Surculi bambusei sunt alimentum in arte coquinariaSinensi. E surculis novis bambusearum constituuntur, interdum coctis, interdum conditis. Species in hoc usum idoneae sunt inter alias:
ante 1374 : Ni Zan, Yunlintang yinshi zhidu shi (Teresa Wang, E. N. Anderson, "Ni Tsan and his Cloud Forest Hall Collection of Rules for Drinking and Eating" in Petits Propos Culinaires no. 60 (1998) pp. 24-41)