Small eats are the big thing in Taiwan where the philosophy is eat often and eat well.
You might heard of the following foods, but you never give it a try. Here in Taiwan, these foods are so common that you can find almost every corner of the island.
Chicken Feet (To be accurate:Jelly of Gravy and Chicken Feet Skin)
Chicken feet sounds terrifying for many first-timers. After an outer layer of hard skin is removed, most of the edible tissue on the feet consists of skin and tendons, with no muscle. This gives the feet a distinct texture different from the rest of the chicken’s meat. Being mostly skin, chicken feet are very gelatinous
Hearing foods are made of animal blood, everyone seems to feel disgusted. This pudding is a mix of pig’s blood and sticky rice and stuck on the end of a stick like a lollipop. For the final Taiwanese touch, the pudding is coated in a sweet peanut powder.
Because of its looks, most foreigners don’t like Century eggs. Long story short, century eggs are preserved eggs. Some call it thousand-year eggs or millennium eggs. The process actually takes anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, and involves soaking eggs in a saline solution. Duck, quail or chicken eggs can be used. The solution usually consists of clay and salt, but can also include ash, quicklime and rice hulls.
oooooh @Kent_Hong : I definitely like chicken feet and century egg. The pig blood pudding has too much of a metal taste for me. The century egg is also perfect in congee. Great for breakfast!
I love chicken feet, they are a South African delicately. It’s nice to see that they are actually popular than we think they are. Is in it amazing that we can relate and get to know about each other’s culture through food? Those look delicious, thank you for sharing.
