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THE CHINESE COOK BOOK
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DRY FLAT FISH SOUP


YOUT

YUE

TONG

1 pound dry flat fish
½ teaspoonful alkaline solution
12 cups primary soup

(a) Cover the dry flat fish with cold water. Add the alkaline solution. (Get this from a Chinese grocery store.) Soak for 15 minutes. Wash thoroughly, take out the bones.

(b) Cook the fish in plain water for 3 hours. Change the water several times while cooking. Then cook for 15 minutes in the primary soup.

Serve with the soup. Put into it a few drops of sesamum-seed oil.