Mid-Autumn Festival season is the perfect time to make lanterns, reunite with loved ones, and eat some mooncakes with a side of your favorite steamed buns, of course! š®š„®š
It has been so fun sharing what the Mid-Autumn Festival is all about and what each character in this special edition symbolizes!
The second bao in this Special Edition Mid-Autumn Festival Themed isā¦the Jade Rabbit! š°š
š„® WHO IS THE JADE RABBIT?
The Jade Emperor was in search of someone trustworthy, responsible, and honorable to manage the elixirs and pills created for immortality. He didnāt trust humans, so he came to Earth and decided to choose 3 between animals: a fox, a rabbit, and a monkey. He disguised himself as an old man to test their their virtues. He told them he was too weak to find food. The monkey and fox quickly offered food; however, the rabbit couldnāt find anything. Feeling guilty, the rabbit offered himself and threw himself into the fire. The Jade Emperor was moved by his sacrifice and gave the rabbit eternal life and full responsibility for the immortality medicines.
š„® HOW DID JADE RABBIT END UP ON THE MOON?
One night, the Queen Mother of the West came searching for the immortality elixir. She became upset and aggressive when Jade Rabbit denied her request. In fear, Jade Rabbit handed over the extra immortality pill to the Queen Mother. The Jade Emperor found out about Jade Rabbitās action and was furious. He gave Jade Rabbit the chance to choose his own punishment to which Jade Rabbit promised he would go and live locked away in the Moon Palace, with Changāe, The Moon Goddess, forever.
š°āØ The Jade Rabbit now symbolizes selflessness, piety, and sacrifice.
The first bao in my Special Edition: Mid-Autumn Festival Steamed Buns isā¦ the šāØMOON GODDESSāØš
š„® WHO IS THE MOON GODDESS?
The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates the ancient story of the Goddess of the Moon, Changāe (嫦åØ„) and her husband, Hou Yi (åē¾æ).
Hou Yi was a famous archer and one day, he made a journey to visit the Lady Queen Mother, who granted him an elixir that would guarantee immortality once consumed.
Hou Yi returned home and gave the elixir to Changāe to keep safe. However, a man named Feng Meng had an evil plan of his own. When Hou Yi was out on on a hunt, Feng Meng broke into the coupleās home in search of the elixir.
Changāe, unwilling to betray her husband, quickly drank the potion in order to keep it from Feng Meng. The elixir of immortality caused Chengāe to rise off the ground towards the sky and into the heavens.
Hou Yi watched as Chengāe flew and landed on the closest celestial body to Earth – the Moon.
Hou Yi celebrated his wife by cooking all her favorite foods and placing them on an altar. Chinese people now pray for Changāe, Goddess of the Moon, for peace and good luck.
How’s this set for the Mid-Autumn Festival pop-up event?
September is finally here! Here are my September monthly spread. I read HP almost 20 years ago and can’t believe I still remember some of the characters’ names. What a fun BUJO theme this month!
Can you believe it’s almost September already?! I had so much fun making the September BUJO with the Harry Potter themed characters. Stay tuned for more!
Haven’t had bao buns in a while. After finishing up work, I had some time to make these cute little bao buns to go with the lamb slices. So soft and fluffy which makes this ‘riceless’ meal perfect.
I’m super happy how beautiful this turned out. What’s more exciting is that I finally got the “ear” to turn out the way is supposed to. Ł©(āāæā)Ū¶
After baking so many loaves and plowing through YouTubers for tips and tricks, I just couldn’t get the ear to rise properly. Don’t get me wrong, the bread still tastes great, but I can never achieve the coveted “ear”. Well, I can’t say I have succeeded because this is the first time. I’m going to keep trying to see if I can continue with this, then I would be super happy! I have to remember what I did this time that’s different from previous trials. Stay tuned…
This morning we were near in Mission District, and happy we made a stop at the BASA Fish Market to pick up some fresh sushi grade salmon. We don’t visit that area very often. I remember I used to BART over just to pick some up during lunch. So it’s been a while. My goodness…This is so good, almost drooling looking at the picture. I guess this is another reason why we don’t need to go out for our meals…
Following a recipe from IG reel using the air fryer for the (lemongrass) chicken and hers turn out much crispier (at least that’s what I heard from the audio). I’m not sure what happened, but regardless, it still tastes good!
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