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Sweet and Sour Pork

A Popular New Years Dish for Hopeful Grandparents

From Rhonda Parkinson, About.com

Sweet and Sour Pork

Sweet and Sour Pork

Rhonda Parkinson

This classic restaurant dish consists of pieces of deep-fried pork, pineapple and sweet bell pepper coated with a sweet and sour sauce. It is popular with families hoping for a lot of grandchildren, as the Cantonese word for "sour" and "grandchild" are homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings. So, the Cantonese word for sour sounds like the word for grandchild.

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