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Moon Cake
recipe please? Lee
"George" > wrote in message
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> On 9/6/2011 8:05 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>> George wrote:
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>>> On 9/6/2011 7:21 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
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>>>> Either way, I don't much like them. They look
>>>> like fine pastries, and to Western sensibilities
>>>> anything that looks like that should be sweet and
>>>> luscious. Moon cakes are sweetened, but not
>>>> nearly as much as I'd expect in a pastry filling.
>>>> The filling is also dense, like peanut butter.
>>>> I'd expect a much lighter filling in a pastry.
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>>> I am not big on pastries but what you described is the type I like. They
>>> don't add tons of sugar. With typical pastries I get the impression I
>>> could get the same result by getting a spoon and the sugar bowl.
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>>> I also like those types of fillings. Red bean is my favorite. Each to
>>> his own I guess.
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>> Then I guess you'd really like manju. I don't,
>> and for the same reasons I'm not fond of moon cake.
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manj%C5%AB
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>> Manju looks good, right up to the point where
>> you bite into it. Then you discover it's full of
>> bean paste.
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> Good eating, not everyone wants super sweet stuff. I like manju and make
> them often.
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