Korean Spicy Pork Bone Soup (Gamjatang)
Have you ever been in a situation where you just keep buying the same familiar ingredients and end up cooking the same old dish? Well I have! The amazing thing about food is that the same ingredients can end up as a gazillion different dishes across different cuisines. So when ABC Pork Rib Soup found itself on my dining table more often than I would have liked in the past few weeks, I knew I had to make a change. I had just ordered my groceries for the week and my fridge was full with essential staples like pork ribs, carrots, potatoes and cabbages.
Slow Cooker Shark’s Fin Melon Pork Rib Soup 鱼翅瓜排骨汤
Shark’s fin melon is a popular ingredient (a type of squash) used in Chinese soups. It is so named because it breaks apart into slivers resembling shark’s fin as it cooks. Its name on Wikipedia is so scientific (“Cucurbita ficifolia”).. if you’re not from Asia, I wonder if you’ve heard of this melon?
