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Cantonese Cooking

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Cantonese cooking also specializes in soups, especially turtle soup,steamed,roasted and grilled(broiled) pork and poultry dishes; “double pan” and large earthenware casserole type cooking. A great deal of clear chicken broth is used as a stock or base of light gravies and is preferred to the sugar used by other schools to achieve “sweetness”. And, of course, in keeping with the Taoist principle, underdone is well done, literally,in Canton! This is particularly true of their low oil, quick, stir fried “chow” dishes, a technique which originated in Yang Chow; hence the name.

Refer here **Cantonese Cooking Recipes** and ** Low Fat Recipes**

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Cantonese Cooking

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Cantonese cooking, especially has stayed close to the Taoist principle that food should be eaten as near to its natural state as possible, with as little cooking and seasoning as possible. Chemical tenderizers such as vetsin (monosudium glutamate) are avoided, and cutting and scoring the meats, vegetables and fish in such a way as to achieve the required tenderness preferred. This relies of course, not only on a (more…)

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What is all about the Guangzhou

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Guangzhou is in southern China, on the coast. A mild climate and access to the sea gave the province a vast variety of foodstuffs and ingredients and it is credited with the invention of the greatest number of dishes some say around 400,00 with 250 different ways of cooking pork alone!

Cantonese is however, a non holds barred school; practically everything which may (more…)

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