Pick strawberries at the year end in anorganic farm.

Lamb is a specialty food for locals inthe Xishan. Have a taste of freshly slaughtered lamb in a farmer¡¯s house, andit truly is a most delicious food in this world.

For those who keep a strict healthregime, a pot of hard-boiled chicken, better from those feeding naturally onthe isle, and with addition of a few wolfberries, is a premium of alldelicacies.

Gourmet food on the isle during winter.Farmer-slaughtered pigs, salted, cut a few slices, add a few pieces of newlypicked vegetable, boil in a pot, the salty smell greets you at the door. Thebest of rice with salted pork is rice crust. As it is cooked with lard, it iscrispy and delicious, comparable to the best food on earth.

Wild herbs are most popular on the Isleof the Xishan in the cold winter. The first is Wenwentou (also calledEchangchang, or Zaotou in other places), it is the most tender wild herbs inwinter. The comes the delicious shepherd¡¯s purse. They monopolize the farmland. Dumpling with shepherd¡¯s purse, and bean curd soup with shepherd¡¯s purseare recommended. However, farmers generally stir-fry it with sliced pork.