Celery eats the stems and petioles. The stalk of real celery is the part of it near the ground, a very short section. Because celery has a long petiole and a short, short stem, many people mistake the celery petiole for the celery stem. Usually we pick and eat celery when it has reached a certain point in its nutritional growth. The nutrition of celery is basically in the leaves, which are slightly bitter.

Celery origin

Native to the swampy areas along the Mediterranean coast, celery has been commonly cultivated around the world. Cultivation of celery in China began in the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years. At first only as an ornamental plant planting, later for food, after continuous domestication cultivation, the formation of a slender petiole-type celery cultivated species, that is, this celery Chinese celery. This celery is widely distributed throughout China, and Hebei Zunhua and Yutian County, Shandong Weixian and Huantai, Henan Shangqiu, Inner Mongolia Jining and other places are the famous origin of celery.