A Sweet Banana Hot Dog

This week in primary 4 reading workshop I made Sweet Banana Hot Dogs for the children in class. I have to apologise that not everyone had a chance to have it. So I've decided to put up the recipe on my blog so that pupils can try at home. Enjoy it!

A Sweet Banana Hot Dog

Things Needed

1. A plate

2. A butter knife

3. A pair of gloves

Ingredients

1 hot dog bun

1 banana

1 tablespoon of nutella

1 tablespoons of peanut butter

sprinkles (optional) or raisins (optional) or chocolate chips (optional)

1. First, spread the peanut butter on one side of the hotdog

2. Second, spread nutella on the other side of the hot dog bun.

3. Next place the banana in the middle of the hot dog bun.

4. Then put some peanut butter or nutella on top of the banana

5. After that, sprinkle some sprinkles, raisins or chocolate chips on the banana

6. Finally, your yummy Sweet Banana Hot Dog is ready to eat!

Mid Autumn Festival

Mid Autumn Festival just passed. When I was living in Singapore, it was not a special festival for me. I would buy mooncakes and eat them at home. My favourite is the snowskin with egg yolks. It is so yummy. But living in Hong Kong, I realised that Mid Autumn Festival is very important to the Chinese people.

I found out that the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar (the other being the Chinese Lunar New Year). Families gather around for dinner. I also found out that there are legends from Mid-Autumn Festival. I found it all very fascinating and interesting. I read the information below from Hong Kong Tourism Board.

Chang O

The Mid-Autumn Festival is linked to the ancient fable of the beautiful Chang O, wife of the Divine Archer. The tale is told of how she took a magical pill from her husband and suddenly began floating into the air all the way to the moon! She remains there to this day, and on the full moon of the eighth lunar month, her beauty casts a silvery glow upon the earth! Moon Cake During the Mid-Autumn Festival people eat sweet tasting cakes called moon cakes made of ground lotus and sesame seed paste, egg yolk and other ingredients. Moon cakes symbolise the gathering of friends and family and are an indispensable part of the Mid-Autumn festivities. Moon cakes are also associated with the overthrow of the Mongol invaders in the 14th century. The story goes that Chinese revolutionaries planned to revolt against the government on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. This message was passed around hidden in moon cakes amongst the people who subsequently rose up and overthrew the oppressive tyrant. Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance The annual dance, with the 67-metre-long fiery dragon made up of thousands of burning joss sticks, originated in Tai Hang more than a hundred years ago in an effort to ward off evil spirits that were harming the village. It worked and ever since then the villagers have performed the dance every year. Make sure you see this unique Hong Kong folk ritual.

Do you have any other information or legends about the Mid Autumn Festival? How did you spend your Mid Autumn Festival? I did not do anything special. I went for a walk with my husband and my dog around Park Island.