American beef that floods the US market is a type of beef raised by CAFO (Concentrated Livestock Production), which Americans call “urban cattle”. This form of farming forces 100 million herbivores for meat to eat all ground corn. About 60% of commercial US corn is used for livestock, mostly for cattle. The cow turns into a “machine” that converts corn into steak. This beef, accordingly, cheap, quality compared to beef grazing, imported from Argentina, a sky apart. The price is of course “any money”. New Zealand beef is included in the delicacy category. The Australian beef on the market is the best beef due to its scientific farming practices. The climate in Australia is diverse, so they breed both large breed groups including temperate groups and tropical groups. People often distinguish beef from tropical beef with humpback and beef temperate without. The Australian humpback is now over 150,000 VND / kg. Westerners do not know how to eat humpback beef, in Vietnam, many restaurants sell mixed hump dishes. Beef hump is delicious thanks to the thin fatty tissue located between the layers of lean, very sweet food. The back of this neck is also ideal for cooking five fruits. Vietnamese beef is not raised on a large scale. The price is not competitive with imported beef. Especially the US CAFO beef. When the owner of the Bistro restaurant on Le Thi Rieng Street (District 1) told me: “Westerners come here like to eat Vietnamese beef”. Vietnamese beef is fragrant with milk, he explained. I also do not understand much. Until the process of raising CAFO cows is known, it will be broken. That is not to mention bovine meat imported from India. India specializes in exporting buffalo meat. Production into Vietnam is large, but consumption is not much. Because the international customs regulations that both buffalo and beef meat are collectively bovine, most of them “go from buffalo to cow” back home. Two types of meat are delicious, gourmets believe that buffalo meat is better, but buffalo meat becomes a higher “pocket money” cow. When the delicious beef is locked. We start to cook it with five fruits. Beef cooked with grapes, the dish is often on the menu of wedding parties. Photo: LANGUAGE Popular in restaurants is the beef / buffalo dish cooked with grapes. Green grapes, red grapes, black grapes are okay, as long as they are both sour and sweet. Grapes are divided into two groups, large and small. Group of small fruits peeled, seeded and minced. The large group cut in half is more decorative. If you want a fatty beef, choose rump meat – the meat has a lot of fat, slice it and marinate it with spices and a little bit of MSG to enhance the sweetness of the meat. Approximately half an hour. Stew the beef to soften with coconut water, a small glass of white wine; red wine the better. Nearly ripe for the grapes on. Now the water has a certain consistency, becoming a sauce like beef stock. Served with vermicelli or bread are both delicious. Please borrow the word Tien Dien is “tót great”. Grape flavor is stronger when eating a piece of meat with half a grape. Usually these dishes are served with 6 or more people. Luong Vi, a Chinese chef, once said: “The apprentices asked me what is culinary culmination? Are those the freshest ingredients, the most complex flavors? Is it raw, or sophisticated? All of them are not. The culmination is not about eating or cooking, but giving and sharing food. “Great” food is never eaten alone, but must be eaten with close friends … ” Beef cooked with oranges is more aromatic than beef cooked with grapes, because the essential oil in the orange peel adds minced lemongrass. These two flavors are similar, so the resonance is eternal. As long as you squeeze the orange, turn the pieces upside down to take advantage of the essential oils in the peel. Many people choose beef corn to cook oranges. Corn, also known as calendula, is like humpback, with fatty tissues mixed in the corn meat to create interesting patterns. With this dish, beef broth must be available to cook for tender meat to taste. Beef cooked with red apple is selected as brisket. It is a piece of meat on the forelegs from the legs to the mouth, half lean and half fat. This meat is fragrant and crunchy, and when cooked, the fire must be adjusted to achieve a moderate softness without being chewy because of the dense connective tissue. The meat is also stewed with beef broth. The apple must be a red apple, also known as a jujube. Middle-aged people love this dried jujube in a traditional herbal remedy. It is a remedy for insomnia. Pineapple cooked beef is also known as fragrant braised beef. Beef for this dish also chooses beef dandruff because the meat has tendons so when the meat warehouse will not dry out. Since the aroma softens the meat quickly, this dish only needs to cook on low heat for 15 minutes. This dish has a salty and sour taste and the aroma of lemongrass ginger so you can taste it (mouthfeel), the whole family is fine with rice. Beef cooked with strawberries is just a suggestion I want to give to my friend Buu Viet, the owner of a riverside restaurant in Can Tho, who always likes to invent new, unique, tried and wrong dishes a few times, to become menu items in the restaurant. When it comes to mulberry season, you can also try it. This strawberry is very sweet, so it is necessary to adjust the balance with some sour ingredients, but in Vietnam, there are so many things, there is a sour food in every season. Every locality has sour food. If you are “localvore”, Phong Dien, Can Tho, where the strawberry is the native fruit, the sour substance will be the cork fruit.

