In the Chinese, almost all Chinese characters describing vegetables have an ideographic "艹" head. Such as eggplant, reed, celery, artemisia, onion, garlic, lettuce, cocoon... "leek" is a minority exception.
In the book "Explanation of Words and Characters" edited by Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the interpretation of "leek" is: "The name of the dish, a kind of long time, is called a leek." "It means that leeks can be harvested for a long time after planting, which is really worthy of the name!"
In fact, there is also a variant of the leek: "韮". But by the 16th century at the latest, Chinese was no longer in writing. The explanation of "韮" in the Shuowen Jiezi is: "The resurrection of the leek is different from the common grass, so it is a word of its own." ”
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Leeks are native to China and have been cultivated on the mainland for more than 3,000 years. As early as the Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago, the technology of using greenhouses to produce leeks was proposed. By the Time of the Northern Song Dynasty, leeks had been produced. Leeks not only originated in China and are China's specialty vegetables, but also the mainland's research on leek varieties is at the world's leading level.
Europeans and Americans never eat leeks, and there is no word specifically describing leeks. They call leeks "Chinesechive," which means "Chinese onions."
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Leeks also have some names called Qiyang grass, which have the effect of tonifying kidneys and aphrodisiacs, and are vegetables of the same origin as food and medicine, and the prospect of medicinal value is immeasurable. If it can be developed, its effect will far exceed the general aphrodisiac drugs sold on the market, and there will be no toxic side effects, perhaps then leeks will become "kidney platinum", and its value will increase by a thousand times.
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There are many ways to eat leeks. In addition to the gourmet leek box, scrambled eggs with leeks are a home-cooked dish, and pancakes are often sprinkled with leeks at the end to flavor. Regarding the leek box, in the Qing Dynasty's great talent Yuan Ming's "Suiyuan Food List", there is a very clear record: "Leek he (box): leek minced mixed meat, added ingredients, wrapped in dough skin, and burned in oil." It's even better to add puff pastry to the noodles. ”
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Leeks are not only leaves that can be eaten, but also leeks, leeks and garlic are all flower shafts, and can be fried when tender.
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The flowers that bloom with leeks are called leeks, which can be seasoned or pickled to make leek sauce. When eating small fat sheep hot pot, leeks are often indispensable condiments.
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Speaking of Leek Hua to mention Yang Ningshi, he was an important figure in the five generations, served the monarchs of the five generations (Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou), was more arrogant and crazy, known as "Yang Fengzi", he was also a famous calligrapher, studying under Ouyang Zhenqing and Yan Zhenqing. In one autumn, Yang Ningshi woke up in the afternoon and felt hungry, just at this time, the palace sent him a plate of leeks, perhaps hungry, the plate of leeks was very delicious to eat, unforgettable. In order to express his gratitude to the emperor for rewarding the leeks, Yang Ningshi immediately wrote a letter of thanks and sent someone to the palace. Yang Ningshi did not care about writing this recital himself, even if he thought of becoming a treasure passed down from generation to generation, this is "Leek Flower Thesis".
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Some people who have a bad stomach and can't eat leeks can eat leeks.
"Xinjin leek yellow world no, color like goose yellow three feet more than" "snow qing indigo red, rain foot leek head white" "yellow ear mushroom sheng Zai bowl rich, white head leek out of the guest plate new". These are all Lu You's praise for leeks.
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Nowadays, leeks are often used in stocks to describe retail investors, who are in a disadvantageous position in the stock market, and when major shareholders or masters sell stocks at a high level, the money in the hands of retail investors is cut away like a leek. In addition, retail investors are characterized by the continuous entry of new people into the market, just like the cut leeks will grow again.
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