Foodista | Recipes, Cooking Tips, and Food News | Winter Melon Soup

Ingredients

• 1 (10 lb.) (approximately) winter melon (be sure you have a pot large enough for it)
• 5 cups chicken soup stock
• 2 teaspoons dry sherry
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 15 lotus seeds , soaked
• skinned
• 4 lg. dried mushrooms , soaked
• cut into ¼ inch squares
• 1 cup barley , soaked overnight
• cup diced roasted pork or roasted duck meat
• 1 boned, skinless chicken breast , cut into ¼ inch cubes