3. Hulatang and Tofu Pudding, Mixed Who says opposites cannot mix? Who says black and white must stay apart? …
3. Hulatang and Tofu Pudding, Mixed
Who says opposites cannot mix? Who says black and white must stay apart? The sun and moon can share the same sky, so why not hulatang and tofu pudding?
Street stalls in the Central Plains know a thing or two. If the soup is too fiery, add a spoonful of pale, fragrant tofu pudding. If the tofu pudding tastes too mild, stir in a spoonful of hulatang, spicy, savory, and numbing.
Heaven and earth hold up the same world. A king and his queen belong together. So do these two, once you mix them. If you are not the kind of well-off, big-appetite adult who can finish two full bowls, just ask the vendor for a half-and-half.
In one bowl, black and white mingle, and all kinds of flavor open up. In the end, most of us are simply chasing a life that hits the right balance, salty and mild, wanting both and getting both.