In Taiwan, it is common to eat sweet foods on and after your wedding day. It is thought that eating sweet food will help the newlywed couple have a baby boy. The reason is a Taiwanese proverb:
吃甜甜，生兒子。 (chī tiántián, shēng érzì)
It doesn’t sound as good in Mandarin, but it rhymes in Taiwanese (jia didi, sei haoxi).
What it means is, “Eat sweet food, have a son.” I’m not sure where this proverb comes from or how long its been around. If anyone has any more info about it, drop me a line in the comments.
Anyway, a student’s mother made us some sweet soup to congratulate us on our marriage. It wasn’t bad. Had some weird things in it, but overall it tasted something like fruit cocktail. I should note that you must first heat it up so as to make sure the ingredients and gelatin inside are cooked. Then you serve it with ice or put it in the fridge and eat it cold.
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looks like hot chocolate. with shit in it.
Except that it’s served cold. I’m not sure what the ingredients are. Some gelatin, some beans, some other things. It’s actually quite tasty and refreshing on hot summer nights (yes, I know it’s October but it’s still hot and humid here).