Fennel, we locally call it cumin! Fennel is also a special flavor of a vegetable, fresh fennel can be wrapped dumplings, buns are very tasty, the general family garden planted not much, but also as a seasoning dishes to eat, fennel seeds ripe is very good seasoning spices, its seeds are like rice husks about the same, in the New Year's Eve or banquet cooking meat when put a little fennel dried old trees, the taste is also very good.

Our local market town sells "five-spice material noodles", the three main ingredients are: fennel, cumin and peppercorns. So, cumin is a good spice!

The perilla, perilla look and patchouli is very similar, compared to the perilla tree leaves grow relatively compact, patchouli grow relatively loose, the biggest difference is that the perilla rhizome as well as the back of the leaf has a very obvious purple color.

Purslane is also rare in our local area, but also in the yard or garden of the family has a few trees, I now have only two trees in the garden, but also just out of the ground soon. Perilla can be eaten under the noodles or fried vegetables, the flavor is also very special!