Sunday, January 11, 2009

Week 1: China

Home to 1.3 billion people, China is marginally smaller than the US with more than 4 times the population. China has 56 official ethnic groups with the Han group comprising 92% of the population. Although politically a single country, culturally, it might be more accurately thought of as a sum of parts similar to Europe.

The recipe we made, Steamed Pork Buns (Char Siu Bao),was very highly rated. The buns were delicious! However, they did not turn out as tender and fluffy as the buns we have enjoyed in China Town in San Francisco. It was a multi-step process to make these, and we are not sure it was worth the effort since pre-made versions are so readily available and readily delicious.

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