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	Mid Autumn Festival
		Mooncakes either come plain or with one, two, even up to four salted egg yolks tucked snugly in lotus paste filling.
		The ones with single egg yolk are thought to represent the loneliness of the Chinese goddess Chang Er who flew to the moon to escape the clutches of her husband.
		The incorporation of local and Japanese elements into the mooncake is apparent with the births of the durian and green tea mooncakes.
	kevdesign.com /midautumnfestival/mooncake-variety.htm (447 words)

	August Moon Festival
		Chinese bakers were told to send mooncakes to all Chinese households with the message to execute all Mongolians after the August Moon family gathering.
		Chinese families were instructed to not to eat the mooncakes until the 15th of the 8th lunar moon.
		Mooncake molds are custom-made with the insignia of the baker.
	www.familyculture.com /holidays/mooncake.htm (558 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Why are mooncake prices so, so high?
		Lucky mooncake purchasers could be lucky enough to get their hands on one as well.
		Various brands of mooncake are already on sale, but some people are complaining that the seasonal delicacies are too expensive this year.
		But the cost of accompanying items included in the mooncake boxes will be several dozens of times higher.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200409/09/print20040909_156458.html (416 words)

	Elaborate mooncake packaging creates additional packaging waste
		Mooncakes, baked cakes made with fillings of nuts, fruits, meat or other stuffing as a part of traditional Chinese Moon Festival fare, are a must each year in September.
		To revamp the mooncake market and save resources, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Commerce (MOC), State Administration for Industry and Commerce and State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision jointly targeted "sky-high mooncake" makers this year, and a few improvements achieved.
		It is a tradition of Chinese people to visit others with presents, usually various foods during festivals and people usually choose those with good-looking packages for the sake of "face," no matter the true value of the food itself.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-09/21/content_479733.htm (482 words)

	mooncake festival. stories
		THE Mooncake Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month which is Sept 24 this year.
		Mooncakes are also known as ``reunion cakes'' as family members gather to partake of the sweet confectionery.
		Mooncakes are eaten throughout the month before the actual festival day.
	allmalaysia.info /msiaknow/festivals/midautumn (899 words)

	Gothamist: To the Moon(cake)!
		Mooncake also offers a fairly extensive tea menu to accompany dinner or dessert; a pot is $4.
		Mooncake Foods is a perfect place for food and friends.
		Mooncake Foods is located at 28 Watts Street in Soho off of Broome Street between Thompson & Avenue of the Americas.
	www.gothamist.com /archives/2005/01/21/to_the_mooncake.php (801 words)

	Tet Trung Thu and Mooncake Madness by L Song
		This is an event that children look forward to all year as they anxiously prepare for lantern contests or parades; gathering noisemakers and small drums, adding final touches to a precious lantern.
		Then, they finished the mooncakes with an eggwash glaze and carefully placed in an oven.
		Often the mooncakes are gifts from families, friends, and colleagues.
	www.imdiversity.com /Villages/Asian/history_heritage/song_tet_mooncakes.asp (723 words)

	Mooncake ( 月饼 )
		Typical mooncakes are often, but not always, round or rectangular, measuring about 10 cm in diameter, and 4-5 cm thick, and are very dense, especially when compared to Western cakes.
		Soochow-style Mooncake: This style began more than a thousand years ago, and is known for its layers of flaky dough, and generous allotment of sugar and lard.
		Yunnan-style Mooncake: Also known as "t'o" to the residents, its distinctive feature is the combination of various flours for the dough, and includes rice flour, wheat flour, buckwheat flour, and more.
	www.chinadetail.com /Culture/FoodDrinkMooncake.php (695 words)

	Mooncake (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mooncake (Simplified Chinese: 月饼; Traditional Chinese: 月餅; pinyin: yuèbĭng) is a Chinese confection traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
		Modern varieties of mooncakes are also different from their traditional counterparts in that they may have a glutinous rice skin, similar to that of a mochi.
		Mooncakes were used as a medium by the Ming revolutionaries in their espionage effort to secretly distribute letters in order to overthrow the Mongolian rulers of China in the Yuan dynasty.
	ref.podzone.net /en/Moon_cakes.htm (1836 words)

	Chinese Mooncakes
		Mooncake is a Chinese confection that is traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, although they can be eaten at other times of the year as well.
		Traditional mooncakes have an imprint on top consisting of the Chinese characters for "longevity" or "harmony" as well as the name of the bakery and filling in the moon cake.
		Chewy mooncake crusts are made using a combination of thick sugar syrup, lye water, flour, and oil, thus giving this crust its rich taste and a chewy yet tender texture.
	www.chinatownconnection.com /chinese-mooncake.htm (870 words)

