moon festival this upcoming monday!
who's been eating their mooncakes? nom nom nom
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never heard of that day. I love mooncakes though.
if i'm thinking of the same thing, then i hate those things. my grandpa used to always have a bunch and i'd always wanna eat them. but then when he gave me one i realized it was nasty as f**k with that marshmellow shit in it.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節), also known as the Moon Festival, is a popular East Asian celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty. In Malaysia and Singapore, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The Chinese Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in the Gregorian calendar), a date that parallels the Autumn Equinox of the solar calendar. This is the ideal time, when the moon is at its fullest and brightest, to celebrate the abundance of the summer's harvest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar (the other being the Chinese Lunar New Year), and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date. Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes together.
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in the Gregorian calendar), a date that parallels the Autumn Equinox of the solar calendar. This is the ideal time, when the moon is at its fullest and brightest, to celebrate the abundance of the summer's harvest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar (the other being the Chinese Lunar New Year), and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date. Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes together.
lotus seed paste is the best yummm
oh ok just kidding, maybe i ate the ghetto version.
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Sep 9 2008, 08:34 PM) 
if i'm thinking of the same thing, then i hate those things. my grandpa used to always have a bunch and i'd always wanna eat them. but then when he gave me one i realized it was nasty as f**k with that marshmellow shit in it.
LOL did they look like
I diddd. They're gewd 0:. I just don't like the yolk.
Yeah. Mooncakes definitely don't have marshmallow shit in them, unless you're eating one of those new-age shittastic mooncakes that try to be trendy.
I love Mid-Autumn Festival, mostly because of lanterns, burning incense, etc. The general feel of the whole festival. I don't even like mooncakes all that much though. They're sickly sweet and stick in my mouth too much. And usually there are way too many yolks inside.
I love Mid-Autumn Festival, mostly because of lanterns, burning incense, etc. The general feel of the whole festival. I don't even like mooncakes all that much though. They're sickly sweet and stick in my mouth too much. And usually there are way too many yolks inside.
lmaoooooo
SAME THING GUYS
SAME THING GUYS
^2 I always eat an 1/8th of a mooncake at a time since it IS extremely freaking sweet--it's the perfect amount.
I also like that family members have to make time to get together and then my aunt cooks dinner and it's just good food and happiness galore
BANANA? WTH that looks disgusting
I also like that family members have to make time to get together and then my aunt cooks dinner and it's just good food and happiness galore
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Sep 9 2008, 08:39 PM)
lmaoooooo
SAME THING GUYS
SAME THING GUYS
BANANA? WTH that looks disgusting
Man, I haven't had any yet!! WTF?
And GAWDAMMIT BETTY, YOU'RE MAKING ME CRAVE SOME NOW.
QUOTE(Gigi @ Sep 9 2008, 08:39 PM)
And usually there are way too many yolks inside.
That's what makes them so delicious! But... then again I love eggs.And GAWDAMMIT BETTY, YOU'RE MAKING ME CRAVE SOME NOW.
^ WUUUUUUT? damn missing out girl.
WHY ARE MOONCAKES SO f**kING EXPENSIVE.
I dislike "zao ni"
WHY ARE MOONCAKES SO f**kING EXPENSIVE.
I dislike "zao ni"
It wouldn't be a mooncake with yolk, for sure, but is there any need to have FOUR yolks in a mooncake? Usually they're dripping with oil too. Grosses me out a bit. Give me four sunny side up any day XD.
QUOTE(doiink @ Sep 9 2008, 10:40 PM)
BANANA? WTH that looks disgusting
IT IS
dang FOUR? must be hella expensive. two yolks in one cake is plenty enough for me. 4's way too salty??1/ yeah the oil is..scary. it's all pooled together LOL
QUOTE(Gigi @ Sep 9 2008, 08:44 PM)
Usually they're dripping with oil too. Grosses me out a bit. Give me four sunny side up any day XD.
Word!btw, we gotta go to De Dutch together one day.
/random + irrelevant
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Sep 9 2008, 08:44 PM)
IT IS
the only thing in the world that should taste like banana, is banana.
^ Agreed! Banana-anything tastes so, so nasty. I have no idea why. I can stand strawberry stuff, apple stuff...etc. But artificial banana is just nasty.
yeah in 6th grade my teacher gave me a banana laffy taffy candy thing and it was nasty and then my mouth tasted like that for about a month it seemed like...and it kept coming back often times from then on. so i finally decided that my snot/drainage in my throat when im sick tastes like artificial banana flavoring so that's my problem maybe. i diagnosed that myself. wutchu know about dat?
i tried to buy some at the airport before i went back to the US but they were all out. D:
OMFG.
ME
MOONCAKES!
