As the Duan Wu Festival approaches during the month of June, you’ll see fresh zongzi for sale in Chinatowns everywhere and even at your local Chinese grocery store. For us in China, it all started with a visit down Nanjing Road in Shanghai, where Judy and I saw a long line of peopl...
Continue to find and cut along membranes and seams. Separate the pork chunks from the middle, and near the narrow part of the pork on the leg. You can cut the medium pieces into chunks for stewing, ground pork, or even butterflied pieces for roasting/char siu. NOTE: It’s not necessary...
it’s the most efficient and enjoyable way to let people know that there’s food hitting the table. Ours recently cracked (from some overenthusiastic dinner-belling by ahem…me) so we’re actually in the market for a new one, and a sturdy cast iron bell is just the ticket...
so I think I will save the details for another post. You should know that it’s a seasonal item, for sale around Qing Ming (清明) or theDragon Boat Festival, because the vegetation that turns the dough green is only available in spring. They will slowly hit the market by the time you...