Our family's practice is to stew pigeons with gastrodia elata, which is just as nutritious as other stewing methods. After the pigeons are beaten, you can put gastrodia elata on the belly of the pigeons, and then add ginger and garlic to stew them. It is best to use a special soup pot instead of a pressure cooker. Just put a little salt when it is ready. Gastrodia elata is edible and very nutritious.

Also, people upstairs said that gastrodia elata and eggs are steamed to eat. You can cut gastrodia elata into small slices and add them to the prepared eggs. You can steam them with a little water and a few drops of sesame oil, because it takes longer to steam egg custard with gastrodia elata.