There are 38 soup recipes, divided into three chapters according to the cooking time. The suggested season and cooking tips are enclosed. House servants may choose appropriate soup recipes in the light of cooking timeHere is the outline:Within 15 minutes: Chicken soup with boiled loofah and straw mushroom, Vegetable soup with fillings of turnip and grass carp slices, Loofah soup with beef fillings Within 30 minutes: Thamnaconus soup with Chinese yams, Steamed bummalo stuffed with pickles in vermicelli soup, Tremella soup with shrimp meat Within 45 minutes: Fishtail soup with beetroot and potatoes, Bummalo bone soup with watercress, Flatheads soup with tomatoes and potatoes The part introduces the food materials for boiling soup, such as the sea fishes, freshwater fishes, cucurbits and vegetables, and the basic cooking skills for boiling soup.