When you’re out and about in China and need a snack, what do you reach for? Here are some common snacks where I live.
These folks make popcorn on the side of the road. It’s sweet here, not salty. Yum!
Ice cream. The one on the left is great — I’ve tried it. I’m not sure what the one on the right is (maybe pineapple?). But the one in the middle is a favorite all over China. What does it look like? Yes! It’s a green pea popsicle! They also sell corn and red beans ones too. They are sweetened, but still I can’t bear to eat it. Beeyuck! And as “Chinese” as my child is, she won’t even try one. You can see the price tag — 3 RMB (about 35 cents USD).
These are potatoes on a stick, deep fried. Pretty good. Usually 1 RMB per stick (that’s 12 cents USD).
Other popular on the go snacks are
- corn on the cob, boiled or roasted;
- whole sweet potatoes, baked;
- eggs boiled in a mixture of tea and spices;
- and stinky tofu deep fried on a stick. It’s terribly stinky — enough to make you want to vomit if your stomach is even a bit queasy. I can only imagine what the smell does to a pregnant woman!
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I have a friend that ate stinky tofu!!! The daughter of David and Marie Hazell (of My Father’s World) just went to China and ate some. Actually, an entire bowl. She said it was beyond horrible. But the worst thing was, after she ate it, she smelled! She smelled so bad and it had permeated her clothes, the other students she was with made her bathe and wash her clothes
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We love the baked sweet potatoes. Do you have the crunchy puffed rice things? They look like packing material and we found out that a bag of those works great to entertain the kids during long official banquets…you can lick them and they stick together so you can build elaborate structures.