Mid-Autumn Festival and the Mooncakes

This past Sunday was the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated by Chinese, and I would imagine most Asians celebrate something similar to it. Mooncakes, as pictured above, are typically eaten during this time. Honestly, I think that mooncakes taste horrible. That weird egg yolk thing stuck in the middle is downright disgusting. I would never say this in public because, well, the wife likes them.

According to legend, the cakes symbolize the overthrow of the Mongols at the end of the Yuan dynasty in the 14th century when secret notes baked into them helped spark an uprising. I guess the Mongols didn't like the taste either, otherwise they would have bitten into them found the notes, right?