Patricia Welch, the Sinologist, identifies the Babao or Eight Treasures of
Chinese cuisine as bear’s paw, deer’s tail, lark’s tongue, torpedo roe,
monkey’s lip, carp’s tail and beef marrow. The missing element is typically
braised in ****. It lends its title to one of Kipling’s Just So Stories. People
easily embarrassed by the rude implications of the term may prefer to call it
a gibbosity. What is the Eighth Treasure?
Chinese cuisine as bear’s paw, deer’s tail, lark’s tongue, torpedo roe,
monkey’s lip, carp’s tail and beef marrow. The missing element is typically
braised in ****. It lends its title to one of Kipling’s Just So Stories. People
easily embarrassed by the rude implications of the term may prefer to call it
a gibbosity. What is the Eighth Treasure?