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Some of the worst misrepresenting images of food advertising. The promise: Jianbing - Breakfast Pancakes What they served: No comment. I'm speechless.

Most Yunnan mushrooms are wild and so foraged. They can be rather rare and seasonable and therefore on the pricy side but price also vary widely with the season and the harvest. One of the more common is 鸡纵菌 (jī zòng jūn), chicken mushrooms, umbrella mushrooms and sometimes termite mushrooms. The latter name is important , but somewhat misleading, in that there are many species called that. The Termitomyces family to which they all belong contains 52 types. The importance lies in that they grow in a symbiotic relationship with termites. In other words, they feed each other. They grow in Yunnan, but also in Guizhou and here in Guangxi on termite mounds in the mountain areas. It is said that there are seven varieties in Yunnan. I have access to these three. This 👆 is known just as chicken mushroom as it is the most common. These 👆 are 'torch chicken mushrooms'. And these 👆 are open umbrella mushrooms, Termitomyces albuminosus. Care must be taken when foraging these as they can easily be mistaken for Chlorophyllum molybdites, which are poisonous and can causes potentially serious vomiting and diarrhea. They are the most consumed poisonous mushroom in North America. All these are simply fried, often with ham, and often used in soups where they can take long cooking. Some people think they taste like chicken; others like enoki mushrooms. I’m in the middle. I find that mildly sweet with a slightly crunch texture 黑皮鸡枞菌, black skin chicken mushrooms are a related cultivated variety which are more widely available in recent years.

Any version of Amazon does the same. Not just UK. Using the one relating to your own country is generally more likely to give goods available locally. Amazon.com : spice books

Stuff on sticks 烤羊肉串 (kǎo yáng ròu chuàn) Spicy grilled lamb skewer 烤刀鱼串 (kǎo dāo yú chuàn) Spicy grilled Chinese tapertail anchovy This is Coilia nasus. Much larger than the anchovies you're probably used to; they grow up to 41cm / 16 inches but this one was 26cm / 10¼ inches. They are native to local waters. I ate these with some 馕 (náng), naan bread. Feel stuffed.

Fried Scorpions.

Yunnan Province in south-west China has international borders with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar / Burma. Internally, it borders Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and Tibet. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. It is renowned for its biodiversity and especially its abundance of mushrooms, with over 800 different edible varieties. Many are exclusive to Yunnan, some not so much. Yunnan Mushrooms For the next few days, I’ll post just a few starting with this: 红牛肝菌 (hóng niú gān jūn), Boletus gansuensis, Red Boletes. These are also found in Gansu province, hence the scientific name.

Thanks I've been looking forward to your report. And so glad that, for once, you didn't get sick! Roll on, part two!

Maybe I just like a bit of a chew. I find regular burger buns too spongy, soft and yes, sweet.

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Hmmm. Interesting. I've never had that problem.

Same in China. It's what I do with the Sichuan Facing Heaven type.

Did you know that the word 'garlic' in English is derived from the Old English gárléac from gar + léac meaning 'spear leek', so originally referring to the shoots or scapes rather than the bulb? Maybe they were more important to the English 2,000 years ago. I don't know; I wasn't around then although my great-grand children think I was!

I don't know for sure, but it strikes me it is much more likely to be Chinese. China exports approximately ⅔ of the world supply. 20.5 million tonnes in 2021 compared to Spain's .03 million, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)

This was lunch yesterday. I visited the restaurant which delivered my fish and soy bean dinner a few days back, but tried a different dish. 青椒炒田鸡饭 (qīng jiāo chǎo tián jī fàn), Green Pepper Fried Frog over rice As you can see, it also contains red chilli for heat, whereas the milder green peppers are more a vegetable component. The particular name used for the frog here, 田鸡, literally means 'field chicken' referring to them living in paddy fields.

Correcting myself. I've seen them in Japan and S. Korea where they definitely don't use knives and forks. They have also made an appearance in China, mainly in Shanghai and Beijing places but I've never seen them, not that I want to. China doesn't use knives and forks either and I don't think you could eat one with chopsticks! I did see a video with one clown eating by one using a spoon, though, although he ate most of it using his hands.