Tribute lettuce is not romaine lettuce.
In folklore gongcai is also called rattling lettuce, that is, because it is very crisp to eat it, and you can hear the crisp rattling sound. Some places also call it dried moss, mountain jellyfish cabbage, moss cabbage and so on.
From the appearance of the Tribute Vegetable and lettuce grown in both the north and south are very similar, whether it is the size of the plant, or the leaves are very similar, but these are two different plants.
Gongcai and lettuce are the same belong to the lettuce plants, but is a different species, that is to say, they should be "cousins" relationship. Because of this, there is still a big difference.
Contribute to the characteristics of the vegetable
Contribute to the history of planting vegetables has been more than 2200 years, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong years have been tribute to the court, and then year after year tribute to the court, so it is called "Tribute to the vegetable". Tribute to the vegetable food sound, crisp and refreshing. After drying the Tribute Vegetable, it looks bright green in color, and tastes even more crunchy in texture, with a taste like jellyfish.
In recent years, the fame of the Tribute dishes is also a big shock, especially Pizhou Tribute dishes are famous, not only in the domestic sales, but also a large number of exports to Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States and other countries, became one of the export of bulk commodities.