Word: rice
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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People of all ages stop to buy rice porridge or yu-t'iao, a deep-fried cruller that sells for 20. Others, in every available space, are somberly engaged in t'ai-chi-ch'uan, the balletic, trancelike exercise that is supposed to tone all muscles and compose the soul...
...Phoenix Meets Dragon hi Brilliant Courtyard - a spicy consummation of chicken breasts (symbol of femininity) and ham (for masculinity) - and a casserole of clear-simmered Lions' Heads; lacking lionburger, they consist of leonine pork meatballs in a gingery sauce. Some dishes, such as egg fu yung and fried rice, are familiar to Americans, since at least 90% of all Chinese food served in the U.S. is based on Cantonese recipes. But the real meal in China - Peking duck, for example - could not be mistaken for one in Chinatown, U.S.A. Almost all Cantonese dishes are steamed or stir-fried. Texture...
...rigid as those of the minuet or mah-jongg. Beside every place setting are three glasses: a big one for beer and two shot-size glasses that will briefly contain mao-tai, a colorless 160-proof liquor that could power China's first moon shot, and a red, rice-based wine that tastes like a blend of Campari and cough syrup. The beer, bitter and warm, is served immediately and may be immediately sipped. The mao-tai and the wine, however, are reserved for toasts, which soon ensue, copiously, capaciously and loquaciously. Most are raised...
...Hsinching commune, like any farm within hundreds of miles of Shanghai, exists to meet the city's insatiable appetite. Its 2,330 acres are planted mostly with vegetables, though the commune also raises rice, wheat, animal fodder and some livestock. The peasants are particularly proud of their plump chickens, which they say are of a Chinese breed; in fact, they are White Leghorns and (appropriately) Rhode Island Reds...
...Among other coveted "things that go round," as the rural Chi nese put it, they have an electric clock, a sewing machine and two bi cycles. The rooms are adequately furnished: three beds, a desk, a large table, rune chairs, fluorescent-light tube, two big jars for storage of rice and a small glass-topped dresser on which sits a bowl of fruit. After deductions for then-semiannual oil and rice allotments, the Ch'ens earn around $29 a month, though this depends on "work points," earned on performance in the field. They also raise some food - and possibly...