Zongzi- Glutinous Rice Dumplings

Zongzi- Glutinous Rice Dumplings
Mar 21, 2007 03:07
EVENING Points: Join Date: Dec 5, 2006 Status: offline	Hi, friends, Have you ever tasted 'Zongzi' ? It is a most traditional Chinese appetizer and festival food for Dragon Boat Day(May 5th). Legends has that Qu Yuan(394BC-278BC), a great literate in chinese history, killed himself by jumpting into Miluo River beacuse of his desperation towards the political career. To avoid his body be eaten by sharks, people made Zongzi and threw them into the river to feed sharks.

Mar 21, 2007 03:07

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Hi, friends,

Have you ever tasted 'Zongzi' ? It is a most traditional Chinese appetizer and festival food for Dragon Boat Day(May 5th). Legends has that Qu Yuan(394BC-278BC), a great literate in chinese history, killed himself by jumpting into Miluo River beacuse of his desperation towards the political career.

To avoid his body be eaten by sharks, people made Zongzi and threw them into the river to feed sharks.

Mar 21, 2007 03:09	#1
EVENING Points: Join Date: Dec 5, 2006 Status: Offline	Anyway, this is a particular and very delicious food! The stuffings are usually beacurd paste, red jujube, glutinous rice and sometimes hams and pork. The stuffings are packaged by bamboo leaves in triangle forms, very attractive!!

Mar 21, 2007 03:10	#2
EVENING Points: Join Date: Dec 5, 2006 Status: Offline	The stuffings of Zongzi

Mar 21, 2007 03:12	#3
EVENING Points: Join Date: Dec 5, 2006 Status: Offline	I do really love it and want to learn how to make it! Is there anyone who is also interested? cheers! : )

Mar 21, 2007 03:29	#4
MAY001 Points: Join Date: Sep 28, 2005 Status: Offline	Anyway, I like Zongzi :)

Mar 21, 2007 04:17	#5
CONNY129 Points: Join Date: May 25, 2005 Status: Offline	I helped my mum to make Zong Zi when I was a child,but now we only buy it when Dragon Boat Festival comes.

Mar 21, 2007 04:20	#6
MAY001 Points: Join Date: Sep 28, 2005 Status: Offline	I like meat stuffing of Huzhou or Jiaxing Zongzi. They are so very delicious!!

Mar 21, 2007 04:24	#7
FAERIEQUEENE Points: Join Date: Aug 8, 2006 Status: Offline	When served some people sprinkle over with soy and other with white sugar like icing. I like eating with sugar.

Mar 21, 2007 04:28	#8
CONNY129 Points: Join Date: May 25, 2005 Status: Offline	and sometimes I dipped it with honey

Mar 21, 2007 04:56	#9
FAERIEQUEENE Points: Join Date: Aug 8, 2006 Status: Offline	very nice try...

Mar 21, 2007 05:36	#10
LIONPOWER Points: Join Date: Dec 11, 2006 Status: Offline	Oh my God! Eaten many times--- Is pork in it? Next time when in China, I will beat my friends ( just on the nose) who offer this

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