Text/Xia Mo
Editor/Xia Mo
"Ah, how did you throw away such a good thing!" Ms. Liu returned to her hometown to visit her grandmother, was in the kitchen to choose vegetables to prepare for cooking, she especially liked to eat celery so she bought a lot, Ms. Liu was Xi to throw away celery leaves when choosing celery, but this scene was seen by her mother-in-law, and immediately came out to stop her: "Don't throw it, celery leaves are a good thing, you can eat it." ”
Hearing the news, Ms. Liu's face was full of doubts, because she had eaten celery for so many years, and she had never known that celery leaves could be eaten. We have the impression that celery is usually eaten by the stem, but it is the first time that we have heard that the leaves can be eaten.
Celery is one of the most common vegetables in daily life, there are many vegetables, all of which eat roots or leaves, or all of them, like southerners and northerners have different diets, and have different views on vegetables eating roots or leaves, but they are very consistent with celery eating roots or leaves.
Usually when buying celery, there will be a lot of leaves attached, most people will think that this celery leaf is inedible and needs to be thrown away, but in fact, celery leaves are also edible things.
The secret of celery
Celery is one of the green vegetables we often eat, celery is a vegetable with high nutritional value, which is rich in protein, carotene, vitamin B, calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium and other trace elements.
Celery stems have a high cellulose content, 1.2 grams of cellulose per 100 grams of celery stalks, but celery leaves have a higher cellulose content than stems, which is why celery leaves have a very bad taste, like eating grass.
Some people love celery, some people don't, celery will give off a special smell, this smell is more pungent, and because of the special shape of the leaves, careful people will find that its leaves spread out like maple leaves.
This also makes the smell have a certain emancipation, this special taste fully volatilized, especially the taste of the leaves will be more intense, people don't want to eat it when they smell it, so this is the reason why many people don't like to eat celery leaves.
Another point is that because most people don't like to eat coriander, and celery leaves look very similar to coriander, and both have a special taste, so they don't like to eat celery leaves.
However, what many people don't know is that celery leaves will be much more nutritious than celery stalks. Celery leaves are rich in chlorophyll, carotene, vitamins and fiber, which are more than several times larger than those of stems.
Celery leaves are rich in vitamin K, which is important for blood health, and vitamin A and C, which are antioxidants that help protect the body from free radicals, thereby promoting a healthy immune system.
This will make many people amazed, it turns out that the way we eat celery every day, throwing away the most nutritious part, celery leaves have always been misunderstood.
So when we eat celery again, don't throw the celery leaves anymore, we can take the celery leaves out separately to make a nutritious delicacy, so that it will not be wasted.
Why don't most people eat celery leaves?
1. Poor taste and bitter taste
The food we eat every day, most people pay attention to a color, flavor and flavor, not only to taste fragrant, but also to taste good, but celery leaves are the taste is unacceptable to some people.
In fact, this special smell comes from the celery phellene substance, which has a high concentration on the leaves, and at the same time, it is easy to emit odors, so it is "up" when it smells pungent smell.
However, celery leaves don't taste very good, they also have a somewhat bitter taste and less moisture, and it is precisely because of the high fiber content that people will describe it as eating grass.
If the celery leaves are not picked cleanly and prepared, the bitterness will greatly affect the taste of the dish, so in order not to affect the taste, the leaves will be cleaned when making celery.
2. Worry about pesticide residues
All vegetables will be attacked by pests in the process of growth, so people will spray pesticides on vegetables regularly.
Because the leaves of celery are relatively scattered, a large number of pesticides will be sprinkled on the leaves, and they will not be washed too much when they are transported to the vegetable market for sale, so the pesticides will remain on the leaves.
When buying celery home for cleaning, it is not possible to completely guarantee that the pesticide residues will be thoroughly cleaned, so the leaves are simply selected and thrown away.
3. There are cognitive misunderstandings about celery leaves
In our daily life, the celery we see on the dinner table only has stems and no leaves, including cooking at home or eating out, and the celery we eat only has stems.
So it will make most people think that celery can only be eaten by the stems, and the leaves cannot be eaten.
This will lead to subconsciously thinking that the leaves cannot be eaten when I am making celery, so I will pull the leaves off and throw them away, not knowing that the leaves are edible.
The benefits of eating more celery for the human body
1. Stabilize blood pressure
There are many people with high blood pressure in their lives who take some blood pressure medicine all year round, in fact, most people say that eating more celery can also play a role in lowering blood pressure.
But in fact, celery can not completely lower blood pressure, but can help the body maintain blood pressure stability.
Because celery is rich in potassium, potassium can help dilate blood vessels, thereby reducing the resistance of blood vessels, and eating more celery can also help diuretic, you can use celery juice to drink every day, which can effectively help patients with high blood pressure to maintain the stability of blood pressure.
2. Clear away heat and detoxify, diuresis and swelling
Medically speaking, celery is a cold vegetable, and when the liver fire in the body is vigorous, the skin is dry or there is no appetite, you can eat some celery appropriately.
Because celery has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, it can get rid of diseases and strengthen the body. And if you usually have some edema, you can also eat more celery, which helps to diuresis and reduce swelling.
epilogue
In short, celery leaves are not harmful to human health, and eating more celery has great benefits for the body, especially celery leaves, which have a high nutritional value.
Therefore, don't throw it away when eating celery every day, you can make a separate dish of celery leaves.