When cooking in the kitchen, I always choose simple and convenient small cooking, such as fried shredded pork with green pepper, fried shredded pork with celery, fried amaranth, baked melon and so on. Of course, among these dishes, my mother cooked shredded pork with celery, thousands of pieces of shredded pork with celery, shredded pork with celery and peanuts, fried potatoes with celery and so on.
I don't know why my mother likes celery so much. It may be a living habit of the elderly at their age. When my mother eats celery, she will say: Eating celery in summer has many benefits, and celery is rich in nutritional value and dietary fiber, and then she will put some celery in my bowl to let me eat more. I wonder if your old people have such living habits?
I don't like celery. Every time my mother puts celery in my bowl, I eat it as a task, completely passive. Therefore, I never thought celery was delicious.
I still remember that one summer, my parents went out for more than 40 days of summer vacation. In a blink of an eye, they are going back to Wuhan at the end of August, so I went to the vegetable market to buy food in advance and then went home to simmer soup for them to eat a delicious home-cooked meal.
Steamed wuchang fish and the pot-stewed restaurant in the vegetable market bought sparerib soup, braised beef and braised tripe. My parents didn't have any complaints when they ate them, but my mother euphemistically expressed her dissatisfaction with the 1,000 pieces of celery fried pork shreds I specially made for them. Celery is not crisp, not strong, not chewy, and it tastes terrible.
Recalling the scene of buying celery that day, I mistook the dark green celery for celery. Of course, after this incident, I don't know the difference between celery and celery.
We usually go to the vegetable market to buy celery, which is usually named after celery, but what we don't know is that the celery in our mouth is actually called celery, water celery, celery and so on.
Originated from the marshes along the Mediterranean coast, it was later widely planted all over the world. Celery cultivation in China began in the Han Dynasty, initially as an ornamental plant, and then began to eat.
After continuous cultivation, China celery with slender petiole and rich fragrance has been formed, which has been cultivated in northern and southern provinces of China. Celery is a kind of moisture-resistant vegetable, which likes cold and humid environment, grows poorly above 30 degrees Celsius, and has low requirements for light.
In daily life, celery can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as frying, filling soup and making cold dishes.
In daily life, when we buy celery, our understanding of celery varieties may be limited to local celery and celery. In fact, in the world of celery, there are far more than these two varieties. Here is a brief introduction to celery varieties:
1, celery, introduced from abroad, is divided into yellow handle and green handle. The petiole is thick, wide, flat, fruity, light and crisp, and the plant height is 60-80 cm.
2, green celery, the leaves are relatively large, the petiole is thick, the taste is strong, and it is also divided into solid and hollow. The solid variety is better, but the hollow quality is very average.
3, white celery, small leaves, light green color, yellow-white or white appearance, rich flavor, good variety, easy to soften, fried beef is very fragrant.
4. Benqin, suitable for planting in most areas of China, is one of the most cultivated varieties.
Celery, also called celery, is a variety from America. Its rhizome is very big, which can be more than 80 centimeters long and weighs one kilogram per plant. It tastes crisp and tender, and contains little fiber. China also has cultivation. Perfect for frying shredded pork or making pickles.
First of all, celery is the kind of big celery with thick roots. When shopping, try to choose celery with thick roots and light green color, and don't buy dark green celery, because light green celery will be more brittle and tender.
If you choose celery or local celery, you must choose fine celery. For celery, the tender taste will be more crisp and tender, without gluten, the water content will be higher.
Whether it is celery or celery, we go to the market to buy it. The following selection methods are all applicable. You can choose celery according to the following methods and compare the taste:
1, first look at the color of celery root. Most fresh celery roots are mainly emerald green with full color.
2, celery leaves, you should choose celery with the same color as the root, if the leaves are yellow, it is best not to buy.
3. Check the thickness of celery roots, and choose celery with even roots and thick meat.
4, you have to choose the kind with very strong celery flavor, and it is the unique fragrance of celery.
5, check the number of celery petioles, high-quality celery, the number of petioles is about 4, and it is neat and straight, and the meat is thick and even.
Fried shredded pork with celery;
To say that celery is the most suitable ingredient, I recommend dried shredded pork. It is best to cut the dried incense into long strips, with a green pepper and a small bowl of shredded pork.
When cooking this dish, celery needs to be blanched in advance. Adding a proper amount of salt and cooking oil when blanching will make the celery look greener.
Put a little cooking oil in the pot, stir-fry the shredded pork we just marinated until it changes color, then take it out, leave the bottom oil, stir-fry garlic cloves and dried peppers evenly, stir-fry celery and dried peppers evenly, add salt, monosodium glutamate and pepper to taste, then put the fried shredded pork in, stir-fry, add a little soy sauce and a little sauce, and then take it out of the pot and plate.
In addition to fried shredded celery, there are also celery and carrot scrambled eggs, celery mixed with peanuts, celery fried noodles and other collocation methods are very good.
At the end of the article, I still want to say a few words, which is better to buy celery, coarse or fine? Know it's not too late, tell your family not to buy blindly?
First of all, celery is the kind of big celery with thick roots. When shopping, try to choose celery with thick roots and light green color, and don't buy dark green celery, because light green celery will be more brittle and tender.
If you choose celery or local celery, you must choose fine celery. For celery, the tender taste will be more crisp and tender, without gluten, the water content will be higher.