Library staff members breathe new life to ancient recipes

Fruit and Meat

According to them, dishes made of fruit and meat are very common in the book.

“Many people take the combination of fruit and meat as a horrible dish, while in fact, it tastes good,” Shi said.

“Slice the chicken chest, add sesame oil, salt, ginger and stir with sliced pear and mushroom cubes. This is a recipe from the book. Very easy to learn.”

Tofu is another popular ingredient in the cook book. And many dishes made by tofu were named by people or their titles, such as Mayor Wang Tofu.