Jan 29, 2009

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Clubs celebrate Chinese New Year

Campus CHINESE NEW YEAR RECIPE

WHITE CUT CHICKEN was overwhelmed as I saw my roommates from Hong Kong came home with a massive amount of chicken, so I asked them what they were going to do with all the chicken. Their answer: “White Cut Chicken.� It’s the main food dish of the Cantonese for the Chinese New Year. Discovering that they eat this dish for celebration, I wanted to learn how to make it right away. After I succeed in making this dish, I learned that good food does not need to be hard and complicated to make. The chicken tastes very good and the recipe is certainly simplest I have ever made. There is no need to put all kind of spices in the food. Simply using salt, ginger, garlic, and onion makes this dish tasty and enjoyable.

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Ingredients •One 4-pound broiler or fryer chicken •4 teaspoons salt •1 thumb-sized piece of ginger •4 cloves garlic, peeled •4 quarts water •3 tablespoons chopped green onions ‡ WDEOHVSRRQV ÀQHO\ VKUHGGHG JLQJHU •3 tablespoons vegetable oil Methods 1. ,Q D SRW ODUJH HQRXJK WR ÀW WKH FKLFNHQ bring about 3 qts. cold water, ginger, garlic, and 2 tsps. salt to a boil over high heat, covered. Carefully add the chicken, breast-side up, adding more boiling water if necessary to completely cover the chicken. Return to a rolling boil and boil vigorously over high heat, uncovered, for 5 min., removing any scum that rises to the surface. Cover pot and let sit off heat for 20 min.

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ÄżQJ[ɡ IăFiL %<8 +DZDLL ZHOFRPHG LQ the Chinese New Year on Friday, January 23, 2009 thanks to a celebration orJDQL]HG DQG FRRUGLQDWHG E\ WKH %<8+ Hong Kong and Taiwan Clubs. The Chinese New <HDU IROORZLQJ WKH OXQDU FDOHQGDU RIĂ€FLDOO\ EHJLQV anew on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. This New Year ZLOO PDUN WKH \HDU RI WKH R[ DFFRUGLQJ WR DQFLHQW Chinese mythology. More than 100 students gathered together at the multipurpose center on campus to share food, fun, and friends. Chinese New Year symbols adorned WKH ZDOOV Ă€HU\ UHG Ă€UHFUDFNHUV KXQJ IURP WKH FHLOing, and traditional decorations were mounted on the wall together to form the Chinese characters Gong Xi Fa Cai (Happy New Year). On another wall, the Chinese character Fu (Luck) was painted on a red diamond-shaped piece of paper and hung upside down; its adjustment right side up will signify a turn of luck for the New Year. Red, the color of luck and happiness, was abundant. Traditional and modern music created the ambiance and the sounds of laughter echoed across the room. From one corner of the room, a faint clicking could be heard as students played the traditional tile game of Mahjong. The smells of the New Year tempted participants at the celebration and students enjoyed a delicious traditional Chinese New Year prepared by the students themselves. To begin anew, the Chinese prepare by wishing farewell the previous year. “The Chinese go to their homes and clean everything and make everything UHDG\ IRU WKH 1HZ <HDU Âľ H[SODLQV :HQG\ =KX DQ accounting and international business major from Shanghai, China. According to Chinese tradition, it is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and ensures homes are ready for good luck coming with the New Year. Some

even paint their homes with a fresh coat of red paint for luck. Thousands of miles away, millions in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are celebrating much the same way. “Parades and performers of tradiWLRQDO GDQFHV Ă€OO WKH VWUHHWV Ă€UHFUDFNHUV DUH VHW RII WKURXJKRXW WKH GD\ Âľ /DQSLQJ 0DGGX[ D VHQLRU LQWHUQDWLRQDO EXVLQHVV PDMRU IURP 7DLZDQ H[SODLQHG “Everyone gets the week off, and it’s the one week where people can visit together, eat; everyone stops to celebrate the big holiday.â€? Over the course of the week, families participate in the chunyun, a migration home to family and friends. Though far away, students felt at home with their friends and festivities, recounting their own family traditions taking place back home. “I come IURP D VPDOO IDPLO\ Âľ H[SODLQV =KX ´:H JDWKHU WRgether as a family and reconnect with one another. We enjoy spending time together and giving and sharing money with each other as part of the red envelopes.â€? These red envelopes mark a special tradition in China, where older generations offer money and gifts to younger generations, placed in beautifully decorated red envelopes and distributed as a family. $W %<8 +DZDLL¡V FHOHEUDWLRQ 0LQJ /DX RI WKH Hong Kong Club invited students to play games, sing songs, and learn more about the Chinese language and culture. At the end of each activity, Lau invited the participants to choose a “red pocket moneyâ€? envelope, which contained money, candy, and other gifts tucked away inside. “Chinese New Year is kind of like three-holiGD\V LQ RQH IRU XV Âľ 0DGGX[ H[SODLQHG ´:H FHOebrate like the Fourth of July, we eat like Thanksgiving, and we share family and gifts together like Christmas. It is really a celebration.â€?

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• The Leader • January 29, 2009 •

–CHASE BARLET

2. Uncover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat. When the broth returns to a rolling boil, boil vigorously, uncovered, 3 to 4 min. Remove from heat (Reserve the chicken broth for making soups.) 3. Place the green onions, ginger, and remaining 1/2 tsp. salt in a small heatproof dish. In a small skillet, heat vegetable oil over high heat until hot but not smoking. Carefully pour hot oil over green onions and ginger. The oil will make a crackling sound as it hits the green onions and ginger. Serve chicken warm or at room temperature with green onion-ginger sauce.

Above: Members of the Hong Kong and Chinese Clubs gather in the MPC to celebrate the New Year.

– MARY JANTALERT

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