Moon was the first story of Marilyn Chin’s book, Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen. It was a Chinese American revenge tale. In the tale, Moon is an unattractive girl who is chubby. She takes revenge on a group of American boys who have humiliated her because of her race and her appearance. She searches for the boys for thirty days and nights. Then, she sends them to their death ruthlessly. As the tale goes on, she becomes beautiful and famous when she grows up.…
One of the many versions of folklore is that the wives took the little bits of batter left over from…
A-ming explains that those instruments are named chopsticks, and it’s the common way to eat in Asia. He’s also a bit surprise to learn that in Canada, almost nobody eats with chopsticks. A-ming shows to Charles the cake he’s eating. He explains that it’s called “moon cake”. It’s only during the Moon Festival that people eat it, it’s one of Taiwan’s specialities.…
Luckily there is more than one way to bake a cake. Birthstones have been given for thousands of years long before our 12 month traditional calendar was in use. Birthstones were once based off of your zodiac sign. This is excellent news if you are turned off…
One can recount many instances where the truth is stretched for film, theater, or television to make a better story, but it appears that the smash Broadway hit Jersey Boys is pretty accurate. Bob Gaudio, one of the original members of The Four Seasons, was instrumental in the creation of Jersey Boys, which won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical and is seemingly entrenched at the August Wilson Theatre for a long run in addition to numerous touring productions.…
Though she offers apologies and justifications for womankind’s unfaithful behavior (38)—and even extends a halfhearted olive branch to the Man in the Moon (38)—Guiney strongly implies that women are capable of, and willing to, rise with the moon to overthrow both the Man in the Moon and the masculinized civilization of whom he is representative. For, when the moon is in her full power, “The primeval heathen has stirred within us. We have been under the witchery of Isis. We aspire to be a Moonshee, rather than any potentate of this universe” (37). In reaching back to their ancient ways, women can overthrow the modern Man in the Moon and restore the feminine moon to her past wildness and power.…
A moon pie or MoonP is a popular confection in the United States which consists of two round graham cracker cookies, with marshmallow filling in the center, dipped in a flavored coating. The traditional pie is approximately four inches (100 mm) in diameter. A smaller version exists (mini MoonPie) that is approximately half the size, and a Double-Decker MoonPie of the traditional diameter features a third cookie and attendant layer of marshmallow. The four main flavors are chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and banana. Double Decker MoonPies also come in lemon and orange; MoonPie Crunch comes only in peanut butter or mint. The snack is often associated with the cuisine of the American South where they are traditionally accompanied by an RC Cola. Today, MoonPies are made by the Chattanooga Bakery in Chattanooga, TN.Precisely how and when people began the custom of eating Moon Pies with RC Cola is unknown,[2] although it is likely that their inexpensive prices, combined with their larger serving sizes, contributed to establishing this combination as the "working man's lunch". The popularity of this combination was celebrated in a popular song of the 1950s, by Big Bill Lister, "Gimmee an RC Cola and a Moon Pie.".[3] In 1973, NRBQ had a minor hit with the song, "An RC Cola and a Moon Pie."…
B. Revealed Object: This is called a Hong Kong Egg Tart. It is a traditional Chinese dessert served in many Chinese restaurants or bakeries mainly during breakfast hours. You can also order it for lunch as well, but some restaurants stop serving them after 12 P.M.…
The Chinese Cinderella story was about a girl named Yehhsien and like the original Cinderella story her mother and her father both died and she was left to her step- mother and step- sisters. Yehhsien’s only friend was a fish her step mom killed. A stranger tells Yehhsien to keep the bones of the fish and when she prayed to the bones she would get what she wanted. One day when the step- mom and her daughters were going to the spring festival they did not allow Yehhsien to come. So she asked the fish bones to give her beautiful golden shoes and a beautiful dress to wear. When she went to the festival one of the step sisters recognized her and Yehhsien knew. She took off leaving one of her golden shoes behind. One of the people in the cave picked it up and sold the shoe that later got to the ruler of another kingdom. He searched everywhere for the owner until he found Yehhsien. He took her and her bones back to his kingdom. He married her and prayed to the bones getting treasures without a limit. The next year the bones no longer worked so he buried the close to the shore. They were washed away and the step- mom and the step- sisters were killed by flying stones.…
In 1950s Sanitary Bakery & Grocery was found, it was owned by a full blooded Chinese with a last name of “Seen”. Sanitary Bakery is located at A.B Fernandez Ave. Dagupan City, Philippines. They are famous for “PUGON BAKED BREAD” which means the Traditional way of cooking or prime cooking techniques. It’s a good idea that they adapting and using this to make their food to appetizing and some even make pugon as an ornament piece attracting customers to dine -in.…
The New Year’s cake New Year’s cake is a pastry made of the flour of glutinous rice and used primarily in the lunar New Year period. 1. Introduction (300 words) The New Year cake is a special Year goods in Spring Festival. Those Rice cake were made by glutinous rice.…
In Chinese culture they believe that the lunar cycle comes from the myth of Buddha. In the myth of Buddha, before Buddha dies he invites animals from all around the world to a feast. Only twelve animals arrive, a rat, an ox, a tiger, a rabbit, a dragon, a snake, a horse, a sheep, a monkey, a rooster, a dog and a pig. Buddha decides to name a year after…
It is said that the military strategist Zhuge Liang created these steamed buns as an offering to the gods. They were designed to look like human heads. Gruesome, yes, but this was almost 1,800 years ago. Now, the siopao is enjoyed as a snack usually served with tea.…
Chinese dumplings are important to my family because we make and eat them almost every holiday. We will often also make them on a regular day, just because we can. Traditional holidays, such as Chinese New Year, are a significant time where we have dumplings for dinner. We will either invite family friends over, or go to their houses. We have an unspoken custom in which we bring food for each other to share at dinner time.…
“Lentswe” has many connotations in Setswana, one being a large rock and the other a voice. In this context, “Lentswe” is built from the root of the verb “go tswa”, which means to stem out in Setswana. “Lentswe le tswelele go tswela mosola” meaning “as you learn or benefit from Lentswe; continue to be good use unto others.”…