When buying Chinese toon, do you choose 'red leaves' or 'green leaves'? The taste is very different, learn not to pick the wrong one
A while ago, I went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and found that the long-lost Chinese toon appeared again, and the price was as arrogant as ever, close to 40 yuan a catty. The stall owner sells the Chinese toon in small bundles for 10 yuan a bundle, which is just enough to make a dish. I also chatted casually with the stall owner. He said that although the price of toon is high, there are still many people who buy it. Maybe everyone is rushing to the beginning of spring to buy the freshest spring vegetables.
Speaking of toon, when I ate it for the first time, I felt an indescribably strange taste, but after eating it a few times, I got used to and liked this unique taste. If you catch up with the Chinese toon just released in early spring, which is fresh and tender, and fried with eggs, it is really a magic weapon for dinner.
Chinese toon is delicious, but many friends know nothing about the skills of buying Chinese toon. For example, I would like to ask everyone a basic question, is it better to grow a Chinese toon or to grow a short one? I believe many people will be confused.
Today, Lazy Miao will teach you the easiest way to choose Chinese toon, let’s have a look together.
Keeping in mind "one look and two smells", one picks one toon
Just like choosing other vegetables, it is natural to "look" and "smell" when purchasing Chinese toon. Let me talk about it in detail below.
1. Look at the appearance
Everyone knows that Chinese toon can be divided into leaves and stems, so when we look at the appearance, we focus on the leaves and stems of Chinese toon.
First look at the leaves of the Chinese toon. Among the Chinese toon sold in the market, there are generally purple leaves and green leaves. Although the nutritional value of Chinese toon in different colors is similar, the taste is much worse. Generally speaking, the purple-leaf Chinese toon is picked earlier, and it tastes stronger and slightly bitter, while the green-leaf Chinese toon has a lighter taste. Which one to choose depends on your taste preference.
Next, look at the stalks of the Chinese toon. By comparing the thickness of the toon stalks, you can judge the tenderness of the toon. Chinese toon with a thick stem means that it is a newly grown shoot, and it will be fresher when eaten. Toon with thin stems means that it is old, and the taste will be rough when eaten.
There are also lengths in Chinese toon. Generally speaking, the shorter length of Chinese toon means that it is still fresh and the picking time is just right. If it is a Chinese toon with a long length, it is likely to grow for too long and the taste will be harder. Therefore, everyone remembers to choose shorter Chinese toon.
2. Smell
After looking at the appearance, the selection of Chinese toon is almost the same. At this time, you can add a step and smell the smell. Fresh Chinese toon smells with a unique fragrance. If it smells weak, or even not at all, it means it is not fresh; if it smells foul, it means it was picked from the Ailanthus sinensis tree (a close relative of Chinese toon), and it is not recommended to buy such Chinese toon.
Is the taste of Chinese toon related to the season?
In addition to the above-mentioned trick of "seeing and smelling", the taste of Chinese toon is also closely related to the season. Chinese toon is a short-season vegetable, and Chinese toon is picked around March to April every year. At this time, Chinese toon tastes the most tender. However, the Chinese toon picked after the Guyu solar term mostly tastes old, so it is recommended that you eat Chinese toon as early as possible.
The practice of scrambled eggs with Chinese toon
Finally, I will share with you a home-cooked method of scrambled eggs with Chinese toon, which is simple and easy to operate, and the taste is also very fragrant.
Ingredients : 1 small bundle of Chinese toon, 2 eggs, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of cooking oil
Practice :
Remove the old stalks of Chinese toon, wash them, blanch them in boiling water for 30 seconds, remove them to control the moisture, and chop them up for later use;
Knock the eggs into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of salt, beat them in one direction, then pour in the chopped Chinese toon and mix well;
Add oil to the pan, heat the oil until it is 70% hot, pour in the toon egg liquid, fry until the egg liquid is half solidified, shovel it into pieces, turn to high heat and stir fry a few times, then it will be out of the pan.
In 3 simple steps, a delicious and delicious toon scrambled egg is ready, and even novices in the kitchen can easily get started.