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Chicken Congee
emointhekitchen History of congee in Chinese Medicine The first records of Chinese congee come from Ma Wang Dui’s tomb during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). Medical books found in the tomb include congee recipes for snakebites and anal itching. These recipes likely date back to earlier periods. Tang and Song Dynasties saw widespread use of congee by professional physicians. Congees likely have a longer unrecorded history. Confucian scholar-doctors began writing about congee during the Tang and Song Dynasties. Sun Si-Miao included congee recipes in his Qian Jin during the Tang Dynasty. Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang compiled 129 medicinal gruel recipes in 992 AD. Many recipes are still in…
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Laba congee
emointhekitchen So, on December 30, 2022, the days fly by so, fast and in the blink of an eye, Laba Festival is here again. Porridge is indispensable, it adds all kinds of beans and rice to the boil, which is fragrant! Laba Festival, commonly known as “Laba”, is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The ancients had a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods and praying for a good harvest. In some areas, there was a custom of drinking Laba porridge. According to legend, this day is also the day when the Buddha Sakyamuni became enlightened. It is called the “Dharma Treasure Festival” and is one…
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Congee – Health, Comfort & Simplicity
emointhekitchen All over Asia, rice is not just a foodstuff but it has also its fixed place in religious symbolism and rituals, festivals, weddings etc. Rice is perceived as a gift of the gods and a meal without rice is not considered a full meal. Rice is not considered to be just an ingredient or a side dish. There are various one-dish meals of rice soup or porridge cooked with plenty of water or broth (roughly 6 cups of water per 1 cup of rice), called congee. Congee or in mandarin zhōu (jook in Cantonese) is proof that some of the best-tasting things in life are at the same time the…
