Golden Pig Cakes

A Chinese delicacy. Looks like a pig, and yet it's vegetarian. According to the Liuzhou Laowai blog: "The dense cake is made from lotus seed paste flavoured with nuts and sesame seeds, wrapped in a heavy sweet pastry. They are also used symbolically to ensure that the dead have enough to eat in heaven."

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 06, 2012
Category: Food

Comments

I wonder if it is kind of like a bear claw, with the nut filling. Looks good.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/06/12 at 09:13 AM

The brains look a bit scrambled on that dead pig. How did it get so squished like that anyhow?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/06/12 at 09:59 AM

Rolling pin.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/06/12 at 10:13 AM

Seeing how it's from China I thought maybe they just left it in the middle of an alley and some van drove over it a couple of times.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/06/12 at 10:39 AM

I agree patty, does look tasty. Although I have no idea how lotus seed paste would taste like. Not something I'd find in the local chinese restaurant where all the food is 'Americanized' to match the bland palete of the customers.

Posted by Baughbe on 04/06/12 at 12:07 PM

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