TAIZHOU, China – Gao Xianghua is a happy mom this year because she knows her teenage kids will eagerly finish the pork belly she is braising for the Lunar New Year feast.
Her secret? Chinese black pork.
“I want my kids to eat the good pork I used to have when I was little,” Gao said at a neighbourhood butcher as she ordered 1,000 yuan ($144) worth of black pork ribs, feet and sausages. “Not the cheap, low-quality, fast-produced pork that has penetrated my kids’ lives.” She plans to rub the pork with Sichuan numbing pepper and salt it before hanging it on her balcony to dry for the holiday.
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