Xuân and Tram wash and dry the Banana leaves that came from a few tree's in the back yard. 
Be oi, oversee's her mother in making the bean curd and pork fat that will go inside the Bun Tet
A special sticky rice is used. There is a green leaf that has been soaking in the rice water. This along with the banana leaf dyes the rice green.
Bun Tet is a sticky rice cake (roll) with pork fat inside of yellow bean curd, surrounded by sticky rice.
This is one of several traditional foods of the south Vietnamese Tet celebration.
The viens form the banana leaves are used to tie the Bun Tet tightly together. This leaf vien is very tough - like a hemp rope.
Xuân's mother has been doing this since she was a child.
One down, eight to go!
Xuan's father prepares the cooker. This metal bucket has been turned into an oven used to heat cylindrical stones that will be placed inside a large pot of water.
This one is for Be oi - the baby
I dont remember how long this took, but I think it was a better part of a day. There are people who make these as their business. Everyone in the south has Bun Tet and I have tasted a couple different ones. Xuan's mother makes the best :)
The bundles of rice cake are placed into this pot and boiled over night.
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