![]() It’s one of my favorite fruits!! (It is similar to yuzu in Japan – or it might be the same thing…) I don’t know if eating pomelo is a main tradition, but I know it happens around this time, and I love it =) You can wear the skin as a hat if you peel it properly Pomelos (柚子) – this grapefruit-resembling fruit with a green (or yellowish) skin is very popular to eat and gift during Mid-Autumn Festival.Here is a lantern-making project you can make with your kid(s) that I’ve tried before:.Lanterns ( 燈籠) – n ot to be confused with the Lantern Festival during Chinese New Year, at Mid-Autumn Festival, kids (or adults) light/make lanterns, t hen, on the lanterns, people write riddles ( 謎語 ) – even if you don’t make the lanterns, you can still guess riddles.There are also snow skin (雪皮) mooncakes, which are not baked, but have a frozen glutinous rice skin – very popular in Hong Kong.I’ve heard/read about more modern mooncake flavors that include fillings like ice cream, green tea, chocolate, fruits (melons, litchi and pineapple), and seafood – have you tried any of these before?.Mooncakes ( 月餅) – there are 3 sweet flavors and 1 savory one that I’m familiar with: sweet – red bean (紅豆), lot us seed paste ( 蓮蓉) and d ate paste (棗泥), since they are all sweet, sometimes there is a duck egg yolk (or two) in the middle savory – f ive kernel (五仁), usually filled with nuts and seeds, e.g., almond, walnut, date seed, melon seed and sesame seed. ![]() There are 2 main traditions around Mid-Autumn Festival and some newer ones.Sometimes referred to as the Moon Festival, this is a celebration that brings together families for a reunion – really that’s all there is to it: eating together. ![]()
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