Feng shui researcher Nguyen Xuan Cuong shares some notes when setting up the altar that families can refer to. Do not move the incense bowl to the wrong position At the end of the year, all families clean the altar to celebrate Tet. According to feng shui, should not arbitrarily move the incense bowl. If the bowl of incense is moved in a bad direction, it can even cause bad luck for the homeowner. The days bordering on the Lunar New Year are the occasion when people clean the altar and prepare to welcome the new year. Photo: Pham Thang. It should be noted, after taking out the incense, we should not hold the incense bowl to pour out the ashes. Because according to the concept of the ancients, this approach is very easy to spread talent and gossip. We should use a small spoon, scoop each spoonful of the incense to spill out. When cleaning, families should use a new towel, wipe from high to low. Wiping water is alcohol with crushed ginger branch. Fruit tray presentation The tray is an indispensable thing on the altar in every family during Tet. Around December 28 and 29, after cleaning the ancestral worship place, families began to set up a beautifully decorated five-fruit tray to place on the altar. Depending on the region, you will choose different fruits, the North usually includes bananas, oranges, Buddhas, grapefruit, peaches, persimmons, peppers … Each type represents a wish of the owner, ensuring the white color, Blue, yellow, black, pink. For the Northern people, the green banana bunch placed at the bottom represents the descendants who gather, gather, surround and protect each other. However, this type of fruit never appeared in the Southern fruit tray. They believe that bananas are associated with business failure. The conception comes from the pronunciation of the banana in the southern voice as “chewing”, which is close to “chewing”, just doing business is difficult. Many families choose to display the five-fruit tray according to feng shui with the concept of welcoming more fortune in the new year. Photo: Viet Linh. Southerners often prepare 5 kinds of fruits, namely custard apple, fig, coconut, papaya, and mango with the concept of “demand for fig, just enough to use”. Oranges and tangerines are associated with the concept of “tangerine do resignation”, which means a lot of work and hardship, so they are not displayed on Tet. Meanwhile, the Central people have an important respect to their ancestors and have almost no taboo on any kind of fruit, even in terms of flavor, color and name in the five-fruit tray. The fruit tray usually includes dragon fruit, watermelon, mango, grapefruit, grape, pineapple, apple, orange, pear, custard apple … The layout is simple, not too fussy, thereby showing some personality. the sincerity of the people here. Do not put fake flowers and fruit on the altar Many families often have the habit of displaying fake flowers on the altar because they both save money and do not have to change water. However, expert Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that plastic flowers or flashing electric lights should not be displayed on the altar. When descendants display real fruit, they will show their respect and respect to their ancestors. Fresh flowers and fruits should be used to display on the altar during Tet. Photo: Viet Linh. In addition, we should use fresh flowers to display on the altar, choose types with beautiful names, pleasant aroma. Fresh flowers should be used such as lily, yellow chrysanthemum, apricot blossom, peach blossom that is both beautiful, long-lasting, bringing the Tet atmosphere. According to traditional beliefs, some types of flowers should not be placed on the altar of Tet, such as lilies, orchids, and lilies. Also according to Professor Nguyen Xuan Cuong, in order to show respect to ancestors, homeowners are not allowed to bring wild flowers growing along the road to display on the altar.

Phuong Oanh moved to this apartment at the end of 2020. In the first year of celebrating the Lunar New Year at her new home, the actress eagerly purchased and decorated the living space. Sharing with Zing, Phuong Oanh confided that she wanted to prepare everything carefully before returning to her family. The actress set up the altar with a tray of five fruits, candies and fresh flowers. She meticulously prepared each small thing. According to Phuong Oanh, each small item in the house (such as a flowerpot, a pot of a cup, a cup of tea …) is carefully selected by her to match the main color of the interior. Phuong Oanh is off filming since the 23rd Tet. She took the opportunity to go to the flower market to buy a large fade peach tree and place it right at the entrance, making the spring atmosphere bustling. Phuong Oanh said she was very satisfied when she bought a beautiful peach tree with 10 years of age. In addition, she also manually installed the red cherry blossom vase to highlight the living room. Phuong Oanh expressed that due to the influence of the Covid-19 translation, this year’s Lunar New Year was not as peaceful and bustling as before. What she and everyone want the most is that the disease will be controlled, so that life will return to normal. “Oanh knows this Lunar New Year, some of you are not allowed to spend time with family. What I wish in the new year 2021 is perhaps health and peace for relatives, friends and all of us”. Phuong Oanh apartment is in area of ​​120 m2, designed in Indochine style, combining nostalgia of Asian tradition and modern beauty of French architecture. Actress Quynh Doll said that after the ups and downs in life, she wanted to find her tranquility and peace. The living room, kitchen and dining table are cleverly arranged, helping to optimize the space. Phuong Oanh claims to be a meticulous person. Her furniture and home decorations were selected and purchased from many different stores. She said: “There are things I change 4-5 times, when I really like it. I find myself a bit difficult. But up to now, I have been like that.” Phuong Oanh likes to cook, so the kitchen area is also carefully cared for by her, ensuring aesthetic elements, in harmony with the overall. Balcony space is decorated with many flower pots and a small table. For Phuong Oanh, this is the place to rest, relax, drink tea or read books after stressful working days. Phuong Oanh plans to return to Ha Nam for Tet with her parents and will return to Hanoi on the 3rd day of Tet. After the holidays, she continued to work on a new drama project. The drama is scheduled to air in March. “This is the role Oanh is passionate and looking forward to. A new character color that I have never experienced,” she said.