Alex_Hart 337 Report post Posted September 3, 2016 For anybody feeling ambitious, came across this English language recipe (with pictures!). Doesn't look terribly hard - let us know if anybody makes it. http://thewoksoflife.com/2016/09/lotus-mooncakes-egg-yolks/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dcat 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2016 Cool. Do people generally eat the mooncakes right when they get them, or do they wait for the nights of the festival itself? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abcdefg 4,370 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 #22 - You usually are gifted a box of them. Too many to eat at once. Most of them have a shelf life of 3 months. So you nibble along on them as you wish. They don't need to be eaten on any special auspicious nights. The last two or three years here (Kunming) we have had a glorious full moon during mid-autumn festival. People step out of the house to admire it. Some go to one of our lakes, where moon reflections can be seen in the water. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dcat 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 Awesome, excellent! I took a day trip out to Chinatown today with some family and walked around, got some 珍珠奶茶, and went to an authentic Cantonese bakery to get a few mooncakes to bring home. Haven't had any yet, but I think I'll give one a try tonight. We got two 五仁, one lotus with yolk, and one red bean. Probably going to slice up a 五仁 tonight. Thank you so much, everyone, for all the help and advice you gave! This thread is like a resource for mooncake etiquette now. 謝謝大家！中秋節快樂！ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
