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Keywords: Wuxi cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, tuanzi, Chinese pastry I also read elsewhere that ancient yulanbing “magnolia cakes” did contain magnolias, and were indeed available only in spring when the eponymous flower bloomed. 后来在其他文章当中，也有看到介绍玉兰饼从前的确包含玉兰，并且只有花期才会供应。 Magnolia petals would be picked, washed, dried and finely chopped, then mixed w/ sticky rice flour left… Continue Reading I Came, I Saw Magnolias, I Conquered Some Magnolia Cakes

Keywords: Suzhou cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, mutton, Lamb, Cangshu, Tianping Mountain The “lake sheep” huyang was previously written as 胡羊 not 湖羊, with the 胡 in the former probably denoting its “foreign” or “barbarian” origin. This 胡 nomenclature dates back to ancient times. For example, the wide range of bing (饼)… Continue Reading Southern Chinese Cuisine Has No Tasty Mutton? Try Suzhou's Cangshu Mutton Cooked in Wooden Tub