Jimu News reporter Cao Lei
Correspondent: Zhou Xiaoping
How wonderful is the vegetable market in spring? Following the new release of various wild vegetables on the hot table in March, there are now a batch of seasonal dishes for both medicine and food, which are sought after by many citizens under the impetus of the spring health regimen.
What's even more gratifying is that with the arrival of the alternating spring and summer, the temperature is rising day by day, and a variety of medicinal spring vegetables such as wolfberry vegetables have entered the stage of being marketed in large quantities, with a better taste and cheaper prices.
A variety of medicinal and edible spring vegetables have become market "stars"
"You can bring some wolfberry vegetables, which are good for the body and taste quite refreshing. On April 16, when the reporter came to a fresh market in Shilipu in Hanyang, a vendor was actively recommending seasonal dishes for both medicine and food to citizens who bought vegetables: "10 yuan a bag, you can fry a large plate when you go back, which is quite cost-effective." ”
The reporter noticed that many vegetable shops in this fresh market were more or less placed with vegetables that could be called medicinal and edible vegetables. Vendors introduced these dishes, including seasonal wild vegetables such as Houttuynia cordata, dandelion, purslane, wild quinoa, and wild celery, which were popular some time ago, as well as newly planted medicinal and edible vegetables such as wolfberry vegetables, field seven sprouts, and purple-backed geranium. "Wild vegetables used to sell very well, but now there are more varieties and the prices are cheaper. According to the stall owner, Master Pan, when wolfberry vegetables were first listed, they were sold for 100 yuan per catty, and then slowly dropped to 20 yuan a catty. Recently, as the temperature rises, the yield of wolfberry vegetables has increased, and the price has also fallen to about 10 yuan per catty.
In the afternoon, the reporter came to the fresh market near Baofeng Road in Hankou and also found a variety of vegetables for both medicine and food. Among them, wild callus, wolfberry and Tianqi are the most popular. Ms. Liu, a citizen, bought a handful of wild leeks, a handful of wild celery and a handful of wolfberry vegetables, and prepared to make dumplings at home. "I started to buy this kind of dishes to eat around the Qingming Festival, all of which are seasonal dishes, and I took advantage of the spring to eat more. ”
Some are worth discounts, and some are reduced by two percent year-on-year
Among all kinds of medicinal and edible vegetables, not only the dishes that have been on the market have been significantly reduced, but even the new dishes that only entered the market in early April have also seen a certain price reduction, attracting citizens to "buy cheap".
In the vegetable market on Baofeng Road, wild quinoa, wolfberry vegetables, houttuynia cordata, wild callus white, and purslane are about 10 yuan per bag, and wild celery and wild leeks are 6 yuan a handful. According to Master Pan, wild quinoa was sold for 20 yuan per catty after the Qingming Festival, and it fell to 10 yuan per catty this week, and the price was "cut in half". The prices of dishes such as wild callus white, houttuynia cordata and purslane also fell by about 20% from the previous month.
On April 17, the reporter contacted Tao Guomin, the person in charge of the Green Fruit Ecological Family Farm, which grows a variety of wild vegetables and medicinal and edible vegetables in Yangluo Street, Yangtze River New Area. "On our farm, wild celery is the main leafy vegetable in early spring, and there are many seasonal vegetables and medicinal and edible vegetables that are produced in large quantities. Tao Guomin introduced that in recent years, the farm has used greenhouses to plant all kinds of spring seasonal vegetables, and the fresh food has been staggered about a month in advance. At present, the daily production, picking and marketing volume of the farm can reach 4 to 5 tons.
Tao Guomin introduced that the most important difference between the two is that the fragrance is different, "the early spring medicinal spring vegetables are full of wild interest, the fragrance is particularly strong, the temptation is great, it can be said to be the best, no pests, although the yield is a little lower, but the price is higher." ”
Medicinal and edible dishes are expected to be more promoted
The reporter learned that in recent years, medicinal vegetables have become more and more popular in the market. Practitioners like Tao Guomin are also gradually increasing some medicinal and edible vegetables for trial planting, and when the planting situation is mature, it will be promoted on a large scale, and there will be more seasonal dishes in the spring vegetable market for the public to choose from.
According to the analysis of food experts from Wuhan Modern Agricultural Education Center, the "tip of the tongue" has witnessed the changes in the consumption concept of the citizens of Greater Wuhan, and also witnessed the rapid change of the citizens' happy life. From eating well, eating well to eating healthy, the general public has a new understanding of medicinal and healthy ingredients, and they are paying more and more attention to it. Whether from the perspective of consumption concept or economic value, it is worth widely promoting planting. For example, Houttuynia cordata has the effect of improving the body's immunity and diuresis. Dandelion can clear away heat and detoxify, wolfberry vegetables can also play a positive role in improving the body's immunity, and Tianqi sprouts can replenish the body and invigorate qi.
However, experts also remind that although these spring vegetables for both medicine and food are tender and refreshing and nutritious, do not think that they are cheap and eat them in large quantities, because "eating" is counterproductive, which will cause overnutrition and harm the body.
(Source: Jimu News)
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