[Sca-cooks] Bean Paste in Soup for the Qan

[Johnna Holloway]

Actually under the term Recipes on page 697 of A Soup for the Qan
in the second column there are are a number of pages listed under the
entry:
Bean paste121, 148, 152, 170, 282, 283, 314, 316.
Bean purees are on page 73.
Perhaps those entries on those pages might answer your questions.

Since you've got the time before the feast, I'd suggest getting hold of 
a copy of
Ken Albala's Beans A History. He has an entire chapter on soybeans in 
China.
There's  also mentions throughout the book on other beans being used in 
China.

Johnnae (playing librarian again)


Johnnae
Lilinah wrote:
> I'm re-re-reading the introductory matter to A Soup for the Qan. The 
> authors mention that recipes for essentially Turkic pasta that include 
> bean paste reflect Chinese influence. However, i don't recall them 
> specifying what kind of bean paste and the index does not list bean 
> paste...
> There are so many possibilities