hanging rice en · NOUN
Etymology
It is usually stored hanging to avoid spoilage.
Meanings
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(Philippines, uncountable) Rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.
As I continued walking around the market, I would see lots of meat hanging in each stall until I finally found the object of my quest: the little red sweet and salty two-inch-long sausages and Cebu's famed hanging rice.
2014, Erlinda Jean, A Little Girl in a Big Hat, page 25: