Thursday, January 19, 2006
Chinese New Year Goodies
You know CNY is here when you see all these goodies bundled up and given auspicious names like "Jin Yu Man Tang" when all they have are cashew nuts. *Sheesh* Or "Yi Fan Feng Shun" when it's actually shrimp rolls.
This is known as nian gao. A sticky cake made of brown sugar and flour etc. You wait for it to harden before opening it up and you can fry it with egg or some steam it and douse it with coconut shreds.
What we bought for CNY. Cuttlefish cubes, pine nuts, melon seeds and pistachios and some other sweets that you would not want to buy if not for CNY.
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You know CNY is here when you see all these goodies bundled up and given auspicious names like "Jin Yu Man Tang" when all they have are cashew nuts. *Sheesh* Or "Yi Fan Feng Shun" when it's actually shrimp rolls.
This is known as nian gao. A sticky cake made of brown sugar and flour etc. You wait for it to harden before opening it up and you can fry it with egg or some steam it and douse it with coconut shreds.
What we bought for CNY. Cuttlefish cubes, pine nuts, melon seeds and pistachios and some other sweets that you would not want to buy if not for CNY.
¶ 3:13 PM
