2, to make stinking amaranth, first cut the stalks in sections into inches long, put them into a large wooden basin, plus enough water to allow each stalk to be immersed in water, this process may be to leach the juice from the amaranth stalks. Ningbo Shaoxing folk have a lot of similar things, the old generation with experience passed down the requirements to do so, the descendants will do as they are.

3, about a day and night time, the surface of the water will appear a layer of white foam, at this time the stalks fished into the bamboo basket, rinsed with water above the white foam, and then drain the water, you can enter the altar fermentation. Fermentation without salt, salt can be added when eating steamed. A number of days later, open the lid smell, there will be flavor overflow.

If you touch it with your hand, you will feel that there is a layer of slippery skin on the outer skin of the stalks, and when you press it gently, it seems to have a soft shape, the stinking amaranth stalks will have been made.