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Zongzi is the traditional Chinese food

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This entry was posted on Saturday, June 7th, 2008.

Tomorrow is China Dragon Boat Festival, likes the other traditional festivals, we Chinese eat special food in the special day.

For example, we eat mooncake in the middle autumn, dumpling in Chinese new year, and Zongzi in the dragon boat festival.

Zongzi made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. The shape of zongzi range from relatively tetrahedral to cylindrical. Wrapping a zongzi neatly is a skill which is passed down through families, as are the recipes.

The fillings used for zongzi vary from region to region, but the rice used is always glutinous rice. Depending on the region, the rice may be lightly precooked by stir-frying or soaked before using, and the fillings may be sweet.

I like Zongzi, if you does not heart it before, I suggest you taste it, it’s great delicious.


10 Responses to “Zongzi is the traditional Chinese food”

liciece
June 8th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

你的粽子很吸引我啊,在马来西亚这儿的粽子,除了猪肉之外还有很多其他的材料,比如黄豆、咸蛋黄之类的,材料虽然丰富,可我还是比较喜欢从小奶奶裹得鲜肉粽,口味很难变了。 :)

Shangning
June 8th, 2008 at 11:56 pm

北方最正宗的就是江米小枣的粽子,而南方可能口味就比较多了,但是我从来没吃过那些口味的。

kbguy
June 9th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

we eat that too. We have that at most of the China Town in Malaysia. But yesterday was the festival so we eat that as breakfast, lunch and dinner. I love them !

kbguy
June 9th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

over here, we call it “bak chang” in hokkien.

liciece
June 9th, 2008 at 10:51 pm

上海的口味挺简单的,传统的就是猪肉粽,没有其他的配料的,相比之下,广东和福建,粽子的馅料就会丰富多了.

fiftypushing
June 10th, 2008 at 2:44 am

This food looks absolutely amazing in your pictures! I’ve never seen anything like it. Your photography is fantastic!

Shangning
June 10th, 2008 at 3:28 am

Hi, fiftypushing, I found that my blog has been appeared in your blog, thanks your comments and thanks you links my blog.

I am happy to read so many comments :)

The comments more and more, I have to blog comparably harder, show more China stories to you :D

mike
June 11th, 2008 at 4:23 am

are the bamboo leaves eaten, too?

Shangning
June 11th, 2008 at 4:55 am

Hi, mike, the leaves can not be eaten ;)

Keron Calame
July 15th, 2008 at 10:09 am

This is kinda similar to something that we make here in jamaica, but ours is made from flour, sugar and spices then rapped in banana leaves and then boiled…

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