Chives and leeks are not considered a vegetable.

We know that leeks after isolation of light, completely in the dark growth, due to the lack of sunlight supply, can not photosynthesis synthesize chlorophyll, it will become yellow, become "leeks". But the two belong to the same genus of lily family herbaceous plants.

Because leek planting is relatively simple, can be a crop after a crop, so the market price of leeks than leeks cheaper, this is because of leeks growing environment caused by the specificity of the leeks. From the above can be known, leeks are needed as raw materials, so the production process is also slightly more complex, so to be more expensive.

Leeks belong to the spicy flavor of vegetables, cooking, you can do soup, can be fried, can be used as seasoning. The leek is relatively soft, taste "light" some, and leeks taste more tender, not as easy as leeks stuffed teeth, can be scrambled with eggs.

Leeks purchase and storage:

1, leeks purchase: should choose not rot, not yellow, when grabbed with the hand, the leaf blade upright best; in the inspection of the incision, the color is brightly colored fresher. Leek is not photosynthesis in the case of growth, the leaves should be yellow, if it becomes green, said the sun, the taste is worse.

2, leek storage: buy leeks are not easy to save, if you can't finish it at once, you can use the cabbage leaves with the help of them wrapped and bundled, do not dip in the water in a cool place.