八日，則寺院及人家用胡桃、松子、乳蕈、柿、栗之類作粥,謂之“臘八粥”。

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, temples and households cook porridge with walnuts, pine seeds, small mushrooms, persimmons, chestnuts and so forth. The porridge is called “rice porridge for December Eighth”.

宋/周密·《武林舊事》

Zhou Mi (Song Dynasty):

Past Events of the Martial Arts World

臘八粥者，用黃米、白米、江米、小米、菱角米、栗子、紅豇豆、去皮棗泥等，合水煮熟，外用染紅桃仁、杏仁、瓜子、花生、榛穰、松子及白糖、紅糖、瑣瑣葡萄，以作點染。

To cook “rice porridge for December Eighth”, boil yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, chestnuts, red cowpeas and jujube paste together. When it is done, dot it with walnuts, apricot kernels, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, all dyed red, and white sugar, brown sugar and chopped raisins.

清/富察敦崇·《燕京歲時記》

Fucha Dunchong (Qing Dynasty)

Annual Records of the Capital

(姚紅 譯)