糝（shēn）湯，在河南風味小吃中，算得上是很有特色的名湯了。 糝湯主要以肥牛羊肉、母雞肉為原料，配以大麥麥仁、大料、蔥、姜、辣椒、胡椒、味精、食鹽熬制而成。
     
    其制作方法是：頭一天晚上將白條雞、牛羊肉洗凈，濾去血水，放入套在鍋上的木筒內，再將水燒開，然后放入大麥麥仁、蔥、姜、大料（包括花椒、元茴、丁香、草果、草蔻、三代、桂皮、良姜等，裝入袋內）、辣椒（另裝入袋內），煮4小時后，改文火再煮1-2小時，燜緊蓋嚴，不能跑氣。    第二天早上再將煮好的湯鍋燒開，兌入適量開水及芡汁，滾鍋后放味精、胡椒即成。食用時，用長把勺盛入碗內，淋上香油，湯面上撒一把韭黃或蒜苗花。
   
    此湯經反復煮熬，不腥不膻，鮮美可口，香味俱佳。它吃肉不見肉，原湯原味，濃香誘人。由于此湯以多種肉類為主，又加以數種配料，熱量高，味道全，冬季特別受人歡迎。


    Meet Porridge is a unique flavor snack in Henan Province, which is decocted by main materials of fat beef and mutton slices and male chicken and other condiments like aniseed, shallot, ginger, hot pepper, gourmet powder and salt.
      
    It can be made as following: first, in the evening wash chicken, beef and mutton, eliminate their blood and stew them with other condiments for 4 hours with strong fire, then change into soft fire for 1 to 2 hours. At next morning, boil them again with gourmet powder and black pepper then we can get finished product. When we eat, we had better drop into some sesame oil and scatter a few hotbed chives or garlic bolt on the soup to make sure its fresh and delicious flavor.
      
    This kind of soup is stewed again and again so that it has characteristics of not smelly, palatable, having meet smell while cannot be seen, having original soup and tempting. Since this soup is made by several kinds of meet and many condiments, it contains high quantity of heat and various flavors. Thus it is well welcomed especially in winter.