His sentence was three weeks' imprisonment: the first week in solitary confinement on bread and water, and congee or rice gruel diet.
For the penal class there was the usual congee diet.
Hence came the Chinese custom of making thickened congee on the fifteenth of the first month.
Tomorrow,' he argued, 'is the eighth of the twelfth moon, and men in the world will all be cooking the congee of the eighth of the twelfth moon.
There's also some congeemade with non-glutinous rice and powder of dates.
But should there be any more uncooked, let them fry a couple of pieces; and, if these be thoroughly immersed in wine, the congee will taste well with them.
As soon as you get out of bed, every morning, take one ounce of birds' nests, of superior quality, and five mace of sugar candy and prepare congee with them in a silver kettle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "congee" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
