What is the meaning of eating persimmons during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Persimmons mean "good luck". Eat some persimmons to pray for everything to go well.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when persimmons are ripe and on the market. The shape of the persimmon fruit is plump and round, and the shape is as you wish. And because "persimmon" and "thing" are homophonic, it is used to mean "everything goes well".

Persimmons have been cultivated in my country for more than 3,000 years. Except for cold areas in the north such as Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, they are cultivated in most provinces and regions, especially Guangxi, Hebei, Henan and Shaanxi. For the most.

Most persimmons are astringent before they are ripe. To remove astringency in warm water, the persimmon fruit is placed in a constant temperature box with a water temperature of 35 to 40°C for 16 to 18 hours. It can be eaten after the astringency is removed. Ripe persimmons can be eaten directly. Pick a persimmon you like, tear open the peel, and the honey-like juice will slide into your mouth along with the bright red flesh. Take a bite, and you will have a sweet, delicate and endless aftertaste.

How to eat persimmons

1. Coconut persimmon cake

First wash and peel the persimmons, put them in a bowl and smash them with a fork, you can also Put it into a crusher and crush it. Then add cornstarch, mix well, put it in the pot and cook until it becomes a thick paste.

Prepare a mold, brush it with a little cooked oil, then pour the persimmon paste into the container, shake it slightly to shake out the air bubbles inside, and then put it in the refrigerator to refrigerate. After the persimmon cake has solidified, turn it upside down and take it out of the mold, cut it into small pieces with a knife, then roll it in the coconut paste so that it is covered with coconut paste, and you're done.

2. Persimmon Ice

Pour the ice cubes and salt into the pot, mix them at a mass ratio of about 3:1, stir evenly, and let it reach the lowest temperature to form a cold mixture. agent. Peel the persimmons, beat into persimmon paste, and put the persimmon paste into the refrigerant. Wait until the persimmon sauce freezes, then remove from the pot. Shake it and the ice is ready.