ME
MOONCAKES!
gigi: amen. who eats banana flavored anything? it's just not a flavor meant to be used for anything else
there's a reason why Hi-Chew doesn't make banana flavors.
there's a reason why Hi-Chew doesn't make banana flavors.
Just reading or hearing the word "mooncake" puts a smile on my face, both because mooncakes are delicious and for Betty's reason, the family thing.
Mooncakes are so good, but so fattening! :( They're "ho lou" even if you just eat a fourth at a time.
I haven't eaten any yet, either, Joanne. D:
QUOTE(Gigi @ Sep 9 2008, 11:44 PM)
It wouldn't be a mooncake with yolk, for sure, but is there any need to have FOUR yolks in a mooncake? Usually they're dripping with oil too. Grosses me out a bit. Give me four sunny side up any day XD.
Mooncakes are so good, but so fattening! :( They're "ho lou" even if you just eat a fourth at a time.
I haven't eaten any yet, either, Joanne. D:
Oh man, I love Moon Festival, sadly I haven't been able to celebrate it in Taiwan for 13 years now.
I'm not too big on mooncake though. Just so much yolk.
I'm not too big on mooncake though. Just so much yolk.
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Sep 9 2008, 10:39 PM)
BUTTHOSETHINGSARESOGOOD!
only the chocolate ones, though. *nod*
I had like, 5 already (all with yolk), which is actually...a lot. We had 2 boxes!
QUOTE(doiink @ Sep 9 2008, 11:44 PM)
WHY ARE MOONCAKES SO f**kING EXPENSIVE.
I asked my mom how much they are and she told me $30 a box.. Now I have to "WTF" as well, because I am sure that mooncakes didn't cost this much last year.
I did eat half a special mooncake that my mom got from a co-worker or something, though. It smelled like mochi. <3
We bought a box of 12 for around $25. They were the ones with flaky layers though (they taste better);
^ You got that at Ranch 99
What's a moon cake?
^There are pictures all over this topic.
I LOVE MOONCAKES. I like both the flaky ones and the normal ones. I gave my [white] oboe teacher a box of them once and she's been in love with them since.
I LOVE MOONCAKES. I like both the flaky ones and the normal ones. I gave my [white] oboe teacher a box of them once and she's been in love with them since.
I LOVE THOSE ! i BARELY tried them this year &liked them. I've tried them before &found them disgusting. now, i really like 'em. haha
Ohh the flaky ones are good, I just like the outside though.
Hooray for the Moon Festival! I'm going to finally learn how to make a mooncake from scratch. I look forward to it.
Red bean and green tea are my favorites, but I'll pretty much eat any type without yolk.
Red bean and green tea are my favorites, but I'll pretty much eat any type without yolk.
My family friends just came over to drop off some mooncakes... SCORE!!
OMG I LOVE THE FLAKY ONES! They're the Chiu Chow style ones. I would totally eat those!
awe,
they look so yummy!
they look so yummy!
It actually falls on Sunday night.
I miss mooncakes back in HK!
And I like the traditional lotus seed double egg yolk ones.
I miss mooncakes back in HK!
And I like the traditional lotus seed double egg yolk ones.
actually moon festival is this sunday. but monday is the holiday cuz people celebrate it at night, and so to compensate the hours you spend not sleeping, monday is the day off.
anywayysss.
i love moon cakes. but they're really fattening and makes me full really fast, so i only eat a quarter or half each time.
has anyone ever tried the white cold mochi ones?
anywayysss.
i love moon cakes. but they're really fattening and makes me full really fast, so i only eat a quarter or half each time.
has anyone ever tried the white cold mochi ones?
Apparently, according to Wikipedia, mooncakes are sold expensive because they are a luxury. And some mooncakes even have small pieces of gold leaves inside. 
retarded D:
i have lots of mooncakes from relatives this year hahaha. i love it, probably will gain a bit of weight.
i have lots of mooncakes from relatives this year hahaha. i love it, probably will gain a bit of weight.
Lucky you!
I'm still hesitating on whether to buy ONE mooncake myself this year... cos a box of 4 costs too much and I won't finish it. But probably my Chinese friends and I will hang out in Chinatown to grab some mooncakes on Sunday. :D
I'm still hesitating on whether to buy ONE mooncake myself this year... cos a box of 4 costs too much and I won't finish it. But probably my Chinese friends and I will hang out in Chinatown to grab some mooncakes on Sunday. :D
lol the moon isnt even round yet 
im probably gonna eat dinner with relatives and stuff again.
im probably gonna eat dinner with relatives and stuff again.
i LOVE mooncake! haha. starting tomorrow they go on sale so my mom is gonna buy a bunch. i HATE the yolk though -__- so i always buy the yolkless ones.
They sell yolkless mooncakes?
It's hard enough as it is to find single yolk mooncakes!
It's hard enough as it is to find single yolk mooncakes!
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