Let's talk blood, specifically pigs blood.
Pig blood cake is one of two major types of blood rice cake in Taiwan.
We can also but it in all night market.
Typical street food in Taiwan ranges from tempura to fried octopus tentacles to stinky tofu, but if there were one thing that could be considered Taiwanese through and through, it would be pig's blood cake.
It is a traditional snack made of glutinous rice and pig blood.
The other type is derived from duck.
Pig blood is commonly used in northern Taiwan while duck blood is more widely used in the south.
Pig blood cake can be steamed, boiled, deep fried or braised.
The most popular is the steamed cake coated with a special sauce and peanut powder, then garnished with Chinese parsley (cilantro) to make a perfect Taiwanese
Majority of westerners would not eat pig bloods cake as it is very unusual for them.
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