 This is one of the distinctive dishes typical of Lu Cuisine.A popular dish in Shanghai cuisine, sweet and sour spare ribs () are made using chicken pork ribs that are lightly coated in corn starch and seasoned before being fried and served in a sweet and sour sauce.Sweet and sour sauces have been used in English cuisine since the Middle Ages, with recipes for sweet and sour meat and fish in the 1390 cookery book "The Forme of Cury".