It will take nearly 2 months for the fillings to begin to ripen, but the young glutinous rice fillings at the beginning of the season in Tuyen Quang are very popular with the housewives of the city because of the delicious, fleshy, and greasy taste of this rural specialty.
These days, Ms. Do Thu Phuong in Hoang Mai, Hanoi, after many days of waiting, has imported the first batch of green glutinous fillings that are very satisfactory at the beginning of the season. Phuong said, this is the first green filling trip of this year’s filling season. This filling trip was sent by the Tay ethnic people in Tuyen Quang to Hanoi for her to sell.
“The young glutinous filling is now rounder, bigger than a month ago. Biting and eating, the pulp was very thick. These are natural forest fillings, a specialty of the countryside, very clean and safe, without chemicals,” Phuong said. Currently, 1kg of green sticky rice fillings at the beginning of the season, Phuong sells for 50,000 VND/kg. Customers buy 2kg, she sells 95,000 VND. Because it’s just the beginning of the season, many people come to the store, see delicious fillings, and immediately order them for processing. 
Green filling at the beginning of the season is loved by many housewives “Customers who buy green fillings at the beginning of the season usually use a knife to smash the fruit, then store it with fish or meat. Because green fillings are young, the seeds are very tender. Filled with fish and meat stock, the sour taste is very delicious, but it is not acrid,” Phuong said. According to Ms. Phuong, the main harvest season must be nearly 2 months away. At that time, the filling will be ripe. There are 2 types of fillings, which are green fillings and black fillings. These types of fillings are grown a lot in the northern mountainous provinces. If the green fillings have green skin, the black fillings are dark purple. Both types of fillings are diamond-shaped, very delicious and can be used to prepare many dishes. At the beginning of the green filling season, although the selling price is still high, many housewives still rush to order fillings to eat. “There is no such fruit in the city, but only in the northern mountainous region. Therefore, seeing fillings at the beginning of the season, every housewife buys 1-2kg. Like my house, I like to marinate fish sauce. Just halve the fillings, add some delicious fish sauce with a little sugar, and eat deliciously. But many people stock it with meat, fish, and make apricots. In general, there are many ways to eat with fillings.” This small trader revealed that every day she sells from 30-50 kg of fillings at the beginning of the season. “With translation like this, many people buy online. They buy fish stock and meat stock so that they can eat less for the whole week, so they don’t have to go to the market many times and still have delicious food every day.” As far as Ha Dong, but a housewife named Thanh, 28 years old, when she saw the first season of the season on the online market, she immediately ordered 2kg to eat, even though she had lost 30,000 VND to ship. However, as long as there is filling at the beginning of the season, she will have less cravings. 
Fillings can be combined and processed into many dishes, such as braised with fish, meat, sticky rice 
Green fillings have a fleshy, fatty taste “My wife and I both like to eat green fillings and black fillings. With green fillings, I usually stock with copper perch. In turn, arrange 1 filling on the bottom of the clay pot, one layer of fish. Then put the soy sauce in the fish pot and cook on low heat until cooked. Very strange, fish stock with fillings, fish is not fishy. Perhaps the filling will take away the fishy taste of the fish. Eating fish has a rich, delicious taste of fillings. Everyone in my family loves this dish. Or if I’m bored with fish stock, I’ll put it in my mouth with bacon, “she said. Even, when buying green fillings, Ms. Thanh also beat it slightly. Then she roasted the chicken with fillings, adding a little water to infuse the spices. Finally, chop some ginger leaves and mix well to eat. Not only does she like to eat green fillings, but Thanh is also addicted to black fillings, although this type of filling cannot be processed as many dishes as green fillings. “With black fillings, I often make sticky rice with sticky rice fillings. Eating sticky rice with fillings gives a strange feeling, both fat and fleshy mixed in sticky rice seeds. This housewife said that she really wants to learn how to salt filling like the Tay people so that she can eat fillings all year round, but she doesn’t know how. “I have studied salt a few times but have not been successful. Because the processing of salt fillings has too many meticulous stages. Perhaps because the salting technique is not correct and the preservation is not good, there is no filling for the whole year,” she admitted.
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