[Sca-cooks] Message from Paul Buell....

[Craig Jones.]

>I've been talking to Paul about a couple of things,
>and I asked him:
>
>PS- Reading recipe 195 Yellow Hen (from Soup-PDA)-
>what, if any difference does the color of the chicken
>make?
>
>Paul- Yes, the color of the chicken matters. Different
>colored chickens have different medicinal properties.
>Also some of the meats are darker, thus regarded as
>different too.

Agreed.  Same with Black Chicken.

What does he have to say on recipe 192.  The foot-note say  this
recipe is defective but not why?

The recipe is:

[192] Broiled Yellow Chicken

It cures asthenia-weakness of spleen and stomach diarrhea.

Yellow Hen (one; pluck and clean).

[Of] ingredients, combine together evenly: salt, sauce (Drake Note:
usually means fermented soy-bean), vinegar, fennel, fine Chinese
flower pepper powder.  Brush onto the chicken.  Roast until dry and
scortched on coals.  Eat on an empty stomach.

The recipe looks fine to me...

>About the other book? It should be a while.
>
>Paul:Other recipe collection is the Jujia biyong
>shilei, from Late Yuan. I and a bunch of people are
>translating when I get time. Recipes more easily
>cookable.

Do you have an email address for paul?  I wonder if he needs
volunteers to trial the recipes.

>
>So, that's what's happening with Paul, folks.
>
>Hope this supplements some of your information.
>
>Phlip

My dear, you are indeed an angel.  Thank you.

Drake.