What is an easy to find Chinese dessert that would also be affordable?

Question

I'm doing a presentation on Chinese dessert and I need to explain one Chinese dessert that I would share with the class. I thought almond cookies would be good, but I can't find a whole lot on almonds and why they are used in Chinese food. What would be an easy Chinese dessert that contains elements with historic value?

Answer 1

Google books and wikipedia may help you.

Answer 2

I would definitely suggest the mooncake, which is a popular, authentic Chinese dessert, with a lot of history. It was used during the Ming Revolution as a way to secretly send messages, they would put notes into the cakes. There are different variations on the Moon Cake, and it's usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn festival. Fillings include red bean paste, yellow paste, and a dried egg yolk. If you want to try to buy them, go to your local Chinatown/Chinese community and find a Chinese/Vietnamese bakery or Asian Grocery Store where you can buy them (They are usually in a tin can in Chinese Grocery stores)

Answer 3

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/desserts...

Answer 4

How about a simple fruit salad with lychee nuts? ..... I spent a month in China, and we had plain watermelon after each meal:)

Answer 5

Fortune Cookies.

Answer 6

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/foodfest...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooncake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_tart

Heyy I'm 100% Chinese and here are some easy things..to make...okay as u should know Chinese ppls don't usually have too many desserts this is as simple and traditional as I can find...

first of all the first link is how to make moon cakes which is accustomed to autum moon festival..and then the next link is a wikipedia to the history of moon cakes..ik that sometimes their not accurate..but I read over it and it's pretty decent, then the last link is to egg tarts which is a chinese pastery..you can also say a dessert...they usually sell egg tarts at a chinese bakery, but if your not close to a big city or china town then you'll have to make them your self

then here's the link to make egg tarts

http://www.recipezaar.com/42189

plus almond cookies and fortune cookies are more americanized nowadays...good luck on ur project..I'm 13 and i had to do a project too and I got an A..just make it interesting..but mine was just on food, and luck me my family is very traditional and both my mom and dad are asian chefs and they own a restaurant..:)

oh i'm sorry i almost forgot if u do buy it then it should cost that much plus u can cut them up and split them..i mean ur not feeding ur class ur only giving them a sample..i mean the moon cakes u can split up into 4 peices the egg tarts should be split into 3 peices...good luck again....

Answer 7

chinese people don't really eat dessert in the western sense