The Origin of Xinyang Mochi

"Kill the New Year pig, make rice wine, make patties, and pickle bacon!" Playing patties is a popular New Year's custom in Xinyang area, and the main places of origin are Shangcheng, Xinxian, Ducheon and Guangshan.

For the people of Xinyang, playing mochi is more symbolic than material. Patty-cake is often accompanied by the killing of the New Year's pig, "two plates of the same open. Eating fresh pork and eating fresh mochi, that freshness can brighten up the whole year, but now Xinyang's traditional New Year's custom is being lost.

The patties can be baked, boiled, fried or deep-fried, especially during the Spring Festival, when friends and relatives visit, the best gift is to cook a bowl of egg patties. If the patties are wrapped with various fillings and fried, the flavor is even more unique and delicious. Packed patties should not be stored for a long time, cut into pieces of patties long put dry cracks, can be soaked in water, change its water, can be saved for more than 3 months.