Chicken head rice, also a Suzhou specialty, is the size of a seven- or eight-millimeter pearl, and isn't very expensive on its own. But it needs to be shelled to be eaten, and peeling it is particularly troublesome, so when peeled, chicken head rice sells for about a hundred dollars a catty. Chicken head rice can be stir-fried or stewed, and it can also be used to make osmanthus chicken head rice, an authentic dessert of old Suzhou.

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