Talk:Mooncake

message: I moved this from the main page:
"Snowy mooncakes was created by Hong Kong baker, Taipan Breads & Cakes Company Limited. Since it was launched in 1989, the snowy outlook and the refreshing taste of this revolutionized festive products has won the heart of customers, satisfying their "less sugar, less fat" taste requirement. Its sales and popularity were striking not only to the Hong Kong mooncake market, but also the bakery industry. 
These non-baked, chilled mooncakes, since it was launched, Taipan has introduced three generations of snowy mooncakes. The first generation is lotus seed paste based filling. The second generation is green bean paste based filling and the third generation is cream cheese based. 
Since the launch of "Taipan Snowy Mooncakes" 17 years ago, snowy mooncakes have become increasingly popular among customers and one of the best-selling products during the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to a survey by MDR in 2005, the market share of snowy mooncakes in the Hong Kong mooncake market has increased to nearly 40%, a significant presence despite the monopoly of traditional mooncakes in the past. The success is described as a legend in Hong Kong consumer market. The greater significance is laid on its revolutionary impact to the entire Chinese bakery and mooncake markets, which presents the industry players with insights - even a traditional product can be rejuvenated with new features and new market opporturnities. The renewed growth that it has brought about to the mooncake market has opened up a new era to the whole bakery industry."
Why was the information there replaced with this? Furthermore, can this really be verified that Taipan B&C lauched the mooncakes? Sjschen 21:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snowy mooncakes and Taipan 

message: The chinese term "冰皮" means either "ice-skin" or "cold-skin", as such I name the section Ice-skin moon-cake. Is this wrong?Sjschen 21:37, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course, ice is cold, but 冰 means ice, cold means 冷. However, snow sounds nicer.--95.116.242.202 (talk) 22:10, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snow-skin or Ice-skin 

message: There two type of this paste one known as Black bean paste made from mung bean and caw pan or chaw pan the form and color of this caw pan are red powder.
other type are made from Plaint mung bean with not added caw pan known as green bean paste.Daimond 14:10, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mung Bean

message: I not agree to in filling type red bean paste than latter talk about black bean paste
as history record black bean paste come first than other filling come after that.
so the common knowlege are black bean paste than red bean paste come later example in Indonesia only few this year we know about red bean paste, but black bean paste already known from old times.
red beanpaste are popular in japan and come throught out anime circular, but black bean paste known since the china people go aboard from china mainland to other country since ancient times.Daimond 14:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Although the paste is rather dark brownish, the Chinese call it 红豆沙 (red bean paste).--95.116.242.202 (talk) 22:06, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: BLACK BEAN PASTE OR RED BEAN PASTE

message: Mention is made in the article about the symbolism of mooncake and the mooncake festival being lost through commercialisation, but no mention about what the actual symbolism is, can some one please clarify the deeper cultural meanings behind the confection, the giving/recieving of them, and a brief overview of the festival itself? Satur9 20:11, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Symbolism

message: "Under the Song Dynasty (420), the day was officially declared for Mid-Autumn Festival."  What's that '420' doing there?  Is that supposed to be a date?  That doesn't fit into the timespan of the Song Dynasty...  When was it actually declared?  --Niten (talk) 07:04, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: In Japan, the mooncake is also known as the Japanese Pancake or Martabak Jepang (Japanese: 日本 の パンケーキ) or Bakpang.[9]
This cannot possibly be true. "Martabak Jepang" doesn't follow Japanese phonotactics; "日本 の パンケーキ" says "nippon no pankeeki", not anything like "martabak jepang". Perhaps there is a dish somewhere else that goes by this name?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.141.1.96 (talk) 18:23, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japan 

message: I wasn't certain why the Citation tag was here in the first place.  Having lived in Southeast Asia for 11 years, I've consumed my fair share of mooncakes.  I had the privilege of visiting Taiwan and there, we purchased a few boxes of mooncakes.  And yes, this article is spot on.  Mooncakes rock!!!!!--Ronewirl (talk) 02:37, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation Tag 

message: Before 1990s, mooncakes were just one of many bakery products available in food stores in China all the year round. Toward the end of the 20th century, the mooncake culture started to change. Now the mooncakes are available only shortly before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the prices have sky-rocketed to absurdity. A box of 4 mooncakes, for instance, can cost as much as US$2000. There have also been mooncakes reportedly made of gold and silver intended for gifts. 
I think there should be a section about this recent development of the mooncake culture in China. --Roland 01:04, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Mooncake Culture Development in China since 1990s 

message: I have temporarily added this:
On the other hand, as the fortune cookie originated in either Japan or the USA, there may in fact be no link to mooncakes.  
but suggest that the entire text on fortune cookies be removed from this article as irrelevant, unsupported, and uninteresting.  
—DIV (120.19.1.177 (talk) 13:27, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fortune cookies 

message: Hi, I am a new member of the Wikipedia community. As I was reading this article (good job by the way!), it came to my attention that  the links of citations 1 and 7 won't open. Please update the citation section. Thank you! --Dotydorado (talk) 20:07, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issues Regarding to Citations 

message: The article states prominently that an average mooncake is approximately 1,000 calories (4,200 kJ) per 100 grams. This is ambiguous and misleading - There are many different types of mooncakes with many kinds of fillings and also many types of crust. I'm look at several different mainland Chinese mooncakes from different bakeries and all of them are in the range of 1,700 to 2,300 kJ per 100 gram serving - Still a heavy treat but much less than what the article states. This might be thr true caloric information for a pure lotus seed paste mooncake, but as another part of the article points out, white beans are used as a cheaper filling these days. White bean paste (or red or mung bean paste) is much lower in calories than lotus seed paste.
--124.119.152.216 (talk) 10:17, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calories 

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