The cakes are either sweet or salty and taste sharp and crisp. They can be kept for several days. Local people often carry them while traveling, or send them to friends as a local specialty. It is, indeed, a local specialty because only local water and wheat can produce a wonderful taste, they say. When butchering a pig for the New Year, almost every Naxi household will make it.
Rice is mixed with pig's blood and various spices, and is then stuffed into the pig's intestine.
It is cut into slices and then deep-fried or steamed. It nourishes the blood and vital energy in the body. In summer it is very refreshing to have a bowl of cold bean jelly seasoned with red pepper, pepper, scallion and vinegar. In winter people like to have it hot, and visitors can often see on the street stoves made out of oil drums on which bean jelly is being grilled. A bowl of hot bean jelly is just what your stomach needs on a chilly day.