We are having the Lunar New Year party at my besties house on Saturday. It’s always the best time, I can’t wait!
Merry Year of the Snake!
Damn, Chinese must party really hard. I wished everyone happy new year and went to bed minutes after midnight. Here you are keeping the party alive nearly a month later!
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Happy new year!
I spent it in the countryside with family and just got home to watch the new years show.
I have a girlfriend now after two years single, so that’s pretty chill. 🤷
With my wife and extended family in her hometown in rural Henan. It’s bloody cold and the air quality is absolutely miserable, but everyone is having a good time.
Sounds fun! Same situation here. Windows stay open in the home to let air in right? Haha. It was a super blue sky today further west but it has been gray for the last two weeks
Yeah same blue sky here, we only arrived yesterday so I can’t tell what is was before. Windows had been open for 2 years, so we had a nice cover of assorted carcinogens all through the house. Always nice to visit… ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
What’s the best dish you had?
Some smoked beef chunks, the in-laws are beef wholesalers, their game is spot on.
Yours?
That sounds awesome! Lucky you for having awesome cooks in the family.
I don’t eat meat anymore but the best meat that I know from when I did was probably huiguorou or larou. The first is like a pan fried thick pork belly. The second is winter curred sausage. I just had a pan fried tofu dish and jiucai. Both yummy. Grandma gave me her pickled garlic which I really liked.
Took the time to interview her about the 60s. It was interesting!
Oh yeah I know both of those dishes, they are excellent as well! Pickled garlic is also amazing, especially on a Friday night if you don’t plan to meet anyone all weekend 😂
How challenging was it to bring across that you don’t eat meat? I have a feeling that would be quite alienating with my in-laws, their whole world revolves around meat.
That’s fun they make it too :) Is your Henan food spicy or what? Never been!
I think pretty much every family member in China doesn’t really get it and frequently tells me I can in fact eat meat. They said, my PILs have cooked plenty of plantbased meals for me. Eating this way was a personal choice but I am also Buddhist. I also get a lot of comments telling me that monastics in China eat meat, which isn’t necessarily true, so why don’t I. Then I also get the silly questions saying well what about shrimp? Or fish? Or pork? lol more silly than pressured.
