5 c Water
3/4 c Rock sugar
4 c Fresh orange juice
1 tb Preserved ginger, in syrup
3 tb Cornstarch paste
6 Thin slices of orange
6 Thin slices of lime
6 Maraschino cherries
6 Mint leaves
12 Coconut (or vanilla) cream
-wafers Hot orange soup from China is unlike orange juice or soda pop. Preparation: Squeeze orange juice, strain. Break up rock sugar. Mince preserved ginger. Cooking: Combine water and rock sugar; bring to boil. When rock sugar is dissolved, add orange juice and cornstarch paste; stir. Cornstarch paste should give soup a light body. Pour into individual warmed bowls; add preserved ginger to each serving. Float orange and lime slice and a cherry; garnish with mint leaf. Serve with wafers.