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Pig's blood cake

Pig's blood cake, sticky rice on a stick is covered in pig's blood, steamed/fried, then basted in a pork soy broth, coated with peanut flour and coriander

Pig's blood cake
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My Inner Fatty: Taiwanese 豬血糕 (Pig's blood cake)

豬血糕, loosely translated as pig's blood cake, isn't really a food that many in Taiwan actually think that much of. It's a throwback to yeste.....
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The Pig Blood Cake + The Controversy That Was (and Wasn't) - LA Weekly

Let's talk blood, specifically pigs blood. The use of pigs blood is somewhat common in Chinese and other Asian cuisines, where it usually takes the form of congealed cubes added to soups, stews and hot pots. However, the most interesting form is the pig...

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