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Lion's Head Meatball is a dish originating with the court of the [[Shogunate]] and now found in the cuisine of the [[Scarlet Dynasty]] and [[Lookshy]]. It consists of a very large meatball formed from ground [[Pork]], mixed with [[Cloud Ear Fungus]] and water chestnuts along with soy and [[Rice Wine]]. The meatball is slowly cooked and steamed in a soup of chicken stock with cabbage leaves and sometimes ginger or onions. When served, the large meatball is said to resemble the head of a lion, with a cabbage leaf below as its mane.


The dish is too hearty and large to be served as [[Dynastic Dim Sum]], but is favoured by many Dynasts of martial inclination, particularly Legion officers of [[House Cathak]]. The upper ranks of Lookshy's General Staff also dine upon it regularly, and some outcaste dragonlords and strategoi of the [[Imperial Legions]] favour it as well. It is considered to be a meaty, invigorating dish, strengthening the warriors who eat it. 


A variation of the dish is also found in Dynastic cuisine, known as 'Four Happy Balls', serving the same ingredients with much smaller meatballs and a broth reddened with soy sauce. Those who prefer the immense meatball of the traditional preparation often scoff at this approach, considering it effete and unfit for a martial table. 


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