戒外加油
俗廚製菜，動熬豬油一鍋，臨上菜時，勺取而分澆之，以為肥膩。甚至燕窩至清之物，亦復受此玷污。而俗人不知，長吞大嚼，以為得油水入腹。故知前生是餓鬼投來。
No added fat
Vulgar cooks in the kitchen are quick to render a pot of pork fat and pour a spoonful on top of each dish right before serving to make it fatty.[1] Even swallow nests, an ingredient of extremely light [flavour], are also spoiled this way. [2] Yet vulgar men, being ignorant, gobble them up and think [they] have taken in some hearty fat, so it appears [they] are reborn from hungry spectres.
* Yuan Mei 袁枚 (1716-1798), Suiyuan shidan 隨園食單 1.12a: https://c.cnkgraph.com/eBooks/%e5%9b%9b%e5%ba%ab%e4%b9%8b%e5%a4%96/%e9%9a%a8%e5%9c%92%e9%a3%9f%e5%96%ae%20%e6%b8%85%20%e8%a2%81%e6%9e%9a%e6%92%b0/%e4%b8%80.pdf
[1] The practice is still quite popular nowadays. That spoonful of pork fat is considered a magical touch, even to a simple bowl of cooked rice.
[2] Yanwo 燕窝 (swallow nest) has been a sought-after ingredient in Chinese cuisine for hundreds of years, mainly used in soup.
Byproduct of a recent sausage-making session
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