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Ancient cookbook of Yinshan Zhengyao (1330):

Bear Soup
It treats migratory arthralgia insensitivity and [evil] foot qi.
Bear meat (two legs; cook. When done cut into chunks), tsaoko cardamoms (three).
[Boil] ingredients [together into a soup]. Use three qian of black pepper, one qian of kasni, two qian of turmeric, two qian of grain–of–paradise [seed of Amomum villosum or A. xanthioides], one qian of za’faran. Adjust flavors of everything together with onions, salt, and sauce.

Roast Wolf Soup
Ancient bencao do not include entries on wolf meat. At present we state that its nature is heating. It treats asthenia. I have never heard that it is poisonous for those eating it. In the case of the present recipe we use spices to help its flavor. It warms the five internal organs, and warms the center.
Wolf meat (leg; bone and cut up), tsaoko cardamoms (three), black pepper (five qian), kasni (one qian), long pepper (two qian), grain–of–paradise (two qian), turmeric (two qian), za’faran (one qian).
Boil ingredients together into a soup. Adjust flavors of everything using onions, sauce, salt, and vinegar.

Horse Stomach Plate
Horse stomach and intestines (one set; cook. When done cut up.), finely ground mustard (half a jin).
[For] ingredients, take the white blood irrigating bowel and cut into flower shapes. [Take] the astringent spleen, combine with fat [i.e., suet] and mince as filling. When made into morsels, fry. Adjust flavors with onions, salt, vinegar, and finely ground mustard.

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Much more variety than unhygienic European cooking. And now to move onto the miracle that is Chinese asparagus. (European asparagus has no comparable effects.)

The Daoist Classic of the Eight Emperors [says:]
If you wish not to fear the cold, make a fine powder of Chinese asparagus and China root, and take. Take several times a day. When it is extremely cold one will sweat when wearing unlined clothing.

The Baopuzi says:
Du Ziwei ate Chinese asparagus. He managed 80 wives, had 140 sons, and could travel 300 li a day.

The Liexianzi says:
Zhisongzi ate Chinese asparagus. When his teeth fell out they grew in again. The fine hairs on his head grew in again.

The Shenxian zhuan says:
Gan Shi was a man of Taiyuan. He took Chinese asparagus. He was among people for three hundred years.

The Xiuzhen bizhi says:
The spirit immortals took Chinese asparagus. After one hundred days they were pleasant and composed and had pleasant countenances. Those who were emaciated and infirm became strong. In three hundred days their bodies were light, and in three years they could travel as if flying.