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Let me guess, she'll be trying out for the Beijing Film Academy cheerleading squad?
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Let me guess, she'll be trying out for the Beijing Film Academy cheerleading squad?
What do the mooncakes taste like??
broadsword
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It is pie and the filling is made of lotus seed paste that has been cooked with sugar and oil until caramelized, so it resembles pecan pie filling but firmer and more doughy. The taste of the lotus seed itself is very subtle but as distinct as peanut is from almond nut. Because it is not toasted but cooked with a wee bit of lye water, it does not have the toasted smell that Westerners are more used to. Red bean filling is also common and lotus seed filling with matcha (green tea powder) is also available.
The skin of the pie as pictured is on the soft side because of the amount of syrup and oil used and is baked well before it becomes hard. But flaky skin variety is also quite popular.
SteelBird
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In the old day, mooncake's filling are famously lotus-sand and five-nut. Both of them are extremely sweet, we usually drink high-dense tea after eating mooncake, and never take more than half of a mooncake. If you take a whole box (four cakes), you better have a doctor stand-by.
HAPPY MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL TO EVERYBODY!
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broadsword
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Going with tea is not just to cut the sweetness, it also helps to prevent insulin spikes. When I make any dessert, I use anywhere from 10 to 60% of the original amount of sugar.
Equation
Lieutenant General
Same to you SteelBird!
Although I'm not a big fan of the traditional mooncakes, but my parents likes them.
Thank you SteelBird!
Why is the Mid-Autumn festival in September? It's still summer. Summer does not end until September 22nd. I guess it's like the Spring festival that takes place in the Winter.
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The google translation of the below photos does not make sense. duh.. Basically all I get is some sort disturbance broke out between migrant workers and others over a pay dispute.
solarz
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Thank you SteelBird!
Why is the Mid-Autumn festival in September? It's still summer. Summer does not end until September 22nd. I guess it's like the Spring festival that takes place in the Winter.
All traditional Chinese festivals go by the Lunar calendar. The idea of summer ending on September 22nd is based on the Solar calendar.
The Solar calendar is more scientifically accurate, and the Lunar calendar differs from it by a few days. I suspect this explains why the Mid-Autumn festival is in the summer and the Spring festival is in winter in the 21st century.
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