Recently, Spring Festival in China came to a close, and with that students returned to school in droves. Three of my students contacted me once they got back and we decided to have a meal at my apartment. Disappointed that my ankle was now pronounced ‘fractured’, they decided that what I needed was a good dose of Bone Soup, made of Chinese radish and, well, pork bones.
In addition, we stir fried some Chinese greens (青菜 – qīng cài), and for a third dish, we prepared enoki mushroom and egg stir fry. Enokitake (borrowed from Japanese), or ‘golden needle mushrooms’ are also popular in Chinese cooking (金菇 – jīngū).
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Like the way of the Chinese to link food nutrition to health requirement. Hope that ankle heals strongly.
Cheers! I do too. Chinese medicine and folklore are really interesting. Some of the things people offer up as advice really do make sense. Others not so much. They do seem rather resilient as a people, so there has to be something to what they say
I have had this before and it tastes surprisingly good.
I couldn’t agree more. The radish soaks up all the flavour of the broth. Delish!
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I hope the bone soup works as magically as chicken soup over here and that your ankle’s healing nicely.
That Chinese radish is enormous. Does it taste like radish?
I find our small radishes kind of spicy, and I’ve only ever eaten those raw in salads. These large ones are milder and remind me more of standard root vegetables when cooked.
So the larger ones are meant to be cooked? Like parsnips?
It is a cultural thing, I believe. The Japanese often use the radish raw – I have fond memories of it grated in salads and on top of little blocks of tofu with diced spring onion and a little soy sauce (I dated a Japanese fellow for a few years and this was one of our favourite pre-dinner creations). The Chinese, I have found over the years, seldom eat anything raw. In general, they find the idea of salad strange. So you get steamed and stir fried, and batter-covered and deep-fried radish.
Did it work??? Are you walking??? Oh I sure hope so!
No, and no big surprise. I’ve also lost my job
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is this soup any traditional Chinese medicine?
I think the principles behind the ingredients are traditional thinking, but it may not technically be Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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While it’s healing your ankle, I’ll bet it tasted delicious.
Just looking at the photos was health-inducing!
You know, that’s an interesting point. I’m curious about whether believing in the healthiness of the meal could make it (more) potent. I need to get some more bones and try this out. I’ve also made the soup with yellow beans instead of radish, and it was also fantastic and very healthy looking.
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