"Moon Festival celebrations, though still relatively new to the U.S., have been held throughout Asia for well over 1,000 years. This holiday is a time to reflect upon the bounty of the summer harvest, the fullness of the moon, and the myth of the immortal moon Goddess, Chang O, who lives in the moon. The Moon Festival is often compared to a sort of "Chinese Thanksgiving" because of its spirit of gratitude and its inclusion of abundant food - including the popular moon cake. Moon cakes are flaky, round, semi-sweet pastries often filled with bean or lotus-seed paste and topped with a duck egg, echoing the shape of the full moon. Many millions of moon cakes are gifted around the time of the Moon Festival."
Our family is sort of hit or miss when it comes to following some of the Chinese traditions.
If we have our act together and things fall together nicely, we celebrate.
If we have our act together and things fall together nicely, we celebrate.
This year the Mid-Autumn Festival was a hit, thanks in part to it falling on a weekend.
Starting Friday, Doug pre-soaked the lotus beans and red beans. Saturday he prepared the bean pastes to go in the center of the moon cakes. And today, he and Rose formed and baked the moon cakes.
We like to go outdoors and share a moon cake under the full moon. Tonight's weather was absolutely beautiful.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
2 comments:
Mmmm, looks like a yummy, fun tradition!
Wow, I am impressed. I missed it this year until about 10 at night. I guess I am an hit or miss too
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