Chinese Mooncakes
October 5, 2006 at 12:42 pm | In Autumn, CULTURES, Chinese, HOLIDAYS, LEGENDS | 5 Comments5 Comments »
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[...] In Chinese cultures, children make paper lanterns and are allowed to stay up late before eating their mooncakes. [...]
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[...] Songpyeon is a traditional Chuseok dish, similar to Chinese Mooncakes. Rice powder is boiled and kneaded to make the songpyeon dough, which is then filled with a sweet stuffing made of sesame seeds, beans, or chestnuts. The stuffed dough is steamed with pine needles, which add fragrance. It is thought that women who can shape a pretty half moon will marry good men. [...]
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Comment by jugnoo — October 7, 2006 #
[...] If you’d like to make your own Chinese Mooncakes to celebrate Harvest Moon Festival, try this simple recipe from Shanghai, which can be made with ingredients that are relatively easy to find. Mooncakes are traditionally made using carved wooden molds with intricate patterns, but you can simply shape the dough into circles about 3 inches or 7 centimeters in diameter, and experiment with ‘drawing’ your own patterns on the circles before adding the filling. [...]
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[...] If you’d like to make your own Chinese Mooncakes to celebrate Harvest Moon Festival, try this simple recipe from Shanghai, which can be made with ingredients that are relatively easy to find. Mooncakes are traditionally made using carved wooden molds with intricate patterns, but you can simply shape the dough into circles about 3 inches or 7 centimeters in diameter, and experiment with ‘drawing’ your own patterns on the circles before adding the filling. [...]
Pingback by Make Chinese Mooncakes at worldculturenet.com — November 28, 2006 #