At the table
Stir gently if it settles, then sip warm or cooled. Let a hot serving cool first; it is a drink, not a bowl of corn porridge.
The selected corn, water and sugar recipe is vegan and vegetarian. Dairy, peanut or sesame variants are not covered by that ingredient assessment; check the recipe or label.
Corn-and-water versions without added sugar exist. Other recipes add milk, peanuts or sesame; packaged products have their own formulas.
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- Specification
- Cook fresh sweet corn, remove the kernels, blend with water, simmer the mixture with sugar and strain out the coarse pulp. Corn-and-water versions without added sugar exist. Other recipes add milk, peanuts or sesame; packaged products have their own formulas.
Ingredients
Fresh sweet-corn kernels, water and sugar; milk, peanuts or sesame occur in other versions.
Origin & regional roots
Jilin
Associated with Jilin.
About this regional connection
Jilin: Siping contemporary corn beverage production evidence, not exclusive local recipe or heritage origin.
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Story & history
Sweet-corn drink
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
Corn is also processed into everyday drinks. Siping has contemporary corn-drink production, but this blended drink is not unique to the city or a fixed local heritage recipe.