Abase-Asiya abaningi baqala usuku lwabo ngesitsha esifudumele se- congee , i-rice gruel yamanzi efana ne-porridge. Kodwa ngenkathi ngisho ne-fan ezinikele kakhulu ye-porridge ingase ibhekane nokuphoqeleka ukuyidla usuku nosuku, izinhlobonhlobo ze-seasonings ezisetshenziselwa ukwenza i-congee ziqinisekise ukuthi akudingeki ukuba zihlale zishaya. I-Congee ingaba mnandi noma inomusa; okhethiwe nakho konke okuvela enkukhu kuya kumakhowe.
Ngokuvamile, inyama iyahlanjululwa ngaphambi kokungezwa elayisi.
I-congee (eyaziwa nangokuthi i-jook e-Canton) ivela e-Indian "kanji", okubhekisela emanzini lapho irayisi ibilisiwe khona. (Ezingxenyeni zaseNdiya namuhla igama elithi congee lisho kokubili emanzini abilisiwe kanye nesidayisi ngokwayo). Ukudla kwesiShayina , uKenn Lo Lo uthi i-congee isebenza ngezinhloso ezimbili - ngaphandle kokufudumala umzimba, kuthatha indawo yesiphuzo, ngoba amaChina awavamile ukusiza iziphuzo ezibandayo.
Ama-Crullers
Njengoba nje inkomishi yasekuseni ye- cafe noma i-croissant i- de rigueur yamaFulentshi, ama- crullers yizinto zokuzikhethela ukukhonza nge-congee. Eyaziwa nangokuthi "amademoni ajuliwe ngokujulile," ama-crullers ahlamba inhlama - insilinga engaba ngamasentimitha angu-12 ubude - obuningi othosiwe ngamafutha. Isiqubulo sabo, "amademoni ajulile," sitholakala kumlandulo wasendulo. Ngesikhathi sikaConfucius, isikhulu sikahulumeni samangalela ngamanga u-Yueh Fei, isazi esidumile nesembongi, sokuphanga.
U-Yueh Fei wabe esebulawa. Igama lesiShayina le-dish, elithi "Yu Za Kuei" lihumusha ngokoqobo emademoni ajulile. Ukufisa ama-crullers ngamafutha kufanekisela isikhulu sikahulumeni futhi wonke umuntu ohlanganyele kulesi sigaba ube othosiwe ngamafutha kuze kube phakade.
Ngenkathi zingenziwa ekhaya, ama-crullers ("wena tiao" ngesi-Chinese) ayinto ethandwayo emigqeni ye-hawker.
Zifakwe ebhodini elifudumele, ngendlela efanayo ongayifaka ngayo i-donut ekomishi yekhofi. Enyakatho yeChina, lapho ukolweni kuyisitshalo esikhulu, ama-crullers agxilwe emzimbeni omncane, ongase ube mnandi noma usawoti.
Nazi izixhumanisi zokupheka eziningana ze-congee kanye nama-crullers:
Basic Congee Recipe
Ama-Crullers
Qaphela: Ku -Encyclopedia of Asian Food , i-Charmaine Solomoni inikeza indlela esheshayo yokwenza i-congee ngokufaka amanzi noma isitoreji ukuze kube khona irayisi elimhlophe eliphekwe , engeza bese ulivumela ukuba limile kuze kube yilapho seliba yi-gruel (enye amanzi okwanele noma isitofu sokumboza).