What were were the foods of the Chinese who worked on the American railroads and gold rush?

I like reenacting and the life of the Mountain men. I am extremely interested in the foods, with recipes, of the Chinese who worked on the rail roads and in the gold rush and those who might have become something like mountain men them selves.What were were the foods of the Chinese who worked on the American railroads and gold rush?
You don't need much of a recipe ;-)



And frankly I wouldn't want to eat it.



"They did their own cooking over open outdoor fires. They mainly ate a diet of rice and dried salmon, washed down with tea. With their low salaries they could not afford fresh fruit and vegetables, so many of the men suffered from scurvy (a painful disease caused by a diet without vitamin C)." - from http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settl鈥?/a>



"Probably on the advice of Chinese merchants, the workers were fed a Chinese diet including dried oysters, dried cuttle fish, dried fish, sweet rice, crackers, dried bamboo, salted cabbage, Chinese sugar, dried fruits and vegetables, vermicelli, dried seaweed, Chinese bacon, dried abalone, dried mushrooms, peanut oil, tea, rice, pork, and poultry. This was a much more varied and balanced diet than the beef, beans, bread, butter and potatoes of white laborers at the time. The Chinese also drank barrels of lukewarm tea brought by Chinese mess attendants. By way of contrast white workers would not hesitate to gulp down cold water. Too often this water was contaminated and caused illness among the workers." **