Mandarin Madness
4 Alternative Uses for Moon Cakes
Mid Autumn Festival is here! And one of the most loved parts of Mid Autumn Festival is the moon cakes. Moon cakes are something that Western people don’t really understand. In my opinion, Chinese people don’t really understand them either.
According to Chinese history, the moon cake is supposed to represent “roundness” and “the moon.” The roundness part I understand, moon cakes are round, but the moon? The moon cake looks nothing like a crater filled rock in the sky. But what do I know.
Mid Autumn festival is a time in the lunar calendar when the moon is at its fullest and brightest. Living in China during the Mid Autumn Festival is a nice time and sometimes you do get those warm fuzzies. Until you sink your teeth into a moon cake and find that inside is an egg, or meat or something you never would have expected.
So in honor of Mid Autumn Festival, I have decided to use the moon cakes for something else altogether. So with out further ado, here is the 4 alternatives uses for Moon cakes.
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September 15th, 2008 at 10:35 am
One of my Chinese students brought in moon cakes for the Lunar New Year for the whole class. I felt so bad that all but one of the kids hated them and were trying to spit their mouthfulls in the garbage and making faces in front of the boy who brought them in. I ate all of mine to make him feel better…not one of my favorite things!
September 16th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I don’t like Moon Cake, because it’s too expensive, too rich and not tasty. A mooncake is usually wrapped at least 4 layers, the paper handbag, the large paper box outside (sometimes in iron), the individual paper boxes inside (plastic boxes sometimes), the plastic bag,etc. It’s really wasteful!