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A LOVE LETTER TOHOTDISHIN THE WORDS OF CHEF YIA VANGChef Yia Vang of Union Hmong Kitchen and the highly-anticipated restaurant Vinai, hasbeen among the chefs and Minnesota foodies experimenting with hotdish as a staple mealwith the potential to transcend cultures. Read our interview with Chef Yia Vang on mustardgreens in hotdish in section 5.Hotdish,Hmong food has been described as bright, bold, hot, spicy, and herbaceous. So howcan we, the Hmong, relate to hotdish? Well, that’s simple, the Hmong people aresurvivors. We’re scrappy and when others tap out of the fight, we keep pushingforward. My mother used to tell me stories about her experiences as a little girl. Attimes, all she had to eat was rice and water, with a banana for flavor.It's these stories of suffering that explain how my mother and grandmother were ableto put together meals for us growing up, mixing what we were given from the foodshelter with whatever rice we had in the house. They ensured that we would neverhave to experience what they went through in the old country. They fought for us,they suffered for us. Over the past few years, I’ve begun to understand the impact oftheir sacrifices. It has changed the way I talk to people. It changed the way I viewpeople. Most notably, It changed the way I cook for people.When cooking hotdish, there is also a deep sense of perseverance and hope. Hotdish isa grandmother’s love, to make sure her family will make it through the harshMinnesotan winters. Ensuring that her grandkids are well fed and healthy means thatshe can keep their family legacy alive. Whether hotdish is made by a Hmong kid or awhite grandmother, at the end of the day, they tell the same story of love and hope.Yia Vang
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