Sweet serpentine pastry coils to greet Year of Snake

By Betty Shimabukuro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 06, 2013

~~<p>We should all eat a snake in the next few days, given that Sunday marks the dawning of the Year of the Snake. Not a real snake&ensp;— the genuine reptile being hard to come by in these parts. A symbolic snake tasting would be good enough to celebrate this zodiac character's qualities of thoughtfulness and wisdom.</p>
<p>There are many ways to pull this off using breadstick dough twisted into snakelike shapes, a fun and easy way to entertain kids as the Lunar New Year approaches.</p>
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We should all eat a snake in the next few days, given that Sunday marks the dawning of the Year of the Snake. Not a real snake — the genuine reptile being hard to come by in these parts. A symbolic snake tasting would be good enough to celebrate this zodiac character's qualities of thoughtfulness and wisdom.

There are many ways to pull this off using breadstick dough twisted into snakelike shapes, a fun and easy way to entertain kids as the Lunar New Year approaches. Login for more...