http://beijinghaochi.com We eat, cook, and shoot in Beijing. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:41:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://beijinghaochi.com/yunnan_ham/ http://beijinghaochi.com/yunnan_ham/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:59:34 +0000 christine http://beijinghaochi.com/?p=1392 This post was written to mourn the last chunk of Yunnan ham (yuntui 云腿) that I brought back from, well, Yunnan, in southwestern China.  I love food souvenirs, and a friend had specifically requested Yunnan ham.  During a week-long trip, I wandered through no less than six markets in Dali (where the traveling Bai minority peoples' market that skips from town to town around Erhu Lake is known as ganji 赶集) and Lijiang.  In the Disneyland circus that was Lijiang, the only thing that made staying in the old town worthwhile was the large market at the southern tip, where I perused copper pots and tea.  There, I bought a disconcerting amount of Yunnan dried READ MORE]]> http://beijinghaochi.com/yunnan_ham/feed/ 3 http://beijinghaochi.com/meat-truck-curing-ham-in-a-van/ http://beijinghaochi.com/meat-truck-curing-ham-in-a-van/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:06:50 +0000 jen http://beijinghaochi.com/?p=407 There was a man reading a newspaper, in a van, with a hell of a lot of hams just hanging up and hanging out.  And nope, it wasn't a delivery truck. We asked. Christine's addendum: I like the umbrella hanging next to the ham.  Do you think it improves the taste? READ MORE]]> http://beijinghaochi.com/meat-truck-curing-ham-in-a-van/feed/ 3