	Mooncake (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mooncakes symbolize the gathering of friends and family and are an indispensable part of the offerings made to the Earth God, Tu Ti Kung.
		The mooncakes were then distributed only to the Han people, who found, upon cutting the cakes open, the message "Revolt on the fifteenth of the eighth moon." Thus informed, the people rose together on the designated day to overthrow the Yuan, and since that time mooncakes have become an integral part of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
		The su style of mooncakes are sweet with a thin, delicate layered crust which is judged according to its tenderness and whiteness.
	www.cc.utah.edu /~yh12/content/mooncake.htm (289 words)

	Do What I Like: Baked Mini Mooncakes
		Today I tried a new recipe for baked mooncakes as my sister said that the mooncake pastry of the other recipe is a little tough.
		To dislodge the mooncake, bang the mould on a hard surface with equal force in the north, south, east and west direction.
		Mooncake moulds differ in sizes, so please adjust weight of pastry and filling according to the size of your mould.
	wlteef.blogspot.com /2005/08/baked-mini-mooncakes.html (1193 words)

	LAFANG » MOONCAKE
		At this time of the year, this âreveredâ pastry called mooncakes are as big in China as are candy canes at Christmastime in the western world; just about every business and household distributes them to employees and family members.
		Mooncake is a Chinese confection that is traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival.
		Mooncakes can also be eaten at other times of the year as well.
	lafang.mikemina.com /index.php/2006/09/15/mooncake (676 words)

	CNN.com - Powerpuff girls take on mooncake madness - Sep. 17, 2002
		Mooncakes can be very expensive but at this time of the year it's hard for Hong Kong people to tighten their belts as they cheer one of China's most colorful and popular festivals.
		Each mooncake maker has a wooden mould and while getting the moonkcake in is no problem, getting it out takes more skill.
		Mooncakes date back to the 14th century when they were used to hide secret messages as the Chinese plotted against their Mongol rulers.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/09/18/hongkong.mooncakes (445 words)

	Sun.Star Cebu - Mooncake festival
		Traditionally, the mooncake and lantern festivals are associated with the harvest festival, which is celebrated with thanksgiving.
		Since the custom of eating mooncakes began in the 13th century, they have become an integral part of the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Mooncake Festival as it continues to be commemorated.
		Celebrate the Mooncake Festival at Tin Gow with its delicious mooncakes that are prepared and cooked under the direction of its new dim sum chef Lim Chee Hoe.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2003/08/09/life/mooncake.festival.html (422 words)

	HTML Files\UMCSA\mooncake (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is said that the moon is a silvery chamber, inhabited by a three-legged toad.
		Under the guise of celebrating a special holiday, these mooncakes were then sent to friends and relatives at festival time in 1353.
		Consisting of a round cake, one-and-a-half inches high and three-and-a-quarter inches in diameter, the mooncake is filled with one of five basic types of fillings: fl bean (dou sah), lotus seed (lin yung), fruits with meats and nuts (gum tu), yellow bean (dou yung), and winter melon (doon yung).
	www.umsl.edu /~taiwan/mooncake.html (423 words)

	mooncake festival. stories
		Mooncakes are eaten throughout the month before the actual festival day.
		The bearing of lanterns and the origin of mooncakes date back to a 14th century revolt by the Chinese against the Mongols.
		Legend has it that the time and place of the revolution were concealed in the mooncakes sent to friends and relatives.
	www.allmalaysia.info /msiaknow/festivals/midautumn (899 words)

	mooncake (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mooncakes are round and sweet-filled, mak\de of flaked pastry.
		Autumn mooncakes were also related to the folk legends, for overthrowing the foreign Mongols of the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368).
		It was the time for Chinese people revolution against Kublai Khan's descendents and people hid the message inside the mooncake to send to friends or relatives at festival time in 1353.This secretly planned action revealed and announced the day of revolution.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~kyfoo/chinese/mooncake.html (130 words)

	Mooncake with Chinese ham (kim thooi) · Food, travel, recipe and sights
		Mooncakes are so expensive nowadays. One piece costs almost RM10 per piece. At this price, one can only nibble on it, right? Anyway, I only eat one type of mooncake and it is the traditional nuts and Chinese ham variety.
		Mooncake festival is still two weeks away but these enterprising people have begun selling mooncakes since last month.
		Usually the left hand writing of the mooncake is the type of mooncake and the right hand is the name of the baker.
	penangfaces.chanlilian.net /2006/09/10/mooncake-with-chinese-ham-kim-thooi (842 words)

	Taste Report - Mooncake Time!
		Generally, all the mooncakes from Goodwood Park have great lotus seed paste filling but not-so-great pastry which is dry and slightly thick.
		Not really popular for its mooncakes, we are surprised at the quality of some of its mooncakes.
		According to sources from the food and beverage (F and B) industry, the famous flaky skin with yam paste mooncake from Crown Prince Hotel is a number one seller in Singapore.
	www.makansutra.com /Makanzine/Sep99/taste_mooncake3.html (417 words)

