White Dragon
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Chinese Miao Cuisine: Colorful, Spicy, and more!
The Miao are an ethnic minority, and admiring the glistening silver jewelry the women wear from head to toe, you may think they are rich. But the Miao lead a hard and simple life in remote mountainous areas of southern and southwestern China. Food showed on a table is not luxurious at all even in their holidays and big ceremonies. However the Miao have some unique food which is unlike that in most places of China.
Colorful glutinous rice
Glutinous rice is the staple food of Miao culture. During holidays they prepare a unique colorful rice for their guests. There are five different colors in the rice: yellow, red, white, black, and blue. The colors are made of many different plants, like mulberries. The colors are amazing and the rice is quite sweet.
The colorful sticky rice is usually sent by the single women as a gift to their partners. They can place a few different things in the rice basket to tell how they feel about the men. A bamboo hook tells the man to get an umbrella for the girl as a present. The branch of a tree indicates they will break up. A piece of toon sprout indicates they will marry soon. The couple will eat glutinous rice paste with the painting of baby, dragon, and phoenix on it, when they get married.
Oil-tea
A very common Miao beverage is “oil-tea.”Some people have it as their everyday drink. Tea leaves are fried in a pan with ginger, salt, and oil. Then add water, and boil them together. Using a mallet, the tea leaves are pounded into specks and then the concoction is boiled for a longer while. The tea is then filtered and mixed together with corn, beans, peanuts, or glutinous rice, and then some spring onions, garlic, and peppers can be added.
Finally a cup of rich and deep tea is ready.
Together with oil-tea, a chopstick is often provided. If you don't want any more tea, just put the chopstick onto your bowl. If not, you will be continually given tea!
Sour soup
A special sour soup is served all year round. It is made of fermented rice, steamed cabbage and other vegetables. The Miao like to cook meat, chicken or fish with this sour soup to make the dishes tasting a bit sour and more delicious.
Spicy flavoring
In ancient times, it was very difficult for the Miao to get salt, so they used hot peppers to add flavor to their dishes and developed a taste for very spicy food. Today, minced and fried chili peppers are the main spices added into Miao dishes.
There are many ways to cook chili peppers. They can be baked or fried, then blended with garlic, ginger or soy sauce to have various flavor. The flavoring can be kept for quite a long time after it is put into a jar.
Chicken and duck
The Miao like chicken and duck meat, and especially chicken or duck’s heart. The innards are almost always reserved for the elderly and special guests to show respect.
Wine
Wine has a long history among the Miao. Almost every Miao family can make wine at home.
A unique fruit and glutinous rice can be used to make a sweet wine which tastes good and helps digestion. Going to a Miao village, you will be welcomed by the local people with a whole wine service. As many as twelve places from the road to their village gate are designated as the sites for this service. You will be a great man if you can drink up all 12 bowls of wine! Don't feel uneasy if you can't. Use your lips to softly touch the bowl, and with a polite "Dou She Mo," which means "Thank you" in the Miao!” then you can go.
Visit the Miao villages during their holidays, and you can enjoy their exciting singing and dancing performances, along with their fascinating embroidery and silver ornaments like the unique silver earrings. And sure, you can taste various kinds of wine as well!
White Dragon – EIMAI (feat.Taki Tsan, DJ MCD, Jaira, ChuCho)
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