/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Chinese kitchen is the same as chinese medicine and chinese divination. Some herbs will help anyone, but it takes a lot of knowledge to actually choose your medicine correctly. Chinese divination is also not what it seems to be - things like I Ching are a form of meditation and a guide of thinking by symbols and self-discovery, to find the best advice for the situation.

Chinese cooking and food requires some knowledge in the same way. It can be tasty for anyone, but to fully appreciate it you need to understand it. Especially the kitchen of five changes. Each meal can be an philosophical essay in the way.

Here, I'll give you a great newbie place to start if you want to taste authentic chinese kitchen. Follow the recipe:

1 cucumber
1 TSP salt
2 TSP sugar
2 TBSP rice vinegar
1 TBSP sesame oil
1 TBSP soya sauce - LIGHT, not dark!
2 cloves of garlic
2 chili peppers
coriander

Slice cucumber into quartes and than into big slices. Put to the bowl, add half TSP salt. Slice garlic, halve chili peppers, tear coriande. Add it all to the bowl.

Put everything what's left into a jar (only half of TSP salt, we already used the other half). Shake it for a long time. Longer better. Add to the bowl. Mix it. Leave it in the fridge for at least 20 minutes. Will be better after one night though.