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stinky winter melon

(chou dong gua) 臭冬瓜 stinky winter melon is a traditional Ningbo dish. It is yummy and taste good. It is just pieces of winter melon. After it became cool you put salt on it. you can eat it with almost every things. some people like to eat spicy winter melon. its very good at eat in summer. 臭冬瓜，是宁波传统风味菜. 它风味独特，奇香味美，健脾开胃，老少咸宜. 所谓臭冬瓜，其实只不过是用冬瓜切块，煮熟后凉透，再撒上细盐、麻油等作料. 吃法无甚奇特，但有爱吃辣的，撒 极解馋. 热天时吃，大有解暑、通气、开胃的功效. chou xian cai guan 臭苋菜管 An old man found wild amaranth on a hill. He only ate the leave because it take too long for the stem to cook. He thought that throwing away the stem is wasting so he save up the stems and put them in a jar for future. Unexcepectly, a few days later there is a tasty smell from the jar. So he cooked it and ate it. He think that the stem taste better than the leaves.

 雪菜黄鱼 Pickle large yellow croaker, also known as big fish soup is full of local characteristics of Ningbo dishes. Pickle large yellow croaker, choice of materials and production are very particular about. Large selection of fresh fish, cleaned both sides of flesh at the back of a knife in the draw a few little hole , with locally grown Brassica juncea chopped.

Ningbo cooked cabbage 宁波烤菜

Tang Yuan Ningbo is also famous for tangyuan, sweet balls of glutinous rice stuffed with nuts and served with sesame seeds in a soup.

Tangyuan in China symbolizes happy reunion.It was said that Tangyuan traced its origin back to Song Dynasty. At that time, a novel food sprang up accidentally across the country. It is made of glutinous rice shaped into balls with fruit pastry as stuffing. When fully cooked, it tastes sweet and delicious. The sticky-rice balls float but sometime sink in cauldron, hence the name of Fuyuanzi (Floating Ball). Later, it was renamed as Yuanxiao.