liuzhou

Yes it's a cactus. And they are night flowering.

The taste is mild, yes. I find the red ones tastier. Certainly what I ate yesterday (and today) were tasty, but they were literally straight from the plant. Still a bunch more in the fridge.

P.S. THe Chinese for 'dragon fruit' is 火龙果 (huǒ lóng guǒ), which translates literally as 'fire dragon fruit'.

P.S. THe Chinese for 'dragon fruit' is 火龙果 (huǒ lóng guǒ), which translates literally as 'fire dragon fruit'.

Yesterday, I visited a small village in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, so-named as it is where the vast majority of the Zhuang ethnic minority live. Most are subsistence farmers, meaning they only really grow what they consume themselves with no surplus to sell. They are looking for ways to improve their lot and I was invited to attend discussions on how to move forward. Of course, we also had a look around. First some setting. The village is about an hour or so south of Liuzhou where I live. It is surrounded by karst hills. Admiring the View The lamps are on the expressway which passes by the village. Most of the villagers' land is given over to rice production. They concentrate on the staples. Rice Paddy Miles of Rice That woman is attempting to water her vegetable garden among the rice from a plastic bucket. One visitor from the city becomes inordinately fascinated by rice growing. I Can See the Rice Grow Other plants are crammed into corners. Bananas Gourds Chilies Meat - Very Free Range Different Meat - Ditto Fish Pond - More meat Farming Fish on the River Until recently, the village homes were rather primitive, but in recent years the young have shunned the rural lifestyle and fled to the cities seeking employment. They send money home, when they can, and this has nearly all been invested in building more comfortable homes. However, many of the older buildings remain. Recently, with government aid, the villagers have built themselves a village library. It is in this small three-roomed building which is totally empty. Not a chair, desk or a single book. Quite sad really. But they were proud of it. Following this visit and lunch, I relocated a couple of miles to the south to visit a dragon fruit farm. Details here.

Lunch yesterday in a small village in the countryside south of Liuzhou. Typical Zhuang ethnic minority cuisine. Unfortunately, the lazy Susan was lazier than usual and wouldn't turn, so I had to shoot some of the dishes from afar! Everything was grown, raised or foraged in the village. The Spread Fried River Shrimp Braised Duck Pork Bone and Winter Melon Soup Mixed Pickled Vegetable Foulness Emanating from the Pits of Hell Poached Chicken Green Beans with Pork Rehydrated Dried Tofu, Glass Noodles and Wood-ear Fungus Fried Rice Paddy Fish with Chilli - My Favourite. for a bit of background to this meal, see here.

Yesterday, as part of a seminar discussing ways to promote local rural tourism, I went off to visit, among other things, a dragon fruit farm in southern China. The area is home to the Zhuang ethnic minority. Dragon Fruit Plantation New plants being grown from cuttings Cuttings awaiting planting Unripe Fruits Ripe Fruit My harvest

I spent a large part of today on a Dragon Fruit farm a couple of hours from where I live. The farm specialises in a red variety. Of course, this included eating rather a lot of the things. Straight from the fields. I shall elaborate tomorrow on another thread, as the day didn't only involve fruit.

Amusing, but a fine looking meal.

Linguine with wild shrimp, garlic, chilli, wine and red lumpfish roe.

Chinese mozzarella. The yellowness is more to do with the lighting than the actual cheese.

Insalata Caprese Sinensis Pork, long marinated with garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, sea salt, cayenne pepper and ras el-hanout. Braised with wine, olives, yellow peppers and coriander leaf/cilantro. Served with rice.

Stornoway black pudding has nothing to do with a "full English", on account of it being part of a "full Scottish". Totally different thing!

Sorry to bring this up again, but I just saw the final video. I'm in it for 30 seconds and they don't even show me eating the goddamned steak!

To atone for my disgusting wickedness and yesterday's lapse into the bowels of healthiness with bowls of meusli, today I present a dignified, elevated breakfast fit for the sight of this esteemed company. Stornoway black pudding (smuggled) and fried duck egg. Tsingtao beer.

I checked earlier and all lobes are intact if not quite functioning as designed. Maintenance is underway. (Anyway, muesli is the last habit I'm likely to have picked up in Scotland!. It is no accident that the Chinese for Scotland sounds almost exactly like "Sugarland". My meusli, while being dignity-free was also sugar-free (except for the inherent sugarness of the fruit).))

Me neither. The coffee is a daily routine, but muesli? All will be rectified tomorrow morning.

I don't know what came over me. Yesterday I picked up something I almost never eat. Fruit Meusli (and industrial strength black coffee)

I am delighted to be able to tell you that the company operating the Lemon Duck restaurants mentioned above opened a new branch here in Liuzhou on August 1st 2019, not 15 minutes slow stroll from my home. I'll wait unill the initial rush is over and visit, investigate and report!

Butter-fried fresh shrimp with ras el hanout, coriander leaf/cilantro, garlic, scallion and lemon juice. With rice.

Late (very) dinner. Fried noodles with duck. Fresh ramen noodles, duck breast, chili, garlic, Shaoxing and scallions. Emergency food.

No vision! Any imaginative store owner could deal with that problem. Market it as Premium Grade Japanese Elephant Blubber, for example. It would fly out like flying out things.

From whales, obviously! 😀😀😀

There is nothing wrong with monosodium glutamate and prickly ash is a well-recognised alternative name for Sichuan peppercorn and a lot more transparant than E621 or HS code 29224220 as used in many non-Chinese products, but those never seem to bother so-called MSG intolerants. But this has been discussed to death on other topics here.

Perhaps you meant National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory! Or perhaps NaCl, which you could just as easily abbreviate to "salt" (same number of letters) and avoid misunderstanding.,