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serving spaghetti • garlic, sliced • dried red chilies, sliced • About 1 handful chopped parsley or cilantro • olive oil (30 ml) • butter (about the size of your thumb, 1 tablespoon/14 grams) • Sea salt or salt • Black pepper • Lemon

fresh oysters • eggs • garland chrysanthemum (tong ho) • Potato starch slurry, • Oil, • Sweet and sour sauce,

pork loin slices (cut into strips about 1/2 inch thick, or a total of 18 meat strips; buy slices about 1/8–3/16 inch thick) • vegetarian oyster sauce (shiitake mushroom-based) • chili powder • sweet fermented tofu brine, plus some soybeans from the brine • five-spice powder • chicken bouillon powder (1 gram) • scallion oil or lard (use a 1:1 ratio of lard to oil) • [Filling]: • large onions (thinly sliced) • minced celery (about 0.6 oz or 16 grams; adjust to taste) • minced cilantro (about 0.8 oz or 22 grams; adjust to taste) • fish paste (about 21–23 oz or 600–650 grams) plus 1 teaspoon cooking wine (Note: For special seasoning, use a 1:2 ratio of pepper salt to chili powder)

fish paste (300 grams) • pork shoulder strips (200 grams) • sliced onion (100 grams) • water chestnuts, crushed (100 grams) • sweet potato starch (15 grams) • wet tofu skin (yuba) • Chili sauce, to taste • Seasonings: • rice wine (15 grams) • five-spice powder (1 gram) • white pepper (1 gram) • light brown sugar (5 grams) •

Frozen dumplings—use as many as you want • Vegetable oil—as needed (pour a little into a small container and add more as needed) • Pastry brush—1 • Baking tray (or any dish large enough to hold the frozen dumplings)—1 • Tongs or wooden chopsticks—1

pork ribs (300 grams) • winter melon (300 grams) • peeled ginger, cut into thin strips • rice wine (15 ml) • water (1000 ml) • salt (5 grams) • dried shiitake mushrooms • dried red dates • astragalus root • goji berries (about 4 grams)

Several frozen dumplings (enough to cover the bottom of the pan) • Water, as needed (enough to cover about 1/3 of the dumplings) • Canola oil

white chocolate chips • dark chocolate chips • types of nuts -- pistachios, almonds, walnuts, etc • types of dried fruits -- apricots, cranberries, raisins, dried pineapple, etc • coconut flakes or shredded coconut • edible dried roses (separate petals and buds) • Earl Grey tea leaves (ground into powder)