Reader-built field atlas
Duck opens the door to Nanjing food, but it should not close the meal. Keeping one duck preparation beside a seasonal, vegetable or sweet counterpoint from the same day shows the city beyond its most famous ingredient.
Frame 1
The duck preparation as bought or served, including the portion, liquid, wrapper or bowl that defines how it is eaten
Frame 2
The non-duck seasonal, vegetable or sweet counterpoint from that same day, with its serving context and identifiable ingredients visible
What the note must add
Name the date, approximate times, neighborhoods or shop types, dishes and source of any seasonal claim. Explain what the second dish added to the day. Do not infer curing, stock, fat, halal practice, harvest date, protected origin or ingredient safety from appearance alone.
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Authorized photographs make two Nanjing food structures visible: sliced saltwater duck served as a pale cold dish and a separate sweet lotus-root preparation presented with osmanthus.
Approved records must keep the duck and its non-duck counterpoint inside one day. Two attractive dishes from separate visits can establish the question, but they cannot show how a real Nanjing eating route moved beyond duck.