Chinese Mid autumn festival – Månefestival

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Okay, jeg er sent på den, i forhold til dette indlæg.

Den. 27 september var det månefestival, så jeg er 13 dage forsent på den. Månefestivalen er en kinesisk tradition, hvor man fejrer 3 ting. Man fejrer forsamling (Gathering) af venner og familie, taksigelse (thanksgiving) for høsten og gode bekendte og beder (Praying) for en god fremtid, børn osv.

Det der kendetegner månefestivalen er selvfølgelig månekagen, som er en meget speciel kage (taler af erfaring.), som kun spises under månefestivalen.
Månekagen består af en tynd dej ala. butterdej, inden i kagen er der lotus frø pure, og en æggeblomme.
Månekagen er en lidt tung kage, men sød og interessant. Jeg kan dog godt undvære æggeblommen. Der findes mange forskellige variationer af månekagen, nogle er med ‘red bean’ fyld som er en speciel bønnefyld.


27th September was Mid autumn festival, so I’m like 13 days late out. Mid autumn festival or moonfestival is a Chinese tradition where you celebrate three concepts;
1. Gathering, such as family and friends.
2 .Thanksgiving, for the harvest or for harmonious unions.
3. Praying, such as for babies, longevity, or for a good future

The special thing about Mid autumn festival is that you eat mooncakes, which is a great but really special cake.
The mooncake is made of a thin pastry like puff pastry, inside the mooncake is there lotus seed paste and in the middle an egg yolk. A mooncake is a bit heavy, but nice and delicious cake. I find the mooncake really interesting, but I didn’t mind if there wasn’t an egg yolk. The mooncake exist in a lot of different variation, some with red bean paste, which is a paste made of some special beans.
It is possible to make the mooncake and I think that I want to try some time. If you didn’t notice, you will now. I’m obsessed with food and love If I can make it by myself and healthy.

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