|
Double Steaming
Double steaming, sometimes called ''double boiling'', is a Chinese cooking technique to prepare delicate food such as bird's nest soup and shark fin soup. The food is covered with water and put in a covered ceramic jar and the jar is then steamed for several hours. This technique ensures there is no loss of liquid or moisture (its essences) from the food being cooked, hence it is often used with expensive ingredients like Chinese herbal medicines. In Cantonese, double steaming is called ''dun'' (). The meaning of the Chinese character for ''dun'' in Cantonese is different from that in Mandarin, because ''dun'' means to simmer or stew in Mandarin. This technique is also common in Fujian, a neighbouring province of Guangdong (Canton). Famous examples Tong sui, or dessert soups, which contain medicinal herbs can be cooked using double steaming. Cantonese cuisine is famous for its slow-cooked soup. One famous dish of this kind is called the ''winter melon urn'' ( 冬瓜ç ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shark Fin Home
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays. However, the term "shark" has also been used to refer to all extinct members of Chondrichthyes with a shark-like morphology, such as hybodonts and xenacanths. The oldest modern sharks are known from the Early Jurassic. They range in size from the small dwarf lanternshark (''Etmopterus perryi''), a deep sea species that is only in length, to the whale shark (''Rhincodon typus''), the largest fish in the world, which reaches approximately in length. Sharks are found in all seas and are common to depths up to . They generally do not live in freshwater, although there are a few known exceptions, such as the bull shark and the river shark, which can be found in both seawater and freshwat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
