Chicory is a medicinal and edible plant, its leaves can be used to make lettuce, and its roots contain inulin and aromatic substances, which can be used to extract coffee instead and promote the activities of human digestive organs. The aerial parts and roots of plants can be used as medicine. Chinese medicines are called chicory and chicory root respectively, which have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis, detumescence and stomach strengthening. This plant is cold-resistant and drought-tolerant, and likes to grow in sunny fields and hillsides.
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Chicory is one of the earliest plants with literary works. Many years ago, Horace, an ancient Roman poet, wrote in an article describing his diet that "olives, chicory and winter sunflower are my food." "("I'm pascunt olivae, I'm cichorea and I'm malvae ").
1779, the Scottish scholar Mobutu recognized this dish as "chicoree", and its cultivation method has been used as a leafy vegetable in French cooking for a long time. During the Napoleonic period of the French Revolution, chicory root was processed and added to coffee, which is also the origin of chicory root as a cheap coffee substitute in Britain and America today.
Chicory leaves are also a representative food in Roman recipes: stir-fried with garlic and red pepper, accompanied by meat and potatoes, highlighting the bitterness and spicy taste of chicory leaves.
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