However, as regional variations developed, by the Song dynasty there were no less than a hundred formally listed congee recipes, including ones for salty, sweet, and even medicinal zhou. Today there are many more, including Guangdong zhou, milkfish zhou, and so on. These are all popular as late-night snack foods among young and old alike in Taiwan.
隨著各地做法不同，發展出鹹粥、甜粥，還有藥粥，宋代的時候，被正式納入「粥方」的就不下百種，到了現在包括臘八粥、廣東粥、虱目魚粥等等，都是老少咸宜的最佳點心宵夜。