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«——【Preamble】】 ——»
Approaching the end of the year, supermarkets around the country have begun to play the name of New Year's promotion. Many elders have also begun to buy New Year's goods in large quantities, and in the New Year's goods purchase list of every household, chicken, duck and fish are a must-buy option.
Buying chicken, duck and fish meat must be equipped with the "three magic weapons to remove the fish", that is, green onions, ginger and cooking wine. Without these three deodorizing ingredients, you can't make delicious meat dishes. The green onion and ginger in the fishy three-piece set are vegetables that many people avoid and avoid. Especially the ginger with a more stimulating taste, those who like it are a lot of pauses, and those who don't like it are not at all.
In fact, there was a plant that looked very similar to ginger before. At that time, as soon as the plant arrived in the vegetable market, it was coaxed by consumers. But what was once a popular plant has now disappeared from the wet market. So, what is the true identity of this popular and forgotten plant, and what does it have to do with ginger?
«——【Not a ginger's "artichoke"·)——»
There are always several plants in nature that are very similar in appearance and name. For example, ginger, turmeric, and artichoke are three plants, if you only look at the name, I believe many people will think that they are different varieties of ginger.
But there isn't much connection between them, especially for the artichoke plant, which isn't actually ginger at all. So, why isn't artichok ginger? What is its real identity?
The name "artichoke" is not the scientific name of the plant, but only another name for the plant, which is biologically known as "Jerusalem artichoke". If you only look at the alias of artichoke, everyone's first reaction is to think that it is a kind of ginger. But if you look at the scientific name of Jerusalem artichoke, you know that this plant is not actually related to ginger, but rather related to chrysanthemum.
Biologically speaking, artichoke is also known as Jerusalem artichoke, which belongs to the family Asteraceae, and if you divide it downward, it belongs to the genus Sunflower. Ginger is a plant belonging to the genus Ginger in the ginger family, and they are not biologically related.
Only artichokes and ginger have in common that they are members of the angiosperm family. The main reason why the plant can have a "ginger" in its name is that its appearance is very similar to the appearance of ginger. Artichoke is not actually native to the continent, it originated in North America, and later came to the continent from Europe.
Artichoke is a perennial ground plant, the so-called ground plant, that is, those plants are relatively short, can also replace the lawn cover on the surface of the plant. The average height of this plant is about 1 to 3 meters, and its stems are erect. Every year in August and September, the artichoke is in bloom.
The flowers of artichoke are very similar to the flowers of sunflowers in shape and color, and their distribution range in the continent is very wide, which is mainly determined by the plant Xi of artichoke. It is highly resistant to drought and cold. Its root system is very well developed, and in an arid environment, it can rely on the rhizome to absorb water from the ground to maintain its water needs.
And the tubers of artichokes, even in the cold winter, even in the permafrost, can survive the winter and wait for the spring of the following year. At the same time, artichoke is also very barren environment, even in desert areas where it is difficult for ordinary plants to survive, artichoke can also take root here, and then grow tenaciously.
Finally, there is the plant of artichoke, in addition to the acidic soil and the forbidden area of plants such as saline-alkali land, other soil environments, artichokes can grow vigorously. The above-mentioned plant Xi together constitute the strong vitality of artichoke, which directly makes artichoke widely distributed in the mainland. So, why is artichoke so popular with the public?
«——【Popular Artichoke】——»
The reason why artichoke will be popular with the public, mainly because of its wide range of use, the first is its edible value, the part that humans can eat is the tuber of artichoke buried in the ground, and its tuber is very similar to the appearance of ginger.
Artichoke tubers contain a lot of starch, and we all know that plants that contain a lot of starch can replace rice as a staple food when staple foods such as rice are scarce. In addition, the aforementioned artichoke has a very wide distribution range in the mainland, so artichokes naturally became an emergency food during the famine and was eaten by the people in large quantities, so the names of countless victims were saved.
It can be said that artichoke has made a lot of contributions, except for the famine years when artichoke is used as an emergency staple food to eat, planting once can be collected for many years, it can be said that it is very convenient. In normal times, we can also marinate artichokes to make pickles with unique flavors.
The second use of artichoke is that it can be used as a medicinal raw material. The tubers and stems and leaves of artichokes can be used as traditional Chinese medicine to treat symptomatic diseases. According to research, the tubers and stems and leaves of artichokes contain a lot of dietary fiber, calcium, vitamins and carotene.
These nutrients have great benefits for human health, and the most important thing is that artichoke also contains a lot of inulin and minerals. Inulin is a natural element that has a health effect on the body's internal body mechanisms. As early as the last century, many countries began to carry out scientific research and development for inulin.
Finally, it was found that inulin, which is made of inulin as a raw material, can regulate the balance of the body inside the human body, promote digestion and metabolism, and so on. Therefore, inulin has been used to make various health supplements.
The third use of artichoke is that it can be used as a raw material for industrial production. Artichoke has an extremely high starch content inside, so it is often used as an alcohol. The high starch content of the tubers is not the only advantage of the artichoke plant. The stems and leaves of artichokes can be eaten directly by livestock.
Therefore, the stems and leaves of artichokes can be directly used as green fodder, and when the weather is cold, the stems and leaves of artichokes can also be harvested, and these old stems and leaves can be crushed and then made into dry feed.
The last use of artichoke is that it can be used as a plant to improve the environment. One of the plant preferences of artichoke itself is that it is very resistant to wind and sand, and it can still thrive and survive in desert areas.
This is extremely important in improving land desertification and stopping the growth of desert area. The above points are the main ways to use artichoke in the mainland.
«——【·外来入侵物种“洋姜”·】——»
Don't look at the benefits of artichokes, but these are only applicable to the mainland. In foreign countries, artichoke is a thoroughly invasive alien species. European countries, in particular, spend a lot of money every year to clean artichokes. However, this kind of species removal, which takes a lot of manpower and material resources, is a palliative action that does not cure the root cause.
So why does artichoke make European countries so disgusted with it, and why does it become an invasive alien species in those countries? Artichoke is very tenacious and adaptable to the environment, which allows artichok to quickly occupy the ecological niche of nature and squeeze the ecological niche of other plants.
In addition, the stems and leaves on the ground of the artichoke are very luxuriant, and the stems and leaves of a single artichoke can shade a large area around it. In addition, the root system of artichoke is very developed, and the addition of the two will suppress the plants around it from three aspects: sunlight, nutrients, and water.
Artichoke roots are not only harmful, but they also release a chemical into the soil while the roots rob other plants of nutrients. This chemical can cause a blow to the seeds of other plants, which means that they will affect the germination and growth of their seeds.
In the long run, it will cause a huge blow to the local ecological environment. So many countries will spend money to clean up this plant. In mainland China, the popularity of artichokes has declined in recent years, and the planting area has been declining year by year.
The ginger grown is also used thoroughly by us. In this way, the expansion of artichokes is effectively curbed. Overall, artichoke is a plant that has a lot of value all over the body.