Three-Delicacy Soup

Public reference · Home adaptation Soups take three of the twelve seats — three-delicacy soup, intestine soup and pure yam soup — with rice paste as a fourth, so thin dishes and dry dishes alternate; the source puts it in one line, 'half thin and half dry, half water and half mountain', and adds 'chopsticks and spoons used together, filling and moistening', meaning the spoon ladles soup while the chopsticks carry the solids, each doing its own job. The three-delicacy soup comes third, about a third of the way in, clearing the palate with something fresh and clean before the heavier flavours after the knuckle. The menu source is the Xuancheng municipal government's 'Maolin twelve bowls banquet', which records dish names and serving order only (yin-three-delicacy soup) and no method. **The source records only the dish name and its place; this version's technique comes from a published three-delicacy soup and has no correspondence to the Maolin twelve-bowls kitchen. It is not a historical original or a house secret.** The reference states: the tofu may be sliced, cut into strips or diced; shiitake trimmed and sliced; ham likewise sliced; greens cut into short lengths; eggs beaten (as many as you like); heat the pan over high heat with oil, the amount to taste — lard gives a whiter broth, since animal fat emulsifies into water — spread the oil over the base and bring it to the faintest smoke, then turn the heat to medium; add the eggs, fry thirty seconds, flip and fry another thirty, timing flexible according to your own stove; once both sides are golden, add water. **The reference uses ham sausage and lard; this version keeps ham but specifies a cooked, ready-to-eat ham sausage, and uses vegetable oil by default while noting that lard gives a whiter broth — both editorial settings, stated here.** Structurally, the source's 'half thin and half dry, half water and half mountain' is why soups take three of the twelve seats (three-delicacy soup, intestine soup, pure yam soup) with rice paste as a fourth; the culture note follows that reading. The reference gives no banquet quantity; the amounts here are scaled to six servings by the editor and have not been kitchen-tested. Contains soy (tofu) and egg; the ham sausage is a processed meat that often contains wheat and starch, so check labels. The soup is served hot, so mind the temperature for older adults and young children. The reference includes seasoning, which is left out here; add to taste if you wish. AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a kitchen-tested dish. 茂林十二碗宴席（宣城市人民政府，2023-02-13，信息来源：市文旅局） — Menu basis: it records 'half thin and half dry, half water and half mountain' and 'chopsticks and spoons used together, filling and moistening', and lists 'yin-three-delicacy soup' in serving order. It records dish names and order only, with no methods. https://www.xuancheng.gov.cn/News/show/634526.html 皖美宝藏小城丨食遇泾县（泾县人民政府·泾县文化旅游） — Jing County corroboration: the Maolin twelve bowls are the centrepiece for weddings, new year and banquets, all twelve different, alternating meat and vegetables, thick and light. It records no methods or ingredients. https://www.ahjx.gov.cn/News/show/1698460.html 下厨房：厨房新手友好·三鲜汤 — The method: a block of tofu, three eggs, 60 g of greens, 70 g of fresh shiitake, one ham sausage, half a spoon of white pepper, one and a half spoons of salt and a spoon of seasoning. The tofu may be sliced, cut into strips or diced; the shiitake is trimmed and sliced; the ham likewise; the greens are cut into short lengths; the eggs are beaten, and as many as you like. Heat over high heat with oil, more or less to taste — lard gives a whiter broth, since animal fat emulsifies into water — spread the oil over the base and bring it to the faintest smoke, then turn the heat to medium; add the eggs, fry thirty seconds, flip and fry thirty seconds more, timing flexible to your stove; once golden on both sides, add water. https://m.xiachufang.com/recipe/107714758/

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