Tribute dish is a vegetable with high edible value, and many friends have eaten hot pot when they eat it. For a long time, there has been a saying that tribute dishes are dried lettuce, which makes many consumers wonder. So what exactly is tribute dish? What is the difference between it and lettuce?
Tribute vegetables, also known as dried moss, jingle, stinging, and moss, are an annual herb with a bright green color, refreshing texture, and a jellyfish-like taste. Because during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it paid tribute to the imperial court and paid tribute to the imperial court every year after that, so it was called "tribute dish". It is rich in a variety of nutrients, has a certain therapeutic effect on human development, anti-aging, anti-cancer, and is a good product for banquets. Tribute dishes have a variety of ways to eat, both can be made into a dish alone, but also can be plattered into a dish; can be made into cold mix, but also can be stir-fried; can be made into Chinese food, but also can be adjusted into Western food. It can be described as salty, sweet and spicy, and it is suitable for meat and vegetarian frying.
Tribute vegetables and lettuce are obviously two different vegetables.
Although they belong to the same genus of lettuce, they are completely different in terms of appearance, taste, nutritional value, origin and price.
(1) The appearance is different
Tribute dishes are bright in color and slender in shape.
The lettuce stem is short and thick, with a hard skin on the surface, and after peeling, the flesh is green and a white liquid appears.
(2) The taste is different
The texture of the tribute dish is crisp and will not change after being fried.
Lettuce soon becomes soft after entering the pot, and the taste is mostly soft.
(3) Nutritional value is different
Tribute vegetables contain glutamic acid, vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc, iron, calcium, selenium and other trace elements, has always had the reputation of "natural health products, phytonutrients", is today's beauty and anti-cancer products.
Lettuce is rich in nutrients, especially higher in the leaves. Therefore, from the perspective of nutrition, we should change the habit of eating lettuce stems and not eating leaves.
(4) The place of origin is different
The production areas of gongcai are mainly distributed in Pizhou City and Woyang County.
Lettuce is cultivated all over China, and there are also wild ones, and the origin is unknown.
(5) Prices vary
The market price of tribute vegetables is generally around 30-40 yuan a catty.
The market price of lettuce is generally around 2-3 yuan a catty.
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