Ethnic Chinese Miao Food And Their Silver Earrings

Living in the remote mountainous areas of southwest China, the Miao minority group are celebrated for their handcrafted silver jewels like silver earrings and silver rings. During holidays and big ceremonies, people will wear these silver jewels from head to toe to display their beauty and wealth. Holidays are also a good time for them to get together with friends and relatives to enjoy big meals. Food on their table is various, unique, and ethnic. Here are recipes for just a few:

Roasted chicken giblets in bamboo

Find a piece of old bamboo, and stuff it with chicken giblets, garlic, mushroom, the kernel of a walnut, salt, and corn mint. Use some banana leaves to seal the bamboo. Then roast it with charcoal fire. The food will be ready in a few minutes. It tastes unbelievably delicious!

Bloated meat

Salted meat is easily to be made. You just need to cut the meat into slices, and mix them together with salt, pepper, and glutinous rice. Then put all of them into a big jar, and cover the lid. In about 10 days, the salted meat is ready. Take it out of the jar, and fry it with oil. It tastes spicy, hot, with amazing fragrance.

Braised chicken with the herbal medication

Braised chicken with the herbal medicine has several hundred years of history. It used to be given to women who just delivered a baby. The nutrient and delicious braised chicken with the herbal medicine is believed to be able to give people vigor and strength. Today it is an important dish for the Miao to feast their guests. The chicken's head and chicken giblets are reserved for the old people. And chicken's wings and legs are for children.

Special sour soup with vegetables

In Miao areas, there is a saying that one can't walk well if he or she doesn't eat sour food for 3 days. Sour food is so popular that almost every Miao family has a jar to contain a sour soup with different vegetables. The vegetables can be leeks, carrots, radishes, and cucumber. Cut these vegetables into pieces, and mix them together with glutinous rice flour, salty water, and pepper. Put all these into a jar, and it will be ready in about 10 days. Miao people like to cook sour food together with meat, chicken, or fish.

The ethnic Miao food reflects their interesting and colorful culture. If you study carefully, you will find the design of some Miao silver earrings is closely related with their food. Learn more about handmade silver earrings below.

Artists claim silver earrings by Miao silversmiths are the finest in the world. Author C. Liu absoultely loves handmade earrings from the Miao. They make better Miao silver earrings than most people know.