Characteristics of iron stick yam;
Appearance: iron stick yam is generally 2~2.5 cm in diameter, with slightly black skin and iron red spots on the root.
Weight: Generally, the single weight of iron stick yam does not exceed 250 grams, that is, five taels (but the weight of iron stick yam over 80 cm can be about 500 grams, depending on planting technology and management).
Meat quality: when the iron stick yam is broken, it can be felt that its meat quality is hard, powdery, delicate in section, white or slightly yellow, and less mucus.
Taste: Iron stick yam is rich in yam polysaccharide, and its juice is thick. After cooking, it tastes dry, greasy and sweet, and it feels "sweet on the face" at the entrance, and it is accompanied by a faint hemp taste when eaten with skin.
Iron stick yam is shaped like a tree root, sand-planted yam is long and straight, and iron stick yam is dark in color.
Yam tuber is thick and juicy, sweet and soft, and sticky. Both raw and hot food are delicious. According to the test results of Chinese yam by Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, its tuber contains crude protein 14.48%, crude fiber 3.48%, starch 43.7%, sugar 1. 14%, potassium 2.62%, phosphorus 0.2% and calcium 0.1. Among the 20 amino acids needed by human beings, Chinese yam contains 16.
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