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Chuseok rice cakes are steamed on pine needles
For Korea’s harvest celebration Chuseok, families prepare songpyeon: rice cakes filled with ingredients such as sesame or beans. They are steamed over pine needles, which impart fragrance. Half-moon shapes are familiar, although round versions also exist.
The moon on the plate need not match the one in the sky.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-10