Supermoon

[dcarch]

Supermoon tonight.

 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2014/07/11/saturday-supermoon-first-three-this-summer/Awwake5E7PSgPtOhFqP9uL/story.html

 

Going to a Chinese store and get some moon cakes and stay up to view the moon.

 

I hope it's not going to be cloudy.

 

dcarch

[Smithy]

That sounds like a great reason for a festival, sooner than the harvest festivals that happen around the time of the harvest moon. Moon cakes, moon pies, melons cut into moon crescents, what else would go along with a Supermoon festival? A luminous drink of some sort?

[cdh]

It is a mighty moon... orange and low and harvest-y looking... didn't think to eat anything special for it though...

[NewFoodie]

The Japanese have a tradition, called Tsukimi, of eating rice dumplings while viewing the September full moon (called Harvest Moon in the west, during which time the Japanese offer sweet potatoes to the full moon), as well as the October waxing moon (during which time, beans and chestnuts are offered to the waxing moon).

 

You can read about Tsukimi here:

 

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

http://japanesefood.about.com/od/holidaytraditionalfood/a/tsukimifood.htm

 

Also, the middle of summer falls right around the beginning of August.  IMHO, that's as good an excuse as any to share good food with friends and family outdoors while viewing the night sky.

 

And I think Hunter's Moon in October is also a good time for this custom.