Eight Treasure Box is not about the Pirates of the Caribbean (did I get the right name of the film) it is about a snack tray which will always be displayed during the Lunar New Year. We are supposing to start on a healthy slimming diet for lunch and found it hard to keep this year’s resolution especially with the coming of the Lunar New Year.
We ( I suppose you will know who, they are my lunch kaki ( usual lunch colleagues),
our taste buds is almost the same so we shared food most of the time, by ordering 4 – 5 dishes with plain porridge. The eight treasure box taking the pride of the place in the centre of the table with each compartment filled with snacks like melon seeds and assorted nuts, While there are eight compartment on the box, there are more than eight types of traditional goodies to be included. The snacks are sweet, so that the eater will have a honeyed year ahead and the seeds and nuts connote a long line of descendants.
What is in the traditional eight treasure box?
Items in a traditional eight treasure box
Peanuts – a long line of descendants, the same way the peanut grows to yield many plant shoots.
Melon seeds – a long line of descendants
Pistachio – not just a long line of descendants but also a joyous new ear because the name of the nut in Mandarin literally means “ happy fruit”. This is because of the half-cracked shell resembles a smile
Candied kumquats – a sweet and prosperous and fortunate year ahead
Honeyed dates – a long line of descendants and a sweet year ahead
Chocolates shaped like gold ingots – a great wealth
Candied lotus root – numerous offspring
White rabbit candy – a sweet and abundant year ahead
Modern version of eight treasure box
My favorite items in a eight treasure box
Roasted honeyed cashews
Pistachio nougat
Sliced dried cranberry
Camel abalone macadamias
Wasabi potato cracker
Watermelon rock candy
Lemon honeyed peels
Dark chocolate orange thins
This modern version eight treasure box will be quite a hits with those who like me are weight conscious and most of the items ( do not have sugar or preservatives added on).
Have a sweetie new year!
We ( I suppose you will know who, they are my lunch kaki ( usual lunch colleagues),
our taste buds is almost the same so we shared food most of the time, by ordering 4 – 5 dishes with plain porridge. The eight treasure box taking the pride of the place in the centre of the table with each compartment filled with snacks like melon seeds and assorted nuts, While there are eight compartment on the box, there are more than eight types of traditional goodies to be included. The snacks are sweet, so that the eater will have a honeyed year ahead and the seeds and nuts connote a long line of descendants.
What is in the traditional eight treasure box?
Items in a traditional eight treasure box
Peanuts – a long line of descendants, the same way the peanut grows to yield many plant shoots.
Melon seeds – a long line of descendants
Pistachio – not just a long line of descendants but also a joyous new ear because the name of the nut in Mandarin literally means “ happy fruit”. This is because of the half-cracked shell resembles a smile
Candied kumquats – a sweet and prosperous and fortunate year ahead
Honeyed dates – a long line of descendants and a sweet year ahead
Chocolates shaped like gold ingots – a great wealth
Candied lotus root – numerous offspring
White rabbit candy – a sweet and abundant year ahead
Modern version of eight treasure box
My favorite items in a eight treasure box
Roasted honeyed cashews
Pistachio nougat
Sliced dried cranberry
Camel abalone macadamias
Wasabi potato cracker
Watermelon rock candy
Lemon honeyed peels
Dark chocolate orange thins
This modern version eight treasure box will be quite a hits with those who like me are weight conscious and most of the items ( do not have sugar or preservatives added on).
Have a sweetie new year!
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