The character 双 in the dish name 炒双冬。

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How did the character 双 in the dish name 炒双冬 come to mean "bamboo shoots"? Isn't 双 just a character meaning "pair"? Also, why 冬(winter)?

blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_3d93e4800100hbfh.html 唯炒双冬，冬笋占了半壁江山，算是半个主角。还有一“冬”是香菇，上海人叫香覃，北方人叫冬菇，这原是一道鲁菜，所以就叫炒双冬。 — user6065, Jun 5 '16 at 1:50

Maxwe1l · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-05 16:34:15Z

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双means two，冬is short for冬笋and冬菇。双冬here means冬笋and冬菇。

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ElpieKay · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-05 01:36:26Z

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I think it's 炒双冬. 双 here means two. One 冬 is 冬菇, also known as 香菇, a kind of mushroom, lentinus edodes. The other 冬 refers to 冬笋, bamboo shoots.

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Thanks. My pleco dictionary does not list 双笋。 – Jack Maddington Jun 5 '16 at 11:41

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