What are they cooking for dinner?

Below shows one soup and three dishes that a housewife in Hong Kong cooked for her family.

Menu

• Fish Maw and Dried Conch Soup (showing the cooked ingredients only)
• Fried Squid Balls
• Steamed Three-colour Egg Custard (Chicken Egg, Salted Duck Egg and Thousand-year Egg)
• Stir-fried Beef with Celery

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People who get six to nine hours of sleep each night rate their quality of life higher and are less likely to feel depressed than those who sleep less, according to a new study.

But, sleeping more than nine hours each night is ill-advised, the researchers found.

The study examined the records of 10,654 patients, who were about age 52 on average, over a two-year period. After accounting for differences in the participants’ age, gender, race and marital status, researchers gathered information on their quality of life, feelings of depression and sleep duration.

The finding was presented at the meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Minneapolis.

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Szechuan Noodle Meat Sauce Recipe from My Clippings

Ingredients

5 oz ground pork
3 oz Szechuan pickled vegetable
1 tbsp chili soybean
1 tbsp Szechuan ground peppercorn
1/2 tbsp Szechuan chili oil
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tbsp minced shallot
1 tbsp minced ginger
1 tbsp light soy sauce
Salt and sugar to taste

Method

1. Chop pickled vegetable and set aside.
2. Heat 2 Tbsp oil in wok. Add pork, ground peppercorn and chili soybean and stir-fry for about 3 minutes. Add pickled vegetable, garlic, shallot and ginger. Toss to combine and cook until the pork is fully cooked.
3. Add soy sauce and chili oil. Mix well. Season with salt and sugar before use.

How to use

Mix cooked noodle thoroughly with sesame sauce first. Then add the meat sauce and mix well before serving.

Source: Hong Kong magazine