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Bok Choi Drying

Corn snack

It takes two photos to tell the story. This how the “corn puffs” come out. Then, they are broken at a specific length, bagged, and sold.

String Onions

Everybody helps in the family business.

Tired Vegetable Vendor

Food vendors work long hours.

Frogs

These were smaller than American frogs. Frogs are sold for food.

Food Safety Sign

All restaurants must display this sign.

Dried fish in a basket

Dried Fish

When fish are sold, they cut off the amount the customer wants.

Dried Egg Yolks

Dried salted egg yolks are very popular as a side dish or ground up as an ingredient.

Quan Yin worshipers

Egg Sandwich

Eels

Eels are another common item in the Cantonese diet.

“Duckbill” Fish

In America, it is called paddlefish.

Dried Fish

Here’s one example of dried fish.

Dried Salted Fish

Dried salted fish is a staple if the Chinese diet. There a huge variety of fish to choose from.

Dried Fish Salesman

This man use to live in San Francisco, now his lives in Taishan. When he lived in San Francisco for five years, he had a menial job, long…

Dragon Fruit

Dragon fruit is expensive and delicious. Yum.

Dog is served

Dogs are part of the poor’s diet while the wealthy collect them as pets.

Combine in the Field

The combine harvests one mu at a time. They get paid by the mu.

Combine Can’t Get It All

This woman follows the combine on the field. She cuts the grains that the combine can’t reach and throws them into the combine.

Harvesting Rice

This combine reaps, winnows, and bags the rice.

Pineapple with Cheese

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