Nov
05
2018
Ingredients for life cooking and eating – Chinese Mustard Green In Snow (Brassica juncea var multiceps) | Xue Li Hong | 雪里红
The Chinese Mustard Green in Snow is a cultivar of mustard plant, a variation of the Chinese mustard. It is so named because of its Chinese name, Xue Li Hong (雪里红), meaning red in snow. During fall, this plant changes color to red, and in winter when it snow, people find the red foliage so striking against the white snow, they name it accordingly.
Nov
01
2018
Ingredients For Life Cooking & Eating – Giant Grouper Fish Head
Grouper Fish Head – 石斑鱼头 (shi ban yu tou)
Found these at the Renton 99 Range Market, an Asian grocery shop gear toward Chinese shopper. It’s a giant fish head of the grouper fish. The meat of the fish must have been fillet and sold separately, but fish heads are seldom available around here, especially in this size, so I got excited and grab one right away. It’s heavy, almost 5 pounds, perfect for all fish head recipes such as fish head soup, fish head curry, and fish head hotpot.
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27
2018
Ingredients For Life – Fresh Chinese Red Dates
Chinese Red Dates – Jujube – Ziziphus jujuba – 红枣 (hong zao) – 大枣 (da zao)
In most places, except some part in China I guess, the Chinese Red Dates (红枣 – Hong Zao), or Korean Red Dates, Japanese Red Dates, depending on the culture really, but its the same thing, usually comes dried, but lately, fresh red dates have been seen in Asian markets, so people knowing about them and eating them fresh must have grown, there’s a market for the fresh form now.
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14
2018
Century Eggs (皮蛋) | Ingredients | Food
Century eggs, or 100-year egg, or 1000-year egg, is a Chinese preserved egg call 皮蛋 (PiDan). It can be eaten just like that or used in a number of Chinese cuisine and recipes. Although in theory it can be made from any kind of egg, it is usually made with chicken, duck or quail eggs. I would love to see one made with ostrich egg, that would be something.
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