Taste at Home Water Chestnut: Fresh and Sweet Purple Ingot

Every year in the early autumn season, a kind of food with pleasing appearance and sweet taste is served on people’s dining tables. This is the water caltrop shaped like a silver ingot. Ling grew up in the water, which is the memory of many people who lived by the river when they were young. It is often recalled that when I was a child when I dug lotus roots and collected Ling, the crisp laughter was always accompanied by the faint scent of water caltrop, which is unforgettable for a long time. Aquatic purple silver ingot Rhododendron is a floating plant, but not all of it floats on the water surface. Rhododendron’s roots are stuck in the mud at Read More …

Home Taste Jujube: Sweet and Delicious King of Vitamin C

In October, the autumn wind blew yellow rice, red maple leaves and ripe autumn dates of a tree. It’s the season of jujube market again, and the round, sweet and nutritious fresh jujube on the market is especially popular. Sweet Fruits through Thousands of Years In China, the cultivation history of jujube is as long as 7,000 years, and the cultivation history with written records is at least 3,000 years. There are many varieties of jujube, which are produced in the Central Plains, North China Plain and Southwest China. The jujube produced in these places has different shapes and tastes, including red dates that are round like eggs, thick in meat and small in kernel, and plate dates that are Read More …