Mid-autumn Festival, one of the biggest traditional festival in China, has just passed a few days ago. If I hadn't received greetings from my parents, I should almost forget that day because nothing could remind me in a foreign country.
Speaking of Mid-autumn Festival, the most impressive part of the culture is moon cake. Since the Moon on that day is the roundest and brightest of the year, the ancients worshiped it as the emblem of family reunion. Moon cake imitates the shape of the real Moon, stirring people missing their family. When I was in China, I ate moon cake every year with my parents during the festival. There are over ten sorts of moon cakes due to different regional tastes.
My favorite one is Sushi Moon Cake cooked by my grandma. The dough is made of flour, oil, sugar and maltose. In general, there are two types of fillings in Sushi Moon Cake, sweet and salty. The sweet cake is based on baking with walnut, pine nut and sweetened bean paste as fillings. The salty cake is like a kind of pancake made of ham, lard, pork and shrimp etc. The selection of raw materials is fairly strict, even oil is specially chosen to make it not greasy.
The ourter part of Sushi cake is my favorite! It contains dozens of thin flour layers and tastes chrsp and loose. It is like sorbet that will thaw as soon as putting it into mouth. Everyone who tried the first time speaks highly of the unique flour husk. Additionally, natural spice like Sweet Osmanthus Flower adn Rose leaves would help make the flavor more fragrant.
Other sorts of moon cake are also great such as Guangshi and Jingshi. They differ from materials and cooking process.
Moon cake's popularity is temporary each year, practically no one would eat moon cake a few days after Mid-autumn festival. But once it comes again, you can find moon cakes everywhere in China, from big shopping mall to small dinner table, as the wish to reunite the family member in the far distance.
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