fashionable and high-grade.

　　When it comes to taste, Wenyou is picky. The flower cake that I carried after the lecture at the Qujing counterpart assistance point last time actually asked me not to be so courteous in the future in Yunnan, and the gentle words were straightforward, he tried to eat the original eye-catching filling, refreshing floral fragrance, and true taste of the flower cake, and did not want to see the beautiful packaging. Ask, what are you eating in the flower cake now? Only the natural beauty makes people eat and not forget, and the taste of food will last forever. I can understand the meaning of his words, in fact, the taste of grandma and mother in everyone's mouth is chasing the nature of nature.

　　Wen You, who pays attention to and tastes flower cakes, is not the first. The master who has a 40-year baking career said that the flower cake is not only due to the excellence of the flowers in the place of origin, but also because of the seasonal seasons of the place where the flowers are produced, and also because of the rigor and persistence of the production and processing. The fourth month of the lunar calendar is the extreme fragrance of Yunnan roses, remove the stem and break up the petals, gently knead them in sugar, retain the floral fragrance with honey and ferment, lock in the floral fragrance and freshness. Of course, high-temperature baking will make the flower rhyme "subtract points", and a little glutinous powder thickens the flower filling, more or less retain the freshness and fragrance, and only then will there be a "Fan" where the flower cake is famous.

　　In the past, individual production methods, fully handmade flower cakes can meet the needs of families, families, and niche markets in their hometowns. Nowadays, the business opportunities under the flow of people, commodities and information flows, industrial production has emerged with the trend, and the concept of flower cake has been diversified around the reform of raw materials, processes and processes.

　　The master said that the bean paste buns and red bean paste that their store originally operated were washed and cooked the night before being pressed, and the next day they were steamed and sold in a wrapped cage. Now bean paste filling and other fillings have been specialized in production, what plant flavor to want, which flavor to highlight, everything is available. Of course, the industrialized fillings all meet the eating standards and have safety guarantees, but the taste may be different from what you remember. Wen you's nostalgic and traceable temperament has nothing to do with right or wrong.

　　Flower cake is undoubtedly a traditional Chinese delicacy. Several entrepreneurial friends in Yunnan said that they pay attention to the charm and take a big step forward for the flower cake. The sauce filling of the flower cake is the product of modern technology, and the quality must be exquisite, of course, the flower picking season, processing process, process standards, production specifications, etc., will be related to the rise and fall of the industry.

　　Seasonal festivals are the meridian of traditional dim sum including flower cakes, cultural flavor is the soul of all kinds of dim sum, Chinese delicious dim sum with the essence of plants, the leisure of the festival, the ingenuity of craftsmanship, the mellow taste and the simple and subtle beauty, not only has a rich spiritual connotation, emotional role, can "lyrical", but also has the instinct of "filling hunger", so that eaters can continue to write a new chapter of culture in understanding history and inheriting civilization.

　　It seems that the inspiration of flower cake is very full, including flower cake and all entrepreneurial operators, aiming at market demand, meeting people's yearning for a better life, and providing products with original intentions, conscience and solid heart, which is the right way in the world and can go further. (Chen Yonghu)