Citations:jook

English citations of jook

Noun: rice porridge

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• 1932, Townley Searle, Strange newes from China: a first Chinese cookery book‎^[1] (cooking), page 138:

  JI YUK JOOK: RICE CHOWDER WITH MINCED PORK

• 1933, Boston Cooking School, Better food, Volume 38‎^[2] (cookery), page 156:

  ..."jer yook jook," a rice broth in which toothsome meat balls are cooked. "Jer yook jook" isn't found on the menu of any ordinary chop-suey restaurant.

• 2010, Lisa See, Shanghai Girls (fiction), →ISBN, page 3:

  When I turned five, my mother began rubbing my face and arms with pearl creams, and mixing ground pearls into my morning jook—rice porridge—hoping the white essence would permeate my skin.