Sept 24- Not looking forward to Mooncake Festival
By peachpurple
@peachpurple (13961)
Malaysia
September 24, 2017 9:50am CST
Mooncake frestival which is also known as Mid Autumn Festival will be held on Oct 4th. Many Chinese people are buying mooncakes from bakery shops and order homemade mooncakes. These sweet pastry aren't cheap.
The range of price is RM 15-30 per unit ( USD $ 3.60 - 7) , only the rich and businessmen could afford them. Alternatively, those people who wanted to "show off" buy mooncakes to give their clients in order to please them.
I am not looking forward to this Mooncake festival, can't afford it and too sweet for my teeth which are deteriorating. Diabetic patients should avoid eating moon cakes too. Nobody is giving me either.
Not fun, not lanterns, no mooncake.
have you tried mooncakes?
my photo- green paste mooncake
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7 responses
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
25 Sep 17
well, you could make it by yourself. I have tried to make moon cakes. Not bad. Yep, they are a little bit sweet to eat.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
26 Sep 17
I tried but I don't have the alkaline water. So my mooncake turn into a hard cake. Not edible, threw them away
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
26 Sep 17
@peachpurple why did need alkalilne water?
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
26 Sep 17
@Behindtheguitarbar I read in most mooncake recipes need alkaline water, don't know where to find either.
@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
25 Sep 17
@peachpurple I do not remember at all, it was during a vacation in Vancouver (Canada). I looked at the cakes but I was not interested in buying one, I do not even had a look at the price. We have not those cakes here in Switzerland.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
25 Sep 17
how much is per unit?There are assorted flavors, red beans, green beans, lotus paste, durian, ice cream, nuts and seeds
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@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
28 Sep 17
Me too. I cannot afford to buy one either, moreover I don't have any friends to celebrate with, only my parents.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
1 Oct 17
@wongchoiyee commoners like us would not spend money on mooncakes,we look for testers
@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
28 Sep 17
too expensive these days. Used to be RM 7, now it goes up to RM13 or even more, can't believe those people could even fork out money to buy the mooncakes
@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
25 Sep 17
indeed it is, high content of sugar and paste, if you are a diabetic, better stay away from it.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Sep 17
@peachpurple I'm not diabetic, but it sounds too sweet for me.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
26 Sep 17
@just4him yeah, once in a blue moon is alright
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@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
24 Sep 17
I do not know very much about Mooncakes. If I tried them; it was a long time ago.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
25 Sep 17
do you visit chinatown? You can see the chinese selling them right now
@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
25 Sep 17
@peachpurple I live to far from Chinatown..
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
25 Sep 17
i prefer pizza than moon cakes, when is it?
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