Steamed Street Sweet · Contains No Pear
Shuli Gao (Wooden-Cup Steamed Rice Cakes)
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There is no pear in it: 'li' likely stands for a sound meaning 'cooked'. Vendors' steamers had a whistle, so the snack was also nicknamed 'weng'er weng'er gao' after the humming it made.
Rice flour packed into small perforated wooden cups and steamed briefly over a pot, then smeared with toppings, originally bean paste, sugar or hawthorn, now many fruit flavors.
Why it's made this way: Described as originating in Tianjin, it was sold from carts to children and is still sold at Tianjin snack stalls.
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Part of World of Street Food — 3439 dishes from 118 countries.
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