Bone Composite

Bone Composite

　　Bone Composite is a traditional salted vegetable consumed year-round by the Sani people of Shilin, Yunnan. It boasts a rich ethnic flavor, with a delicious taste that combines aroma, sourness, sweetness, spiciness, and saltiness. It is a nutritious delicacy rich in calcium, fat, protein, and other nutrients.

During the Spring Festival, Sani villages are filled with joy as every household slaughters a pig to celebrate. Aside from rendering lard from the fat and curing the pork into cured meat, the remaining bones, offal, and cracklings are finely chopped into a powdery white mixture using a bone-chopping knife. The mixture is then seasoned with an appropriate amount of ginger, scallions, garlic, chili powder, corn wine, and refined salt, stirred and kneaded evenly, and packed into ceramic jars for pickling.

Bone Composite can be steamed, boiled, stir-fried, stewed, or served cold. It is fragrant, refreshing, and endlessly delicious. Rich in calcium and various nutrients, regular consumption can promote healthy growth in children and has therapeutic effects on conditions such as rickets.