Li Yu also explained how to eat some vegetables in an easy-to-understand, lively and exciting way. He said:
Melons, eggplants, gourds, taros and other vegetables are all made of vegetables... The poor family buys these the same as buying millet. But each has its own way of eating. Avoid cooking winter melon and luffa too raw, and avoid cooking king melon and melon too ripe. Use soy sauce and vinegar instead of salt when cooking eggplant. Don’t cook taro without something to accompany it. The taro itself is tasteless and needs to be borrowed from other things. It is also used to achieve its flavor; yam can be used alone and used in everything. It can show its beauty without adding oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, which is the best among vegetables. This text is a meal sketch, fresh, beautiful and full of fun.