Teochew When celebrating
Chinese New Year (CNY), it is a custom for
Teochew people to keep green olives in one of the compartments of a
Chinese candy box. In CNY, olives are also called diêng1 guê2 (珍果, literally precious nut) or
betel nuts (檳榔). Though green olives may referred to as betel nuts in Teochew, they should not be confused with the betel nuts, fruits of the
areca palm, consumed in Taiwan, Southeast Asia and Fujian. But by late Qing dynasty or early Republican period, they gave up on the addictive betel nuts and took up green olives as a substitute. From then on, eating olives, both green and black, become a custom in Teochew. ==Gallery==