celebrating the Mid-Autumn harvest moon. :)

[WhiteBear]

Hello all... :)

i dont know the history of it, but every year we have our mooncakes around this time every year!
i have one sitting on my table, not sure if i should have a slice or not.... maybe i should save it for tomorrow night! cos im rather full (just come back from playing golf and had a big meal with work)

any non-chinese ever tried it??

if u wanna know whats all the fuss about... heres a little read :)

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/mooncake/a/moo nfestival.htm

[Ice.Maiden]

Hi WB! x

Your link gives the basic facts about how the legend sprang up, and I think it's a lovely thing to do! I'ved never eaten anything with lotus seeds in/on it, to my knowledge, so I've no idea what the mooncakes taste like. I just understand that they're filling - so maybe not all at once, eh? Lol.

[bigmamma]

Evening Whitebear and Icey , I haven't heard of moon cake or eaten it , not sure I would like it though looking at the recipe :-) xxxxxx

[WhiteBear]

hey Icey! :)

they are very sweet to eat and some have an egg yolk inside which isnt very nice, so we tend to pick them out. we normally get them from friends etc so we dont normally buy it our selfs. but u can get plain ones without the yolk.

u cut them into quarters or in 8ths and you wud normally just have one or two which u share with your family/friends. so dont worry i wont eat it all,(i'll prob gives some to my neighbours or work colleage) yes they are kinda sickly thu, if u eat too much of it. They are not reccommend for diabetics thu as they are full of sugars!

my mum once told me the history about it and why we celebrate it but i never took it in. im sure if u were born in Hong Kong or China etc.. u would have learnt it etc.
i think i regret it now because.... i dont know anything about chinese traditions etc lol i feel ashamed :P
what am i gonna teach my kids? (if i decide to have any)they wont know anything lol not even speaking/ reading it :P

xx

[WhiteBear]

hey mamma.. may sound yuck. but u only have abit of it, if u have the whole one u will deffo b sick :)

but they are very sweet!

xx

[imhotep]

Hmmm,wouldn't mind trying a teeny bit myself!!

[WhiteBear]

hey imotep,

come round to mine and u can have a piece and tell me what u think! :) xxx

[Ice.Maiden]

Lol!!!!

[imhotep]

An offer I just cannot resist!!!!

I am on my way via Euro Express...Wooo...wooo...

Hmmm....kinda tasty....ooo...kinda sweet..yum,yum...
Not bad at all!!!
*0* I've got starry eyes!! LOL.....

[WhiteBear]

whats so funny icey :-D

imhotep:
have u gone al hyper now?
:oP xx

[richee]

they are gros. Made of ground up locusts and magggots. I am personally just going to let off a few lanters.

You may as well take a steming turd and have a slice of that instead. Better for you

Hope this helps

[WhiteBear]

well gravy no ones asking u to eat it. no ones forcing you to eat it.

are you missing your dogs poo? get yor gf to send u one!