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Instead of using butter, the Chinese use peanut oil. Therefore in this book the word "oil" means peanut oil unless otherwise stated.

Peanut oil is made as follows:

(a) Skin the peanuts.

(b) Fry them. Turn frequently until they are yellow.

(c) Place them in a hollowed block of thick wood which has a hole in one end. There are smaller holes through which the oil comes when the peanuts are crushed by a stick of wood in the large hole.