Title: Beef and lotus root soup
 Categories: Soup
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lb Short ribs of beef
      1 lb Fresh lotus root
      6    Chinese red dates
      6 c  Water
      1 tb Soy sauce
      1 ts Salt
 
     1. Chop beef ribs in 11/2-inch sections. Peel lotus root; cut in
  1/4-inch slices.
  
     2. Place beef and lotus root in a saucepan with red dates and cold
  water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat at once, skim surface to clear,
  then simmer, covered, 45 minutes.
  
     3. Stir in soy sauce and salt. Simmer another minute.
  
     VARIATION: Add with beef, etc., any or all of the following: 1 leek
  stalk, cut in sections; 2 slices fresh ginger root; 1 piece dried
  tangerine peel (soaked).
  
  From , ISBN 0-517-65870-4.