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Here are some relatively simple
Chinese recipes.

Pork Ball Soup
All the ingredients may be
prepared, separately, carly in the
day. Combine and do the final
cooking just before serving. The
meatballs keep their shape.
T tb, lean ground pork
% teaspoon either ground
nutmeg or coriander
1 clove garlic, finely minced
2 tablespoons green onion,
finely chopped
1 teaspoon salt
Vegetables: Add 4 cups total of
three or more of the following:
Carrots, transparently sliced
Spinach, torn in bite-sized
pieces
Bok Choy, coarsely chopped
Green pepper, cubed
Mushrooms, sliced
Celery, thinly sliced, diagonally
Canned bamboo shoots
6 cups chicken broth - home
made, tinned or from dry mix
2 tablespoons dry sherry
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons cold water
Chopped green onions

Mix first five ingredients and
form into bite-size balls. Prepare
vegetables. Bring broth to a boil
and add sherry and soy sauce.
Taste for seasoning — add a iittle
more if you like.

About % hour before serving,
drop the pork balls into simmering
broth. Cook 15 minutes. Add
vegetavles and cook another five
minutes. If you like, you may add
a handful of thin, broad noodles at
this time. Thicken.

Serve, garnished with lots of
chopped green onions.

Egg Fu Yung
When my kids come home for
lunch I’m always popular if I've
made this. This recipe serves 3-4
for lunch. It’s difficult to make for
a large crowd — too much last-
minute cooking.
I cup fresh bean sprouts
¥: cup shredded onion
Vz cup celery, cut like
matchsticks
6 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Sauce:
Vs cup water
2 teaspoons sherry
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons cornstarch
(You may want to double this.)
Mix the sauce ingredients

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