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The ‘wood ear‘ is the name translated directly from Chinese ‘Mu’er 木耳‘ for a group of related edible fungus. Most commonly, this refers to the ‘black wood ear‘ – the Auricularia auricula-judae – which comes from its common English name,…
‘Jiuniang’ 酒酿, also known as ‘Laozao’ 醪糟, is a traditional homemade Chinese sweet rice liquor. Unique to the Han Chinese population, this practise is popular in pure Han communities in central, northern and western parts of China, as well as in migrant Han enclaves such as the Hakkas 客家 in southeastern coastal China and on Taiwan island.
It’s ironic that my first post about a Hunan (Xiang) dish is not known or recognised in Hunan at all, but it is the best known Chinese dish across the whole of the United States. This dish was inspired by…
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