(Baonghean.vn) - At the end of the year, like many spring roll wrapper villages ((locally it's called 'dry cake')The people of Yen Tien village, Luu Son commune, are busier than usual preparing goods for the upcoming Lunar New Year.
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| In Yen Tien village, Luu Son commune, Do Luong district, it's easy to spot long rows of bánh (Vietnamese rice cakes) stalls stretching from the beginning of the village to every small alley. |
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| Starting in the morning, villagers spread the batter onto the rice paper sheets, dry them in the sun, and then collect them in the afternoon. While some households have invested in machinery for large-scale production, others still use the traditional manual method of spreading the batter. |
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao, a resident of Yen Tien village, said that during the end of the year, the demand for spring roll wrappers increases, and her family and many other households in the village work non-stop. Traders buy everything they make. |
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| On average, each household produces between 1,200 and 1,500 trays of rice cakes per day to meet the demand of people during and around Tet (Lunar New Year). |
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy, whose family has a tradition of making rice crackers for nearly 50 years, said that previously, when they made them by hand, the productivity was only 20-30 kg of rice per day. About 5 or 6 years ago, her family switched to machine production, now producing 100-200 kg per day. |
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| Rice paper for spring rolls is not only closely associated with generations of people in Yen Tien village, but also with many other rice paper-making villages in Do Luong. |
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| Making spring roll wrappers provides a decent source of income for many families in this area. |
Thanh Cuong
