"In the rice and fish country south of the Yangtze, new mothers are served perch soup cooked in ginger and rice wine. In Kwangtung they eat pig's feet stewed in peanuts. And Hakkas, who are hard up financially, give them scrambled eggs with ginger. The ingredients vary with the place, but the idea's the same."
「麻油雞是閩南人所偏愛的」，韓文蕙指出，其他像江南魚米之鄉，用薑酒煮鱸魚湯；廣東人用花生燉豬腳；經濟環境較艱苦的客家人則用薑炒鴨蛋… …，都是就地取材，意思是一樣的。