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The working recipe — the Market List, the Method, and where it lives or dies
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Origin
Fujian Province — particularly Xiamen and Quanzhou areas
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Description
A Fujianese culinary jewel: peanuts slow-simmered for 3–4 hours until completely soft and creamy — not a slick peanut butter but individual peanuts that have absorbed an enormous amount of water and become cotton-soft. Served in the cooking broth with rock sugar. The peanuts must retain their shape but dissolve on the tongue. A quintessential Fujian comfort food and one of China's most soothing dessert soups.
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The Thread
—Filipino ginataang munggo (sweet bean soup)
—Japanese shiruko (sweet bean soup)
—West African groundnut soup (savoury counterpart)
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Flavour Context
Milky-sweet peanut broth; each cotton-soft peanut dissolves on the tongue releasing more sweetness; deeply comforting and uniquely Fujianese — no other regional cuisine produces this exact preparation
Pillars V — VII
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