Pork and Fuzzy Melon Soup

Category: Soups, Stews and Chili

Cuisine: American

Ready in 45 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 lb Fuzzy melon

1 ts Salt

1/4 lb Lean pork

6 c Stock (see recipe) or water

1 ts Sugar

3/4 -(up to)


Directions

1. Slice pork thin. Peel fuzzy melon; cutin half lengthwise, then in either 1-inch strips, or 1/4-inch slices. 2. Bring stock to a boil. Add pork and melon and simmer, covered, 8 to 10 minutes. Add salt and sugar; simmer 2 minutes more. VARIATIONS: For the pork, substitute 4 dried scallops (soaked) or 8 dried shrimp (soaked). For the fuzzy melon, substitute 1 Chinese okra, trimmed and cut in 1/2-inch slices. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from G Internet, G Internet.

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