What is this food called in English?

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Aflac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zongzi

These things? The ones in the pics are a little misshapen, but they have the basic shape.

WTF zongzi!??

I'll stick to calling it "sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves"

Well... it's hard to "text" out the pronunciation of a chinese Z, so... you know how Mao Zedong was called Mao Tse Tung? Ze = Tse. Works the same way here. Zong is pronounced almost like song, but with a heavier downward accent. Zi has a dipping accent, and is pronounced somewhere between "ehh" and "uhh". So... yeah.

Why am I doing this?

 

[D1gger]

Originally posted by: chowmein
cantonese is "Jon" or "Jown"

That's what I tried to spell in my post, but I never have mastered the art of phonetically spelling chinese words in the english language.

 

[jjones]

I eat tamales wrapped in banana leaves. Those are the best!

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
Zhong Zi is the han yu. I guess there's no short english translation besides the literal one.

Just curious, do white people eat this stuff?

Do not want.

 

[Skunkwourk]

I love those things, cept for the ones with peanuts in them. Samosas too.

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: m0mentary
I love those things, cept for the ones with peanuts in them. Samosas too.

when my mom/grandma makes the small ones (the triangle shaped ones) i deliberately tell them to give me the non peanut ones.

for new years my mom/grandma makes the long ones, and no peanuts there!

i have 2 in my fridge. i should cut them up and eat soon... frying them is awesome.

 

[EvilYoda]

I love the ones with beef and peanuts! And then the sweet ones with a little honey for dessert...*drool*

I guess dsong dse should've been zongzi...oh well

 

[Jhill]

Is the rice made in a pot or rice cooker? Because you could make it taste better in a rice cooker.

 

[LS21]

dang that stuff is good... i dont like any of the meat filling or anything else... i like the ones with beans + bananas to make it soft and sweet inside

 

[Capt Caveman]

Love them!

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Jhill
Is the rice made in a pot or rice cooker? Because you could make it taste better in a rice cooker.

err, the rice is cooked in the leaf. you boil or steam the whole bunch.

to op, if it is wrapped in banana leaf, it is probably Filipino as opposed to Chinese.

 

[ChaoZ]

This stuff taste like crap. I've tasted a lot from different sources: mom, grandma, relatives, restaurants and they all suck.

 

[HN]

during the lunar new year, millions of vietnamese households have banh chung in their refrigerators. it's sorta the square version of the little pyramidal ones (a variant on the stuffing, too).

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: HN
during the lunar new year, millions of vietnamese households have banh chung in their refrigerators. it's sorta the square version of the little pyramidal ones (a variant on the stuffing, too).

Funny there's one in my fridge too

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
Zhong Zi is the han yu. I guess there's no short english translation besides the literal one.

Just curious, do white people eat this stuff?

Yep.

But then again, I was in the Philippines from 3-5yo.

 

[shopbruin]

http://www.imawesome.com/coppe.../userpics/IMG_0135.jpg

the long green ones are the one my mom makes this time of year. the one wrapped with the yellow string is store bought and closer to the one that's linked above as banh chung.

i forget when, but it's another time of the year that you make the triangular shaped ones.

 

[NoShangriLa]

Banh U
Banh It

or it could be Banh Gai, how ever it is wrap with palm leaves.

the long green ones are the one my mom makes this time of year. the one wrapped with the yellow string is store bought and closer to the one that's linked above as banh chung.

Could it be Banh Tet, which is similar to Banh Chunh but they are round and is elongated that tends to be wrapped in banana leaves instead of bamboo leaves.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Jhill
Is the rice made in a pot or rice cooker? Because you could make it taste better in a rice cooker.

err, the rice is cooked in the leaf. you boil or steam the whole bunch.

to op, if it is wrapped in banana leaf, it is probably Filipino as opposed to Chinese.

Whooosh

 

[TallBill]

I didn't know that bananas had leaves!¿

 

[jacob0401]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
Zong zi is typically wrapped in bamboo leaves (I make about 60 every year), although a version using banana leaves is often used in dim sum. Also, zong zi typically do not have a triangular shape, but they have 4 points (imagine a twisted rectangular pouch). Rice wrapped in banana leaves can be found in many cultures, not just Chinese, namely Caribbean cuisine. The fillings and type of rice vary depending on the recipe and culture. Zong zi is filled with sticky, glutinous rice and either soy sauce, fatty pork, and sometimes mushrooms (eastern Chinese style) or salted egg, pork sausage, pork, dried shrimp, chestnuts, and more (southern Chinese style).

triangular ones exist too, our family makes salty ones the rectangular shape and sweet ones in triangular

 

[sonambulo]

Originally posted by: Jhill
Is the rice made in a pot or rice cooker? Because you could make it taste better in a rice cooker.

Glutinous rice must be steamed.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: sonambulo

Originally posted by: Jhill
Is the rice made in a pot or rice cooker? Because you could make it taste better in a rice cooker.

Glutinous rice must be steamed.

Yup.

I have some glutinous rice in some ready-to-eat state from the supermarket. Throw it in the microwave and it's good to go. Yum yum.

 

[Kaieye]

I love jung but if I have a second one I always have indigestion unless I ate them with hot tea. This stuff is hard to digest.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: TallBill
I didn't know that bananas had leaves!¿

The leaves help the herds of bananas blend into the jungle as they roam from place to place looking for food.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Jhill
Is the rice made in a pot or rice cooker? Because you could make it taste better in a rice cooker.

err, the rice is cooked in the leaf. you boil or steam the whole bunch.

to op, if it is wrapped in banana leaf, it is probably Filipino as opposed to Chinese.

Whooosh

I guess there is a price to pay for ignoring the rice cooker thread.