Chinese
Tray of Togetherness
- from the Chinese
Cuisine Photo Gallery -
(Photograph © copyright
2007 by Rhonda Parkinson)
The tray in the photo contains a variety of sugared fruit and
vegetables, including winter melon, coconut, lotus seed, lotus root, water
chestnut, carrot and tangerine.
Throughout the Chinese New Year season, it is customary to offer guests an
assortment of treats from a Tray of Togetherness - a circular or octagonal
shaped tray filled with an assortment of symbolic foods to provide a sweet
beginning to the New Year. While it is possible to find togetherness trays made
of expensive wood such as teak, inexpensive versions made of plastic (like the
one in the photo) are readily available in Asian grocery stores throughout the
New Year season. The tray has eight compartments, as the Chinese consider the
number eight to be extremely lucky.
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