{"id":1611,"date":"2018-07-10T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2018\/07\/10\/this-chinese-snack-turns-a-lot-of-stomachs-dare-to-try-it\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T15:56:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:56:26","slug":"this-chinese-snack-turns-a-lot-of-stomachs-dare-to-try-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/this-chinese-snack-turns-a-lot-of-stomachs-dare-to-try-it\/","title":{"rendered":"This Chinese Snack Turns a Lot of Stomachs. Dare to Try It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese Snack ….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nope, I don’t wanna try it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDo you know stinky tofu?”<\/p>\n

“Yep”<\/p>\n

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“Try it, it tastes better than it smells.”<\/p>\n

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But turns out…\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181007205513.png\"<\/p>\n

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“it smells like it was rotting in somebody’s hole”<\/p>\n

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OMG\uff01 It smells bad.<\/p>\n

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Stinky tof<\/strong>u\u00a0(Chinese:\u00a0\u81ed\u8c46\u8150;\u00a0pinyin:\u00a0ch\u00f2ud\u00f2ufu)\u00a0is a very speci<\/strong>al traditiona<\/strong>l Chinese snack that has a strong\u00a0<\/strong>odor<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The ingredients are basically just soybean and soda.<\/p>\n

It is usually sold at\u00a0night market<\/a>s\u00a0or roadside stands as a snack, or in lunch bars as a side dish, rather than in restaurants.<\/p>\n

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Stinky tofu can be eaten cold, steamed, stewed, or, most commonly<\/a>, deep-fried, and it is often accompanied by\u00a0chili\u00a0sauce<\/a> or soy sauce. The color varies from the golden, fried\u00a0Zhejiang-style\u00a0to the black, typical of\u00a0Hunan-style\u00a0stinky tofu.<\/p>\n

From a distance, the odor of stinky tofu is said to resemble that of rotten garbage or smelly feet. Some people have compared it to the taste of\u00a0blue cheese, while others have compared it to rotten meat. It is said that the more it smells, the better its flavor.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0History
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According to a Chinese legend, a scholar named Wang Zhihe (\u738b\u81f4\u548c) hailing from\u00a0Huang Shan\u00a0in\u00a0Anhui Province\u00a0invented stinky tofu during the\u00a0Qing dynasty.\u00a0After failing the imperial examination, Wang stayed in Beijing and relied on selling tofu to make a living. One day, having a huge quantity of unsold tofu on his hands, he cut the tofu into small cubes and put them into an earthen jar.\u00a0After several days, he opened up the jar and found out that the tofu had turned greenish and become extremely smelly. Initially perceiving the tofu to taste extremely foul, he found out that it was surprisingly delicious so he decided to start selling it at his store. \u00a0The stinky tofu that Wang Zhihe invented gained popularity and was later served at the imperial Qing Dynasty palace. The\u00a0Empress Cixi\u00a0later named the delicacy “imperial green cubes”.<\/p>\n

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Have you tried or heard of stinky tofu before?<\/p>\n

What did you think?<\/p>\n

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What Chinese food<\/a> do you like eating the most?\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181007205944.png\"\"GIC<\/p>\n

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