Moon Cakes

Last Monday, September 12th, was the Chinese "Mid-Autumn Festival," also known as the "Moon Cake Festival."

What are moon cakes, you ask?  Wellllllllllllll, I still really don't know.  I know what they look like.  I know that they can come in many flavors, such as red bean, egg (with an egg yoke in the middle....very salty), and coconut (so good...kinda sweet).  I know that they make for a nice, quick breakfast.  I know they come in other flavors that I dare not try to find out.  And yet I do not know what in the world they are ultimately made of or how they originated.

But who cares?  I liked them.  They were EVERYWHERE for about 2 weeks leading up to the festival and a few days after, being sold on the street and on display in grocery stores.  Chinese people were handing them out as gifts left and right, bringing them to almost every Bible Study I attended.   I was even given a home-made one by one of my students (by far the best one I've had).

But now they have been steadily disappearing, and that makes me kind of sad.

 Next to my little military Bible for size-comparison (and a plug for God).

mmmmmmmmmm

The veteran FoCers will probably laugh at the fact that it makes me sad because moon cakes are old hat for them, but I will fully embrace my rookie-ness....I miss you, moon cake.