( Bǎ zi ròu )





把子肉 roughly translates to wrapped meat. It is the Xuzhou specialty and is usually served for lunch. The meat is prepared by boiling throughout the day which may explain why many such restaurants only serve it for lunch: they only have enough pots and pans for one batch a day. There are usually boiled greens and cabbages available. This makes it a comparatively good option for paleo eaters, mysterious poisons aside.





A typical ba zi rou pot contains the following paleo-positive choices: drumsticks (chicken and duck), meatballs, bacon, sausages, beef (vertebrae), boiled eggs (chicken and quail), fried eggs . Not all foods are created healthily, for example: one should stay away from the sausages (which are closer to the hot-dog family than I'm comfortable with) if one wishes to remain as toxin free as possible.