	Mooncake Festival
		When the person recieves the notification, the only one way to find out who the Sender is, is to send a Secret Mooncake of their own to the person(s) they like.
		Mooncakes will be available for collection from 14th September to 15th September 2005.
		Any mooncakes not collected after the 15th Sept, 7pm will be disposed of as deem fit by the NUS Student's Computing Club Management Committee.
	www.comp.nus.edu.sg /~compclub/mooncake.html (354 words)

	Moon Festival and Mooncake Legends - Overview
		The enduring legend of the Moon Goddess, Chang E (Chang E in other transliterations), reflects the feminine principle of yin, as opposed to the masculine principle of yang, which is symbolized by the sun.
		Inside, Liu had his followers place pieces of paper with the date the Han Chinese were to strike out in rebellion -- on the fifteenth night of the eighth month.
		Thus Liu got word to his people, who when they cut open the mooncakes found the revolutionary message and set out to overthrow the Mongols, thus ending the Yuan dynasty.
	moonfestival.org /overview.htm (953 words)

	H-Net* Mooncake and reformasi
		It is said that the mooncake originated during the years China was ruled by Mongolian empire founded by Kublai Khan.
		When the people read the slip in the mooncakes, they did not even question what the motive was, who commanded it nor where did it come from.
		The magical power of the mooncake did not come from the cake itself or the strength of the rebel party; but from the people who made the decision to rise up - and they survived the crisis.
	www.mail-archive.com /hizb@hizbi.net/msg17412.html (1018 words)

	Pinkcocoa Tabetai: mooncake galore part 1: cantonese mooncake
		they were poor so their mooncakes were filled with a paste of lard and sugar.
		i grew up with cantonese mooncakes, which are the most common and probably the more known mooncakes over the globe.
		this one (from wing wah) in the picture is the most common mooncake and probably most well-liked by many: the double yolk white lotus paste mooncake.
	tabetai.blogspot.com /2004/09/mooncake-galore-part-1-cantonese.html (832 words)

	The Baker's Cottage Sdn Bhd
		The Bakers cottage mooncakes are made from finest selection of raw material such as 100 % pure Hunan’s lotus seed to maintain the quality of mooncake.
		The Theme for this year cleverly captures the essence of the Year of Monkey with an intriguing new concept, a precious box, a precious moment, filled with the luxurious flavor of 100% Lotus paste from Hunan’s lotus seed and an array of captivating new flavors.
		For the year 2006 we have created 7 new mooncake gift box design which are in box of 4, box of 2 and box of 1 cater to your different needs.
	www.thebakerscottage.com.my /mooncake.asp (1200 words)

	mooncake moulds
		These are used to make mooncakes with the brown baked skin.
		It is made from the traditional mooncake skin, usually with no filling, but recently, they come with lotus paste or red bean fillings too.
		Jelly mooncake moulds are made from medium-hard plastic; the designs are getting really innovative.
	www.tpcalcake.net /images/mooncakemoulds.htm (239 words)

	OrientalFood: Culture/Festival/Origin of Mooncake
		Mooncakes have played a central role in Moon Festival traditions.
		Inside, Liu had his followers place pieces of paper with the date the Han Chinese were to strike out in rebellion -- on the fifteenth night of the eighth month.
		Thus Liu got word to his people, who when they cut open the mooncakes found the revolutionary message and set out to overthrow the Mongols, thus ending the Yuan dynasty.
	www.orientalfood.com /culture/festival/originofmooncake.shtml (188 words)

	Foods of the Mooncake Festival
		The mooncakes that most of us are familiar with are actually the Cantonese version.
		For instance, a quarter of double-yolk mooncake has similar amount of calories to one whole buttered cake.
		However, once well-established hotels like The Mandarin Singapore also produced mooncakes for sale in their Fand B outlets since the early 90s (most famous were their mini mooncakes), the floodgates were opened.
	www.can.com.sg /content/neocan/en/streetwise/eat/feasting___mid-autumn/foods_of_the_mooncake.html (931 words)

	Mooncake Season Again, But……
		Eating mooncakes in the period of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which celebrates the overthrow of the Mongols during the end of the Yuan Dynasty in China, is as important in China as turkeys are in holidays in the West.
		All these mooncakes were sold out before 5th September, about a month from the Mid-autumn Festival, probably to buyers who will take them as gifts for others.
		As of this writing, statistics from the mooncake association indicate that the mooncake market has shrunk 40 percent from the expected value of US$4.83 billion (40 billion yuan) to US $6.04 billion (50 billion yuan).
	www.china.org.cn /english/2001/Sep/19704.htm (1470 words)

	doreenxx: Mooncake Festival
		It is said that mooncakes - which the Mongols did not eat - were the perfect vehicle for hiding and passing along plans for the rebellion.
		Families were instructed not to eat the mooncakes until the day of the moon festival, which is when the rebellion took place.
		Roughly the size of a human palm, these mooncakes are quite filling, meant to be cut diagonally in quarters and passed around.
	doreenxx.livejournal.com /136536.html (619 words)

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