Saturday, June 23, 2012

Day 103 (6.22.12): Zhong Zi--Sticky Rice w/Assorted Filling


Zhong Zi (Sticky Rice w/Assorted Filling)

We eat these for the Dragon Boat or Double Fifth festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year--credit to Wikipedia for my misleading apparent knowledge of my own culture.

Remember that guy Li Bai? Me neither. He's been dead for centuries, but I still remember having to read all of his poems and somesuch, one of which included a sort of ode to the moon and Chinese-like things. Here's the man of the hour:

Li Bai, Chinese Poet




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