Mooncake?

[FelixDeCat]

Have you ever tried one? Me neither.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Yes.

Nice, but not that nice. They're like opening Christmas presents - really exciting and novel as a child, and still exciting as an adult, but it's just not quite the same.

 

[Brigandier]

Moonpie > Mooncake

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

 

[Eug]

Mooncake is like Christmas cake. Lots of people give it, but few people truly want it.

Personally I think it's pretty uncommon to find good mooncake or Christmas cake.

 

[Brigandier]

WTF is mooncake? Fruitcake?

 

[Crono]

WTF is mooncake? Fruitcake?

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[QueBert]

Picture made it look at least interesting, Googling what's in it - I wouldn't eat a piece if I was drunk and starving.

 

[darkxshade]

Those things pack a lot of calories.

 

[uhohs]

the ones with oily soft yolks are the best
nomnomnom

 

[UglyCasanova]

I've had one before. Not a fan.

 

[Howard]

I like them. Two yolks with lotus seed paste filling please.

Like anything else, they can be made well or made poorly. Also, they are best served in very small portions.

 

[UncleWai]

The crust and the lotus seed paste filling are supposedly made with lard. The yolks are salted duck eggs yolks. Mooncakes is the holy grail for Chinese fatties.

 

[TreyRandom]

Yeah, I've tried several types. I really wanted to find one I liked... but never could find one that didn't turn my stomach. Do not want.

 

[rsutoratosu]

they have fresh ones, not those freeze from hong kong or whatever ones.. fresh ones are so much better
make ur own
http://choodoris.blogspot.com/2012/09/teochew-moon-cake-with-yam-paste-filling.html

 

[Eug]

A while back, a small Chinese mooncake maker was caught recycling the filling from mooncakes. Yes, they were actually taking year-old mooncake filling, removing the mold that grown on the moon cakes, and then baking the old filling into new mooncakes for sale.

http://english.people.com.cn/english/200109/05/eng20010905_79418.html

A mooncake maker, Nanjing Guanshengyuan, in the eastern city of Nanjing, froze leftover mooncakes from last year worth several million yuan (several hundred thousand dollars) and reused the fillings, after scraping off the mould from the rotten ones, local media said.

they have fresh ones, not those freeze from hong kong or whatever ones.. fresh ones are so much better
make ur own
http://choodoris.blogspot.com/2012/09/teochew-moon-cake-with-yam-paste-filling.html

Yes, but almost nobody actually gets home made fresh moon cake, just like most people never get home made fresh Christmas cake, which is why both are usually terrible.

BTW, "Kurismasu keiki" is slang for a 25+ year-old unattached Japanese woman, because nobody wants them after the 25th.

 

[TecHNooB]

sun cake > moon cake

 

[Markbnj]

Never even heard of mooncake before.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I've tried buck cake, but never moon cake.

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

Last I heard, they're freaking expensive for a dime size.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Were selling in Costco last year in NY, NJ, and all over CA. Cheap.

It's a Chinese thing. If you don't know what it is, you're not going to like it. Even if you know what it is, you probably aren't going to like it.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Were selling in Costco last year in NY, NJ, and all over CA. Cheap.

It's a Chinese thing. If you don't know what it is, you're not going to like it. Even if you know what it is, you probably aren't going to like it.

I'm Chinese and I don't like it. The authentic version is already way too sweet and sticky for my tastes. Your Americanized version is probably even worse,

 

[stlc8tr]

I like them. Two yolks with lotus seed paste filling please.

Like anything else, they can be made well or made poorly. Also, they are best served in very small portions.

Yeah, there are a lot of crappy versions out there.

Wing Wah mooncakes are great. I try not to eat any other brands.

 

[dighn]

i have and it's pretty meh. don't go out of your way to try it. they don't really stack up to modern desserts and are purely a tradition thing.

 

[EvilYoda]

Mmmmmm, nom nom nom. Rich and over the top...gimme a nice and savory yolk and I'm happy. I cut mine into quarters and will eat one throughout a week.