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Lou Fo Tong
''Lou fo tong'' () is a distinctive variety of soup in Cantonese cuisine popular among Chinese people in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas. These soups are usually made by simmering various vegetables, fruits, meat or Chinese herbs in a pressure cooker, vacuum cooker, claypot, wok or clay jar for a few hours, and are believed to have skincare, heart-protective, vision-enhancing, bile-reducing, and bone-strengthening benefits. Owing to the hot and humid climate in the Lingnan region, the locals have developed a penchant for drinking ''lou fo tong'' for its nourishing and health-boosting effects.''Beautiful China'': "Lou Fo Tong". Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, 2020. https://www.travelchina.org.cn/sitefiles/gjly_en/html/food/493_1.shtml Nutrition According to experiments conducted by a research team led by Prof. Jiang Zhuoqin from School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, the calcium salts in animal bones are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pig Lung & Almond Soup
The pig (''Sus domesticus''), also called swine (: swine) or hog, is an Omnivore, omnivorous, Domestication, domesticated, even-toed ungulate, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus ''Sus (genus), Sus''. Some authorities consider it a subspecies of ''Sus scrofa'' (the wild boar or Eurasian boar); other authorities consider it a distinct species. Pigs were domesticated in the Neolithic, both in China and in the Near East (around the Tigris, Tigris Basin). When domesticated pigs arrived in Europe, they extensively interbred with wild boar but retained their domesticated features. Pig farming, Pigs are farmed primarily for meat, called pork. The animal's skin or Hide (skin), hide is used for leather. China is the world's largest pork producer, followed by the European Union and then the United States. Around 1.5 billion pigs are raised each year, producing some 120 million tonnes of meat, often cured as bacon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
