..... mooncakes are appearing in the shops very early this year?
Mooncakes probably deserve a fuller, explanatory post at some point, but I don't have the time right now. Suffice to say that - as far as I know - they have no connection with "my publisher", the illustrious Moonrat.
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muwahahaha, little do you know...
i happen to have rather a lot of connections with mooncakes. rather a lot indeed. mmmm chestnut jelly.
I did notice that. apparently it's a christmas-in-july thingie. I noticed them first in June and thought surely I had misunderstood and that these cakes were meant for some other holiday... but no, mooncakes they are.
Are they big in Japan as well, Moonrat? I daresay they're quite nice there. Here in China, as with so much else, they're a bit crappy.
June, Tulsa, June???? That's just crazy! I saw some last week, and was wondering if Mid-Autumn Day (MAD?) was absurdly early this year. But no, apparently it's the end of September.
Yes, June. I gather they are like fruitcake - quite the shelf life.
Even Starbucks has their own version, in pretty swirly Starbucks colors.
There I was thinking you meant that Southern delight, Moon Pies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_pie
To be washed down with RC Cola of course.
(Yet again proof there is a Simpson's quote for everything... Homer: We are working our butts off and these celebrities are living the high life, drinking Royal Crown Cola...)
from my childhood in Louisville Kentucky:
a Mom"Do you want a coke?"
kid "yeah, what kind?"
Mom "We've got RC and 7up"
(yeah, OK it's a "keenex" thing)
Aaah, the whirr of references flying far over my head!
'Royal Crown'? Never heard of it. Will have to seek it out on my next venture south of the Mason-Dixon. (Do they have it in DC??)
You can get it in some areas of DC, Froog...
I did not know Kentucky had the all soda = coke bug. I definitely saw that in Atlanta, for obvious reasons. Kentucky must be divided because Tennessee is torn up over this - some places call it all coke, some soda, others pop.
And Froog, I promise to buy you some moon pies and RC Cola next time you are over.
Oh, you spoil me, Cowboy.
I can feel myself getting fatter just thinking about it?
Whatever happened to Pennsylvania Lard Chips? Can you get those in DC too?
Lard chips are hard to find, though I think I may have to liberate some on my next trip up to Pennsyltucky.
A day in Nash Vegas next week so I can stock up on Goo Goo Clusters...
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