Pork Soup with Chinese Pears

Ingredients:

1. 2 Chinese pears (snow pears) / syut-lèih
2. 3 tbsp apricot kernels (sweet & bitter) / nàahm-bâk-hahng
3. 1 small strip dried tangerine peel / chàhn-pèih
4.  300 g  (=1/2 catty / bun gàn) lean pork / sau-yuhk

Steps:

1. Soak dried tangerine peel in warm water for 10 min. Remove pith (white stringy bits).
2. Scald lean pork in boiling water for 5 minutes and drain.
3. Cut each pear into slices (leave skin)
4. Wash sweet-bitter apricot kernels
5. Bring 6 bowls of water (= 6 metric cups) in a large pot with dried tangerine peel to a boil; put all ingredients in to bring to boil again.
6. Reduce fire to mild heat and cook for 2-3 hours.
7. Add salt to taste before serving.

Snow pears, apricot kernels...