Happy Lunar New Year to all my blogging buddies and readers! May the Year of the Rat be filled with many good eats!
I give fruit to my aunts and uncles for their Tet eve altar offerings, in return I get much better goodies.
My oldest uncle's family game me
lap xuong (Chinese sausage) from
Quang Tran, Inc. (our family's preferred brand),
banh tet (Vietnamese lunar new year sticky rice cakes), homemade Vietnamese head cheese with crunchy pig's ears (Yummy! I was totally craving this!), homemade sesame peanut candy, and
dua mon (Vietnamese pickles).
Last year, I wrote about
my family's tradition of making and gifting banh tet.
Hehehe. Look at the lovely crunchy cartilage bits in the head cheese.
The two packages on the left are fish and shrimp paste from my youngest aunt (which I'll save for some recipes later on), the two big
banh tet are from my youngest uncle's family, and the smaller
banh tet and mangoes are from my second-youngest uncle.
And
cousin Q even made
che troi nuoc (Vietnamese sticky rice dumplings).
Check out my fellow Vietnamese bloggers for
banh tet- and
banh chung-making posts.
Cathy of
Gastronomy helped her great-aunt make
banh tet in Saigon and then later gave instructions on
how to store and eat it.
Christine of
Holy Basil has step-by-step photos of making
banh chung.
Yen of
Viet Club helped her mom with the
two-day process of making banh chung.
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1 year ago today, one of my comfort soups -
canh bi voi tom (Vietnamese wintermelon soup with shrimp).
Last year, I wrote about my family's tradition of making and gifting banh tet.
Hehehe. Look at the lovely crunchy cartilage bits in the head cheese.
The two packages on the left are fish and shrimp paste from my youngest aunt (which I'll save for some recipes later on), the two big banh tet are from my youngest uncle's family, and the smaller banh tet and mangoes are from my second-youngest uncle.
And cousin Q even made che troi nuoc (Vietnamese sticky rice dumplings).
Check out my fellow Vietnamese bloggers for banh tet- and banh chung-making posts.
Cathy of Gastronomy helped her great-aunt make banh tet in Saigon and then later gave instructions on how to store and eat it.
Christine of Holy Basil has step-by-step photos of making banh chung.
Yen of Viet Club helped her mom with the two-day process of making banh chung.
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1 year ago today, one of my comfort soups - canh bi voi tom (Vietnamese wintermelon soup with shrimp).
oo..love these traditional treats. I am looking forward to try those rice cakes. They look good!
ReplyDeleteooh I'm so craving for the vietnamese head cheese with crunch pig's ears. I can't find it anywhere in the UK. Dua mon is another thing that I spent ages looking for but couldn't find it either. You're so lucky!!!Anyway belated happy new year and hope next year is going to be great for you. Hugs. x
ReplyDeleteDaphne,
ReplyDeleteI only eat the rice cakes at this time of year to keep them special.
Hedgehog,
I love, love the head cheese. :)