Gifting is a big part of Chinese culture, and it seems that the dominant gift here is food. We’ve received a number of food gifts lately, including sugar cane to munch on:
bell apples and star fruit:
“pancakes” from a northeastern province:
and a huge bag full of Chinese red dates:
To make good use of the dates, Susan embarked on the ambitious process of preparing two loaves of date-nut bread. After almost two hours of cutting out pits and chopping, she had the 5 cups of dates needed:
and after a long time in our “toaster oven,” the finished product:
(PS. We also recently received some macadamia nuts (in their shells), which Susan cracked and used to make cookies. She now has a much greater appreciation for the bags of ready-to-use nuts…)
Food Gifts
March 15th, 2017 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
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That bread looks good! Crazy amount of work, but hope it was worth it 🙂