Old Cucumber Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients
300-400 grams of pork bone, blanched
1 medium old cucumber (abt 500g), ard 1.5 palm length) with skin intact, halves, then cut each half into chunks, lengthwise (next time to remove skin)
1 medium carrot, cut into chunks
6 seedless red dates
1 tbsp wolfberries
1 piece of dried cuttlefish, washed and cut into half
1500ml water
⅔-1 teaspoon of salt

Method
1) Bring a pot water to a boil over high heat. Add pork ribs, dried cuttlefish, old cucumbers, carrots and red dates and wolfberries. Bring it to a boil again.

2) Remove scum on the surface of the soup, if any. Reduce heat to low fire and simmer for 3 hours. By the time it is done, the flesh of old cucumbers should appeared soft and transparent in colour. Add salt, 10 minutes before heat off. Serve hot.

Original from MyWokLife
Ingredients
1 medium old cucumber with skin intact, halves, then cut each half into chunks, lengthwise
300 grams of meaty pork ribs, blanched
1 piece of dried cuttlefish, washed and cut into half
12 seedless red dates
⅔ teaspoon of salt
1 pot of water, 50% filled (about 1500ml water)

Method
1) Bring a pot water to a boil over high heat. Add pork ribs, dried cuttlefish, old cucumbers and red dates. Bring it to a boil again.

2) Remove scum on the surface of the soup, if any. Reduce heat to low fire and simmer for 2 - 3 hours. By the time it is done, the flesh of old cucumbers should appeared soft and transparent in colour. Add salt, 5 minutes before heat off. Serve hot.
Quantity was just nice for all.