One dish is particularly common in the north, and northerners usually use it to wrap jiaozi, steamed stuffed buns, baked fennel cakes, fennel fritters and so on. In the south, this kind of dish is rarely seen, and even if there is one, no one cares. Few people eat it and think it tastes strange. It is commonly known as Xiang Si cuisine, and its scientific name is fennel.

Of course, fennel mentioned here does not refer to seasoned fennel seeds, but to fresh fennel, which is a vegetable.

Fennel should be familiar to northerners. It often appears in our lives. Some places call it "Xiang Si cuisine", while others call it fennel, fennel and fennel dishes. There are many names, but all refer to this dish.

Fennel and coriander have a strong fragrance. Not everyone agrees with this "fragrance". Some people will say it's a strange smell, just like some people don't like coriander and think it tastes strange, so does fennel. People who like it like it very much, and people who don't like it stay away.

Why fennel is neglected in the south?

1, Bian Xiao thinks it may be so. Southerners have a light and simple taste, and fennel itself has a special smell, so many southerners find it hard to accept, just like the broken ear roots in the south, many northerners find it hard to accept.

2. Fennel is usually used to make buns, fried dough sticks or jiaozi, which will be delicious. Jiaozi, fried dough sticks and steamed stuffed buns are also staple foods in the north, and they eat more. Southerners mainly eat rice, steamed stuffed buns and jiaozi eat less, and fennel naturally comes into contact with less. Some people will say, can't you blow it up? Fennel cooking is really not delicious. Maybe it has something to do with the eating habits of the north and the south. In fact, many quick-frozen jiaozi now have fennel stuffing.

3. Then fennel is eaten dry, with low moisture content, which is not in line with the eating habits in the south. Southerners like tender vegetables, such as oily wheat, lettuce, cabbage and other vegetables. Fennel is not suitable for cooking, so it is not popular in the south.