I made total 4 mooncakes this year, each weights 170 grams. One of them broke after I took it off from the wooden mold. I had to throw it away.
 
So, these three are the only ones successed. There was lots of efforts had put in to make these mooncakes...
 
Made my own salty egg yolks, the process took total one and half month.
 
The special syrup which took me one and half hour to complete.
 
The lotus seed paste made from dried lotus seeds took me 4 hours to complete.
 
The dough wrap was the easiest part, took one hour.
 
The ratio of dough wrap to the filling is 2:8 which means 34 grams dough wraps 111 grams filling plus two egg yolks.
 
But all the efforts was worth for when Alan and I enjoyed those golden brown, rich and tender goodies the day after.

 
                
Clockwise: inside look, the homemade syrup, the wooden mooncake mold.
 
P.S. for a party a month later, I also made a patch of Shanghai style mooncakes, they were delicious and desired as well.

                    
We had some frozen strawberries in the freezer for quite a while, decided to get rid of this pack of "clutter". I asked Alan to make strawberry muffins, and I didn't even know there was such a thing. Guess what, there is always someone had tried out things you and I even hadn't heard of.
 
So here they are, great looking strawberry muffins!
 
                   
                      The texture inside. pretty good eh?

Morcela - Portuguese blood sausage made from beef blood, pork fat, onions, garlic, and spices. I saw it in a Portugal grocery store in Fall River, MA. I had to try it. Bought a shortest link I could find, sliced it then made it into an omelet. It tasted not bad but not good either, not something I would buy again.