One of the most important programs of the Spring Festival is to visit relatives and friends, and gifts are indispensable, and now common are tobacco, alcohol, milk and various nutritional products.
In our childhood gifts, there were not so many choices, when everyone sent almost the same things, and even sometimes sent the same kind of things back and forth.
The following 6 kinds of food are the most common Spring Festival gifts in our childhood, and they are also our favorite snacks during the Chinese New Year.
Funing cake
Funing cake, also known as jade belt cake, is made of glutinous rice flour and is a traditional cake food in the Funing area of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province.
The large cake slices are as white as snow, soft as clouds, sweet as honey, and their entrance is sweet, moist and soft, rich in nutrition, suitable for all ages and children, and is a must-have for wedding celebrations and New Year's Holidays.
The cake is the same as "high", which has the beautiful meaning of rising step by step, and contains better blessings every year. At the same time Chinese New Year's Eve night will also put a piece next to the pillow, the first thing to wake up on the first day of the New Year is to eat "open cake", eat before you can speak.
During the Spring Festival, other things can be prepared less, but Funing cakes will definitely buy more, and people will bring two big cakes back. But sending and sending will eventually lead to a lot of leftovers, and frying is also a good way to deal with it.
Daikyo
Jingguo can be divided into big Jingguo, small Jingguo and crispy Jingguo, and it is generally used to entertain relatives and friends and give gifts during the New Year.
Small noodles made of glutinous rice flour and flour are fried golden and crispy, and then wrapped in white frosting, forming a large kyo fruit like a large peanut with full grains.
The inside of the fruit is covered with honeycomb holes, it is crispy and sweet to eat, and it melts in the mouth, which can be eaten directly or soaked in hot water, suitable for all ages.
The fried golden fruit is covered with snow-white frosting, so it is said to be "gold and silver".
longan
Guiyuan is a dried fruit obtained by drying fresh longan, and guiyuan has the meaning of full circle and spring festival reunion, which also means that the early birth of Takako is also used in weddings.
The cinnamon balls are yellow-brown in color, the fruit body is full and round, the flesh is thick, and the taste is sweet and soft, the color is red and bright, and there are fine wrinkles. At the same time, it is rich in nutrients, warm and sweet, and can replenish qi and blood.
Because guiyuan is made of longan, the relative price is still relatively high, and the nutritional value is high, so the point of guiyuan absolutely enhances the overall grade of the gift.
Black sesame paste
"A strong fragrance, a wisp of warmth." In the past ten years, the southern black sesame paste is definitely a legend, not only the New Year, but also the usual gift-giving is often seen in its figure.
Black sesame seeds have the effects of laxative, beauty and beauty, black hair, etc., so in the era of few health care products and expensive, black sesame paste is very popular.
But in fact, there is not only sesame paste but also rice flour in the black sesame paste, and in recent years, the southern black sesame paste has continued to be on the black list, and it has eaten less and less.
rolled oats
At that time, the annual ceremony without cereal was not perfect, but now the brands of black bull, royal family, and golden flavor are rarely seen.
Now it is sought after by additive-free oatmeal, and at that time, cereal not only had cereals, rice flakes, but also a variety of multigrain powders plus white sugar and milk powder.
The correct way to eat is to soak in hot water, but the more popular way for children is to tear open a small hole and pour it directly into the mouth. Sweet and a little crispy with a strong milk aroma, it is not difficult to eat two or three bags at a time.
Lotus powder
The lotus root is processed into powder or flakes, and its color is white and red. Brewed lotus powder, slightly red and transparent, delicate texture, lotus flavor is fragrant.
Lotus flour is a more unique existence compared to other powders, because the finished product looks a bit like jelly, and usually we can't brew it ourselves.
The correct method is to mix well with cool white and then brew with boiling water, so that a bowl of reddish and clear lotus powder is brewed.
When I was a child, there were very few types of food eaten during the New Year, but I thought that each one was particularly delicious, and now I eat a lot but the haunting taste is no longer easy to find.