Drips and drabs from my life as a teacher in Sichuan Province.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Pic o' the Day #10


春节 (Chun Jie), or Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year is coming. It's the biggest holiday of the year and to celebrate properly, you gotta have 香肠 (xiang chang), translated not only as "fragrant intestines" but also as yummy yummy Spring Festival sausage.

This is hanging from many a balcony here at the school. The sausage is prepared, then hung out to dry for a few weeks. Nowadays, they sell it at the stores, but the good stuff always comes from someone's grandma.

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