My home is in the north, and I remember the winter in my home is very, very cold, the coldest time reached minus ten degrees Celsius. Every year after the winter solstice, my mother began to make corn rice for us, saying that it was warm to eat rice in winter. The rice was cooked in a big pot with an earthen stove, and sometimes there would be some vegetable leaves, yams or dried yams in the rice. Whenever it came time to eat, we sisters were like little pigs grabbing food, holding bowls and ...
