What is the pronunciation of patty cake: [cí bā]?

Patty cake is a food made from steamed and pounded glutinous rice. It is made by putting cooked glutinous rice into a stone trough and pounding it with a stone hammer or a bamboo (or, depending on the region, bamboo), and is generally called mochi.

People in most areas are accustomed to making mochi in the month of Lunar New Year; in the Hakka area of Meizhou, it is made every time there is a traditional festival or family celebration; and in Sichuan, it is made before the Mid-Autumn Festival to symbolize a good harvest, celebration and reunion, and it is a must-have for the festival, along with mooncakes.

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Holiday Customs: Playing Patty Cake

Playing Patty Cake, Chinese Festival Customs. Popular in southern China. Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Hubei, Guangxi, Shaanxi and other provinces and cities have, and to Jiangxi Ji'an, Fujian Wuyishan area is most prevalent. It is also found in the southern part of Anhui Province, mainly during the Chung Yeung Festival, as festival food for guests to savor.

Mochi is based on glutinous rice, potatoes as the main ingredient, soaked in water and then set aside in a steamer to steam, and then quickly pounded in a stone scoop until soft and pliable, while hot, the rice mud into a large or small dough, set aside sesame seeds fried and ground mixed with sugar (or soybeans fried and ground mixed with sugar) in the plate rolling, you can take food. Whenever there is a happy event, the local people have to make mochi with brown sugar to entertain the guests in order to show good luck.

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