Specifically, the national moon cakes can be divided into five categories: Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Jiangsu and Chaozhou. The colors are similar, but the tastes are quite different;
Beijing-Tianjin moon cakes are famous for their vegetarian characters, and the oil and stuffing are vegetarian; Cantonese moon cakes are light in oil and partial in sugar; The Soviet style is rich in flavor, giving consideration to both oil and sugar, preferring crispness; Chaozhou moon cakes have a flat body, a white shell, and a crisp filling.
Other mooncakes include Yunnan cuisine, Ningbo cuisine, Shanghai style mooncakes, Xiamen Qinglan mooncakes, Fuzhou Wuren mooncakes, Xi's Demaogong crystal mooncakes, Harbin's old Ding Feng brand mooncakes, Yangzhou's black sesame mooncakes and Shaoxing's dried vegetable mooncakes.
A, look at the brand, try to choose those brand-name products. B, look at the trademark and buy moon cakes with complete logo specifications. Pay special attention to check whether there is the word "moon cake" in the eye-catching position of the box. C, look at the production date and shelf life, and check whether the packaging is complete. D, see if there is obvious greasy feeling on the surface of the moon cake, whether the shape of the moon cake is standardized, whether the color is uniform, whether the pattern is clear, and whether there is burnt mildew. The newly-made moon cakes are bright in color, shiny in appearance and soft in taste. Old and inferior moon cakes are not straight in color, dull and bright, black and dry. In addition, some moon cakes look dirty because the oil used is not good, and it may be inferior oil. E. smell the moon cakes for oil rot. F, after cutting the moon cake, pay attention to the thickness of the skin. The normal thickness of moon cakes should be about 4 mm.
Eating moon cakes is very delicate.
A, the taste is fresher: there are many kinds of moon cakes, so it is impossible to cover everything. If you choose several kinds of moon cakes you like to eat according to the population of a family, cut them into several portions and share them at the same time, you can taste a variety of flavors. B, eat new mo storage: fresh moon cakes are round and full, with good sense, rich fragrance and delicious taste. Moon cakes avoid high temperature and are afraid of humidity. If it is left for a long time, it will lose its taste and the filling will go bad. If you put moon cakes in the refrigerator, the skin of the moon cakes will harden and the taste will fade. Eating moldy moon cakes is easy to cause food poisoning. C, eat in order: moon cakes are generally salty and sweet. If salty and sweet moon cakes are eaten together, eat salty first, then sweet; If there are fresh, salty, sweet and spicy moon cakes, you should eat them in the order of fresh, salty, sweet and spicy to taste the taste of moon cakes. D, don't cold salad while it's hot: Moon cakes are rich in fat, so they should not be eaten with cold drinks, otherwise it will cause diarrhea. It is best to make a cup of hot tea or prepare a cup of boiled water and drink it while eating. One can quench your thirst, and the other can remove the peculiar smell in your mouth and make moon cakes more refreshing. E, eat in moderation: moon cakes contain more oil and sucrose, and should not be eaten in excess. If eaten in excess, it will cause gastrointestinal discomfort, especially for the elderly, children and people with gastrointestinal dysfunction.
Moon cakes contain a lot of sucrose, so no matter what type of diabetic patients, they must insist on not eating them; People with gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer can increase gastric acid secretion after eating moon cakes, which is extremely unfavorable for gastrointestinal healing, so it is not suitable to eat moon cakes; People with dental caries will deepen tooth decay after eating moon cakes, which will also lead to pulpitis and aggravate pain. They should eat moon cakes as little as possible, or brush their teeth immediately after eating. People with obesity, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension and coronary heart disease should also try to "reluctantly give up what one favours" and eat less or no moon cakes, because after eating moon cakes, the contents of cholesterol and triglycerides in their blood will increase and their blood will become more viscous; Eating moon cakes is also easy to make patients with chronic cholecystitis and chronic pancreatitis relapse again, causing severe biliary colic and epigastric pain; After eating moon cakes, patients with gallstones will stimulate bile and easily cause disease attacks, especially young patients with gallstones who eat moon cakes, which can cause acute pancreatitis, manifested as severe abdominal pain and even life-threatening.
There are two kinds of moon cakes: hard and soft. You should choose them according to your taste, not too many. If you want to feed relatives and friends far away, you'd better choose hard moon cakes. This kind of moon cake has less stuffing and low water content, and will not deteriorate due to the high temperature in the mailing process.
If you can't finish eating moon cakes at one time, you can store them in food bags or in pastry boxes. Soft moon cakes can be stored in a clean basket and hung in a ventilated place for 10 days. Soft and hard moon cakes can also be stacked in layers in the food cabinet, and the shelf life can be extended through the restriction between them.