There seem to be a few different variations on the moon cake recipe. I think they look interesting - just very different My Malaysian friend brought us moon cakes once and I really liked them. Perhaps it was the red bean paste that you didn't like Terrie - definitely an acquired taste I think. Renata, how were the home-made ones your friend brought? I bet they were delicious.

I was in China and tried some 'special' moon cakes......they weren't too special to me. Just saying....

I also googled the moon cakes and looked at some recipes. Not sure I would want to make them. They really did not sound good.

Tap! tap! tap! of the finger....so where is the recipe for moon cakes then? you can't just leave us hanging like that Renata, it's inhumane! Beautiful mug rug by the way

What a lovely day to start my day! .....drinking my coffee, looking at mug rugs and reading the international chatter going on amongst my quilting friends. I learned about Mooncakes and Mid Autumn Festivals by Googling. I still don't know why there is a rabbit on the cake although I understand that often there is. I'll probably have an answer for that by the next time I come back for a visit with my mug rug friends. Have a great day everyone!

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Lorchen, I have seen them twice here in Scotland - beautiful. Once up near Thurso (Caithness) and once not far from here. We watched them at Glen Fruin where the sky was not polluted. Trouble is you never know when they will be around.

Maybe an Alaskan cruise or a cruise of the fjords of Norway is the answer Lorchen. The fjords one is really calling to me at the moment....as well as a Caribbean....sigh!

Stomping feet, pouting...... I want to see them!! That's one of the few things that I really, really want to experience. But how to make sure that they'll be up there in the sky when I'm looking for them?? Financially I will definitely only be able to have one crack at it, sometime after retirement.

Debbie - When traveling across Canada with all the kids a long time ago, we stopped in Sask. on the side of the road, and the lady was selling Saskatoon Berry Pie. She called her husband who dashed over from the house and gave us all a private inside tour of the grain elevator. I finally found a cheap ceramic one to be used for a piggy bank, and everyone laughed at me, but I came home a painted a prairie scene from the photos I took, including the grain elevator. . I was a great Canadian experience traveling from Quebec to Northern BC and back. Have been to NB and NS, but want to go to PEI and Newfoundland next summer.


Have you ever had Saskatoon Berries?

I have seen the Northern Lights, here in Indiana, twice. They are fascinating to watch. Just beautiful.

I agree Terrie--the Northern Lights (Aurora) are eerily beautiful. Here they are not as colourful as farther north but still so pretty. And I have a piece of fabric my sister brought me from Alaska that has the Aurora on it. I think I am going to use it as the sky for a wall hanging I want to make of a grain elevator. I really like the old fashioned grain elevators which are disappearing.

Ritzy--glad you like the mug rug.

Rita, they are awe inspiring. Could watch them forever, like a rainbow.

Could be someone with a lot of talent and inspiration could make a batik-like Aurora Borealis. Maybe BJ - she's good at outer space stuff!

Two beautiful mug rugs. Renata, a beautiful mug rug for your friend. A lot less calories and it will never go off!

Debbie what a lovely mug rug you made for Ritzy. I would love to see the Aurora Borealis some day.

Love the maple leaf, no matter who made it!! Good job, Debbie!!

And what beautiful quilting, Renata! Love the way the circle is set off-center!

Nancy