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“Health is life energy in abundance.”
― Julia H Sun

“Hisako Arato...
... is an expert at medicinal cooking!"
MEDICINAL COOKING
Based on both Western and Eastern medicinal practices, it melds together food and pharmaceutical science.
It is a culinary specialty that incorporates natural remedies and Chinese medicine into recipes to promote overall dietary health.
"Besides the four traditional natural remedies, I also added Ji¨¡ng Hu¨¢ng, D¨¤ hu¨ª Xi¨¡ng, and Xi¨¡o hu¨ª Xi¨¡ng...
... to create my own original 'Medicinal Spice Mix.'
Steeping them in water for an hour drew out their medicinal properties. Then I added the mutton and various vegetables and boiled them until they were tender. Some Shaoxing wine and a cilantro garnish at the end gave it a strong, refreshing fragrance. "
"That's right! Now that you mention it, there's a whole lot of overlap between medicinal cooking and curry. The medicinal herbs Ji¨¡ng Hu¨¢ng, D¨¤ hu¨ª Xi¨¡ng, and Xi¨¡o hu¨ª Xi¨¡ng are commonly called turmeric, star anise and fennel! All three of those are spices any good curry's gotta have!"
"By basing her dish on those spices, she was able to tie her medicinal cooking techniques into the curry. That makes this a dish that only she could create!"
"Yes. This is my version of a Medicinal Curry...
It's called 'Si wu Tang Mutton Curry'!"
"I can feel it! I can feel the healing energies flowing through my body!"
"Delicious! The spices highlight the strong, robust flavor of the mutton perfectly! And the mild sweetness of the vegetables has seeped into the roux, mellowing the overall flavor!"
Thanks to Si wu Tang, just a few bites have the curry's heat spreading through my whole body!"
"Yes. Si wu Tang is said to soothe the kidneys, boost inner chi...
... and purge both body and mind of impurities!”
― Yuto Tsukuda, ʳꪤΥ½©`¥Þ 7 [Shokugeki no Souma 7]

“The pure Yang forms the heaven, and the turbid Yin forms the earth. The Qi of the earth ascends and turns into clouds, while the Qi of the heaven turns into rain.”
― Maoshing Ni, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine: A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary

“Qi is the Chinese word for "life energy". According to Chinese medicine, qi is the animating power that flows through all living things. A living being is filled with it. A dead person has no more qi. A healthy individual has more qi than one who is ill. However health is more than an abundance of qi. Health implies that the qi in our bodies is clear, rather than polluted and turbid, and flowing smoothly, liek a stream, not blocked or stagnant.”
― Kenneth S. Cohen, The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing

“The sauce is made from the turtle soup stock she made, thickened into a glaze! Poured over the patty, it gives the meat a richer, more full-bodied flavor!
"I mixed the turtle's blood in with the patty. It warms the body from the inside out. But that isn't all.
I also added dried, powdered tortoise-shell to the patty. Tortoise-shell has long been a prime ingredient in vitality tonics in Chinese medicine."
"Both the sauce and the patty are chock-full of turtle everything!"
"No wonder the judges look that thoroughly satisfied."
"I totally get it! She must've made one incredible burger!"
"No.
You cannot fully understand.
Only those who have tasted this dish can understand its true essence."
"What?"
"The key to that power lies in the turtle's meat... with the plentiful amounts of gelatin found in it and the sticky sensation that creates!"
"Huh?"
"Stickiness?"
"That is correct, sir. Thick, piping-hot sauce... how thick it is greatly affects the flavor of the dish. The higher the viscosity, the more full-bodied the flavor becomes. Both the burger patty and the sauce I made from turtle stock are filled with gelatin-rich turtle essence.
At the back of the roof of the mouth is a collection of soft tissue...
called the soft palate.
It is one of the most sensitive areas in the entire human body!
With every mouthful, the thick, chewy patty and sticky sauce... get pinned between the twin walls of the tongue and the soft palate... stimulating that most sensitive of areas with each seductive bite!
In other words, this dish excites not only a person's sense of taste via flavor...
... it also seduces their sense of touch via texture!”
― Yuto Tsukuda, ʳꪤΥ½©`¥Þ 9 [Shokugeki no Souma 9]