Fujian snacks

The horse cake

The horse cake

VicentaLakin

EACH OF US HAS ITS OWN HOME, MY HOME IN FUKUYA, AND TODAY I MAKE A TRADITIONAL DISH OF FRESH STICKY RICE POWDER AND RICE POWDER — THE “CAKE” HORSE CAKE (ALSO KNOWN AS “SCREECH CAKE”), WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY MADE FROM MINT LEAVES AND STEAMED IN A STEAM CAGE, AND WHICH IS FRESHLY BOILED WITH HOT HORSE CAKES THAT TASTE LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A QQ, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND, BEGAN IN MING GENERATION, IS NOT USED VERY WELL TODAY, AND WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE WITH HORSES INSTEAD OF MAN-MAN-MAN-MAN-MAN-MAN-MAN-MANUVED RICE. "SIXTY-TWO, TASTES OF GOLD; FOURTEEN, PICK IT UP." THE FIRST HALF OF JULY WAS THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE CHINESE DOLLAR FESTIVAL, COMMONLY KNOWN AS GHOST FESTIVAL. AT THAT POINT, THE TRADITIONAL FOODS OF THE QIANJIN PEOPLE — GOLDEN POTS AND HORSE CAKES — WERE PRODUCED IN THE RURAL AREAS OF TSUDA AS OFFERINGS OF WORSHIP. ON THE 14TH OF JULY, EVERY FAMILY WAS TO SACRIFICE ITS ANCESTORS, AND PEOPLE ATE GOLDEN BEADS AND HORSE CAKES TO HONOUR THEIR ANCESTORS。