Pinyin: yān sǔn là ròu Salt is one of the necessary ingredients for us to live and has been used in cooking for almost all of human history. Salt is mined or harvested and then refined. Once it is refined a large portion of salt ends up in factories and is used for industrial purposes. [...]
Pinyin: kǔ guā ròu piàn One of my lesser liked vegetables is bitter melon, I think it will grow on me eventually, but for now it’s not my thing. The fruit is a lot like a cucumber, but just much more bitter, in fact it’s one of the most bitter fruits we know. As the [...]
Pinyin: suàn né bái ròu For over 7000 years humans have been eating pork. It’s the most widely consumed meat in the world and China consumes the most at around 40kg per capita. Pork is usually considered to be white meat by the American public thanks to a marketing campaign in the 80’s, but it’s [...]
Pinyin: jiàng ròu chǎo mǎ tí Flukes aren’t very nice at all. These parasitic worms enjoy living primarily in the intestines and livers of their human hosts. Today, I’m interested in water chestnuts today which if eaten fresh and not properly cleaned might give you flukes. Water chestnuts aren’t really nuts they are more like [...]
Pinyin: chòu dòu fǔ zhēng sān xiān I was alone for dinner so I knew I could get just one dish and I wanted something that was different. I decided upon this dish of steamed ham and stinky tofu. Stinky tofu is simply tofu that has been soaked in a marinade and fermented for several [...]
Pinyin: chá shù gū suàn miáo chǎo là ròu Rapeseed oil has been used by humans for hundreds of years. In the 1960’s scientists in Canada created a genetically modified rapeseed, now known as Canola oil, to be a more healthy form of oil. but rapeseed oil still rules the kitchen in China. Global rapeseed [...]
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