A few minutes ago someone rang the doorbell numerous times. Whoever’s outside must be in a hurry. Keroleen quickly answered the door and after a few minutes came back with a lot of pink and purple colored boxes in her hands. According to her, inside the boxes were special mooncakes given by Kuromi.

Kuromi isn’t so bad after all. She even took the trouble of giving mooncakes for all of us here. I got a big family and my friends always hang out in my house. Her mooncakes taste really terrific! ^_^

What exactly are mooncakes? It’s a Chinese pastry eaten during the Mid-Autumn festival (15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar). They’re usually round or rectangle in shape with thick lotus paste filling and may contain salted duck egg yolks. Traditional mooncakes usually have a Chinese characters imprint on top that means longevity or harmony. Over the years, the mooncake has achieved a modern twist. Instead of the traditional fillings, bakers offered taro, pineapple, chocolate, nuts, fruits, etc.

That just gave Keroleen an idea. Hehe. She told me that modern mooncake varieties also use jelly mixtures as crust. Being the great chefs, she and my mother immediately made their own version.

Retaining the traditional lotus filling and egg yolk, they concocted a special purple colored jelly crust. The jelly is slightly sweetened. They didn’t use other flavorings because the taste might conflict with the delectable lotus filling.

This is our thank you present for Kuromi. I hope she’ll like it.

Technorati Tags: chinese, festival, kerokero, keroleen, keroppi, kuromi, mid-autumn festival, mooncake

This entry was posted on Monday, September 24th, 2007 at 1:46 pm and is filed under Kero Recipes, Jumpy Moment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.