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King of vegetables - asparagus
Asparagus has a long history, the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji in the "Liangzhou words" has been so described as "the border city of the twilight rains of the geese flying low, asparagus gradually want to Qi."

It can be said that people like to eat asparagus love to the bone, but there are people who can not stand to eat asparagus discharged that very heavy urine flavor and hate to eat asparagus.

In recent years, asparagus because of its unique and wide range of effects, gradually favored by more and more families. Every spring in April and May asparagus harvest season, but also for the dinner table to add a bright scenery.

Asparagus enjoys the "King of Vegetables" reputation, it is rich in amino acids, proteins and vitamins, nutrients higher than the general fruits and vegetables, the price is relatively higher than other vegetables.

1. Green asparagus

Green asparagus is the most common and most common asparagus on the market today, with a diameter of about 30cm.

However, in Japan, asparagus growers have developed an edible giant asparagus with a diameter of about 60cm, high water content, and no branches after many hybridization tests.

2. White Asparagus

White asparagus is seldom seen in the domestic market, and most of the white asparagus is cultivated in Shandong.

But white asparagus is more common in Europe, and often made into canned goods for sale. April to June each year, is the German native white asparagus production season. In Germany, white asparagus has a reputation as being on a par with truffles, and its price far exceeds that of beef.

White asparagus is formed by growing it in a dark, strictly shaded space for a long period of time, where it is not exposed to sunlight. When harvesting, in order to avoid the asparagus taking in too much light and changing color, the picker only harvests with a small light worn on the head.

3. Purple asparagus

Purple asparagus is extremely rare in the domestic market, purple asparagus, also known as fruit asparagus, is the only kind of asparagus that is both valuable and can be eaten raw.

1. It has been proved by medical research that asparagus contains a large amount of dietary fiber and rich selenium, which has a strong anti-cancer and anti-cancer effect.

2. Asparagus has the effect of improving the body's immunity to hypertension, heart disease, cystitis and so on have a good preventive and curative effect.

3. Asparagus has the effect of delaying aging.

1. Compared with other vegetables, asparagus is slow-growing and has a short harvesting period, which makes it less expensive to sell.

2. Among the above three kinds of asparagus, white asparagus has the highest value and efficacy, and white asparagus can only be harvested by hand, so the price is quite expensive.

1. Chinese people eat

Chinese people like to cook by frying, deep-frying, boiling and stir-frying, and the common treatment for asparagus is stir-frying or stir-frying with shrimp and other foods, or blanching and mixing with cold water.

2. Germans eat

Germans usually cook white asparagus with water, first put enough water in the pot, and then add a little salt or butter, and when the water boils, add peeled asparagus, and generally cook for ten minutes. You can also prepare a tall saucepan and cook the asparagus bundled up head up vertically in the pan.

3. French people eat

The French are very good at stewing all kinds of thick soup, usually with milk, whipped cream, white asparagus, egg yolks, potatoes, chicken and other ingredients together into a thick soup.

4. Japanese eating method

Japanese cuisine is y influenced by French cuisine, so it retains the traditional Japanese practice, but also very good at French stewed asparagus soup cooking method.