I wish everyone a wonderful Mid-Autumn festival. Healthy nutrition is just as important as the experience of sharing with each other and enjoying what we eat. While a healthy eating pattern contributes to our overall health, it is also essential to have a healthy relationship with food, which can mean eating traditional foods and desserts. If this is something that you are mindful of, perhaps sharing a cake with family and friends can be a way to partake in the festivities! One key element to keep in mind about mooncakes is, while delicious and sweet, they can be quite calorie dense! One mooncake can have a calorie count ranging from 700 to 1000 calories. Personally, this is one that I often buy to bring to my grandparents as they enjoy this one the most! The most likely filling you will see in supermarkets are the ones made with lotus seed paste and salted egg yolks (which is said to also represent the moon!). This particular type of mooncake has a glossy coating. Depending on the region, the filling can vary, but the most common mooncakes that can be found in Canada are the Cantonese style. Mooncakes are often in the shape of a circle or a square with a design imprinted on the top. One of the most common foods associated with celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival is with mooncakes. It generally references the idea of the family coming back together to meet and spend time with each other. The meaning behind the festival is 團圓 (tuan yuan), meaning reunion. However, in each version, Chang’e ends up consuming an elixir of immortality and floating to the moon. Depending on the variation of the story, some of the details will be different. The festival focuses on the story of Chang’e, the moon goddess and how the moon became her home. Each year, on the 15th day of the eighth month, when the moon is usually at its brightest and roundest, many celebrate the festival with family. The date of when Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated differs every year and is determined by the lunar calendar. You could say that the Mid-Autumn Festival is the Chinese version of Thanksgiving!
In other East Asian cultures, similar celebrations are referred to with a different name, such as Chuseok in Korea or Tsukimi (moon viewing) in Japan. In particular, today is a special day for most Chinese households as we take the time to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, or sometimes called the Moon Festival. It is that time of year again when we give thanks and celebrate the plentiful harvest during this past season.
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