Turtle jelly and roasted fairy grass is not the same thing, the main difference between the two are:

1, the material is different: turtle jelly is a kind of medicinal food, the main ingredient for the tortoise plate and Poria cocos; roasted fairy grass is a kind of dessert, the main material for the grass, the former from the raw materials than the latter price to be higher.

2, the practice is different: turtle jelly is by the turtle belly armor in the collagen coagulation into a paste; roasted fairy grass is to rely on the ordinary starch.

3, the taste / texture is different: turtle jelly taste bitter, more flexible; roasted fairy grass has no bitter taste, the texture is softer, very easy to deformation.

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One, tortoise jelly

Tortoise jelly is mainly based on the valuable hawksbill turtle and Poria cocos as raw materials, and then with raw rhizome, dandelion, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum and other medicines refined. Turtle jelly has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, nourishing Yin and tonifying the kidney, eliminating acne, and moistening the intestines and laxatives.

Cangwu County records, as early as the end of the Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Cangwu County, the production and sale of tortoise jelly store has formed a certain scale. Turtle jelly also repeatedly into the palace, quite popular with the nobles and royals. Today, the turtle jelly this thousand years of Chinese medicine food in the continuous improvement and development, the formula on the drug content is also more scientific, health care effect greatly enhanced. This makes it on the shelves of major supermarkets, into a unique "Chinese medicine snacks".

Two, roasted fairy grass

Burned fairy grass is a traditional specialty drink in Fujian Minnan region and Taiwan, which in the country's authentic ancient practice of direct cooking with grass, while others have fairy grass powder, fairy grass liquid production. In addition to the popularity of roasted fairy grass in Fujian and Taiwan, and popular in Japan and Southeast Asia.

There are many types of roasted fairy grass, one of which is also popular in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the raw material is made of fairy grass, but is made with Poria cocos starch. In the summer, a bowl of ice-cold roasted fairy grass, can be the internal organs of the stifling heat of the blood are cleared away, it is the holy grail of the heat to eliminate summer heat.

In winter, the hot roasted fairy grass is also a dessert that makes the eater feel warm, and then add peeled peanuts that have been fried or boiled in advance, fine flour round, flower beans, green beans, red beans and other materials, and then add sugar and stir to eat. Roasted fairy grass has the effect of cooling down the fire, beauty and skin care, favored by consumers nowadays.

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