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«——【·曾经的救命稻草·】——»
The continent has been a large agricultural country since ancient times, but it is a large country with a large population, but in the early years, due to environmental and other external factors, food was also very scarce.
In addition, the yield of grain crops was not high at that time, so many people began to try to fill their stomachs.
And a very special appearance of the crop, it is widely planted, although its appearance is too peculiar, the inside is purple, the shape is like a big foot plate, many people call it "foot plate potato".
In fact, when it comes to the crop of "foot potato", for many people, they may not know it at all, and even many people have never seen it at all.
But for some old people, it is very impressive, and even for some old people, the "foot potato" can be a life-saving straw.
In the memories of some old people, although it is strange, it has saved many lives.
Although there are many strange plants in the world, this "foot potato" is very different, although it looks strange, but its yield is very amazing.
In the last century, although the mainland has entered the stage of peaceful development, there is still a huge gap between its economic level and agricultural development.
Especially in terms of food diversity and production, coupled with the fact that the population was still large at that time, it was a very serious problem to be able to eat enough.
In such a situation, the foot potato came into being, and it can be said that its appearance is a proper "life-saving food".
Although it looks very strange, it was more than several times more productive than many food crops at the time, and even potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops that were originally considered to be high-yielding were several times higher.
At that time, many people may be intimidated to see its peculiar appearance, after all, it is very large, and the inside is still very bright purple, many people at that time, they could not accept it for a while.
But later it also became popular with people, because it was large and full, and its ways to eat it were varied, and its taste was quite good, sweet and sweet.
But the most important thing is that the yield is very high, and the environment is not very picky, and even in many cases, the yield of an acre of land can reach an astonishing thousands of catties, which is a very terrible yield at that time.
Although the foot potato suddenly appeared on the market, it was a little uncomfortable for a while, after all, I had never seen this kind of thing, but later many people found that it could have such a high yield, but it did not solve the problem of food and clothing all at once.
Not only that, but the storage time of the foot plate potatoes is still very long, after all, at that time, there was food to eat, but it was not the existence of life-saving food.
This kind of foot potato has a high yield, and the application value is also very high, many people use it to fill their stomachs, and it can also bring a lot of benefits to many people.
Many people only know that it is used to eat, but they do not know that it is a kind of treasure all over the body, in this kind of foot potato, contains a large number of nutrients needed by the human body, and long-term consumption has great benefits for people's health.
Not only that, it also has a high application value in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, so it can be used as traditional Chinese medicine in addition to being edible.
It is precisely because of this that many people planted this kind of foot plate potato in large quantities at that time, even if the crops and productivity were improved later, people's lives were becoming more and more affluent, and this kind of foot plate potato was also planted in large quantities, and even the purchase price of foot plate potato in many places could reach tens of thousands of yuan.
But later, many people didn't realize that this kind of foot potato, which was once very popular with many farmers, seemed to have evaporated from the world, and even now there are not many people planting this strange-looking crop in large quantities.
«——【Why is there no one now?·】——»
From a smash hit, everyone likes it to now no one cares about it and has become an "outcast". Why has the potato changed so much in just a few decades?
There are many reasons for the disappearance of the foot potato, and although it is not very picky about the environment and the soil, it is not invulnerable.
Because it prefers a warm environment, especially in the south, where the potato is grown in large quantities.
If the environment changes, it is likely to lead to the slow growth of the foot potato, the environment is getting colder and colder, and the growth of the foot potato is getting slower and slower, and it is likely to be frozen to death in the end.
Moreover, the foot potato not only likes a very warm environment, but also a particularly moist environment, so it can be said that the place where the foot potato survives must be a warm and humid place, and this environment must be consistent all year round.
On the other hand, with the continuous development and progress of science and technology and agriculture, our crops are now diverse.
Take wheat and rice as an example, the wheat and rice that we ate a few decades ago are almost very different from the new rice now.
Today's rice is almost all hybrid, and the yield is almost dozens of times higher than that of a few decades ago, and wheat is the same.
Compared with this kind of foot potato, its advantage is nothing more than a large yield, and a strong sense of satiety, but now many crops have the advantage of not only large yield, strong satiety, but also rich taste, and other advantages.
After all, people's quality of life has been greatly improved compared with a few decades ago, so many farmers now begin to plant a large number of selected cash crops, and the foot potato has gradually become a very niche existence.
And the foot potato will have a characteristic, that is, its body is full of many small heel whiskers, and the yam we eat now, there is the same thing, and it is also very troublesome to handle, if you directly touch the heel whiskers during processing, it is easy to cause itchy skin.
And for many people nowadays, they have never seen such things as foot potatoes and hands, and even if they buy them, they don't know how to eat them.
But for some elderly people, a huge foot plate potato, which can weigh more than a few catties, cannot be eaten at all.
So now, most of the foot potatoes are not used for food, but for medicine, after all, it has a high medicinal value.
Although it has a high yield, it is considered by many to be a niche food crop after all.
And it doesn't work as much now as it used to, with most people growing other cash crops. And things like foot potatoes have gradually disappeared in front of many people's eyes.
«——【·Conclusion·】——»
Nowadays, with the continuous development of agriculture, although it has become a very niche food crop, it is undeniable that the foot potato tree has made outstanding contributions in difficult times, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is called "life-saving food".
Nowadays, the vast majority of foot potatoes are not used as traditional Chinese medicine, and I believe that in the near future, we will be able to develop other practices and usages of foot potatoes.