4.Extensive use of soups, sweet-and-sour dishes and pickled dishes: In the agrarian society of Taiwan's early Han Chinese pioneers, the common food was always soupy to some degree. It enabled them to eat and replenish their energy quickly. Sweet-and-sour food makes consuming a lot of plain rice more palatable, and pickling increases salt content and allows you to preserve food that otherwise might be wasted.
4. 湯菜、酸甜菜、醃醬菜多：台灣移民初期的農耕社會，平民百姓及「羅漢腳」常以或稀或稠的羹湯包裹所有菜色及營養，迅速入口補充體力；酸甜菜有助下飯，醃醬菜能補充鹽分，並可長期保存，不致浪費。