People outside Chaoshan will think that rice congee has no taste at all, unlike preserved egg and lean meat porridge, boat porridge and eight-treasure porridge, which are so tasty and nutritious. I really don't understand why Chaoshan people like to drink tasteless porridge in the morning. At this time, if they see and taste everything that Chaoshan people eat at the dinner table in the morning, all doubts will disappear.
On the breakfast table of Chaoshan people in the morning, pickles, olives, boiled bayberry and bitter gourd, white meatballs made of milk, salted duck eggs, marinated eggs, fried dried beans and fried cabbage are usually placed. Of course, you don't eat so much food for breakfast every day. I mean, you eat two or three of them every morning.
Like our family, pickles, olives, bayberry and bitter gourd, white meatballs made of milk and salted duck eggs often appear. Fried dried bean curd and fried cabbage are only eaten on festivals to worship. Eating these foods, a bowl of rice congee, is the best, and other porridge, with these foods, has no characteristics at all. Rice congee is light, and the rice congee is cooked properly, neither thick nor thin. After drinking a few mouthfuls, the stomach will be warm. At this time, some pickles and olives are sandwiched, but some are neutralized by rice congee, and the taste is also very good. You will know how crisp it is with a bite, and your taste buds and touch will be satisfied instantly. As long as you open the jar of milk meatballs, the smell of milk will come to your nose. Take a bite, it is soft and a little stiff, and it is really delicious.
I really want to go home to drink rice congee and eat pickles at once.