Description
Various Local Organic Farms
🚚 The Fastest Delivery Time : 2-day delivery.
🐝 Supplier / Place Of Origin：Various Local Organic Farms / Hong Kong
🔖 Certification： HKORC Certified
🌱 Producer Introduction：
In Hong Kong, more than 30% of the certified organic vegetables come from local certified organic farms, which is the largest source of certified organic vegetables besides the mainland (43.3%).
Organic certification helps increase consumer confidence in our industry's produce. All certified organic crops, from planting, fertilization to harvesting and sales, must comply with the requirements of the "Organic Crop Production, Aquaculture and Processing Standards" to ensure that the production of crops is responsible for the health of consumers and the environment.
When organic products need to be sold at the wholesale and retail level, consumers cannot have direct contact with producers, and consumers do not understand the production process; at this time, organic certification can be used as a transaction standard for both parties, and consumers can see the certification mark You can buy with confidence, and if you have doubts, you can also make inquiries or complaints to the certification body.
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🛍 Product Information (Main) (English)：
Variety
Horn pepper is a variant of pepper. After long-term cultivation, domestication and artificial selection, it has a sweet taste, but the original spicy taste has disappeared, and only the seeds still have a slight spicy component. Various cultivars include sweet peppers, sweet peppers, bell peppers, colorful peppers, vegetable peppers and horn peppers, etc. The root system of pepper is strong, the stem is upright, with a long handle, the pulp is thick, the fruit is oblong or oblate, there are sharper and rounder, and the colors are various, such as green, red, yellow, orange, purple, etc., and the taste is also different. There are spicy, non-spicy or semi-spicy.
supply season
The main production period is from November to April of the following year, and Hong Kong is available throughout the year.
How to buy
Plump and uniform, heavy and fleshy, and shiny are the top grades. The fruit shape is complete and well-proportioned, the peel is bright and shiny, the flesh is light and crisp, and there is no trauma or atrophy.
Horn pepper, not too spicy, can be eaten like a vegetable, so it is also called vegetable pepper. When buying, choose green, wrinkle-free and firm without rot.
storage method
Horn pepper should be stored in a cool place. If it needs to be refrigerated, it should be put into a fresh-keeping bag or wrapped with two layers of paper before putting it in the refrigerator to avoid becoming soft and rotten when wet. black, affecting its quality.
#* Taboo crowd
Suitable: Suitable for those with inappetence, indigestion and constipation, as well as those who are prone to colds. In addition, sweet peppers are also beneficial to patients with arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, fatigue and stress.
Contraindications: People with hemorrhoids or esophagitis should not consume it. And patients with cough, sore throat and sore throat should eat less.
#*Food compatibility
should:
1. Horn peppers and beef: When vitamin C-rich bell peppers are eaten with protein-rich beef, vitamin C can help block the formation of dark spots and freckles, glow and whiten skin, and also increase collagen and collagen. Repairs cell tissue, keeping skin tissue elastic and healthy.
2. Horn pepper and cauliflower: Both contain vitamins A and C, which can enhance the body's resistance and help improve dry and rough skin.
Contraindications: Not reported in the literature
cooking tips
The edible part is the fruit. Due to the accumulation of pesticides in the depression of the pedicle, the pedicle must be removed and then rinsed.
#Remarks
Because capsaicin produces a burning sensation when it touches the surface of the human body, it is often used in food as a source of aroma or burning (spicy) sensation. The degree of burning sensation in food is measured by the Scoville Scale. Because the concentration of capsaicin in capsicum is not high, under the consideration of safety, capsicum has become the source of typical capsaicin.
common dishes
Fish stuffed with horn pepper, beef horn pepper and beef tenderloin fried rice
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🔅Precautions (English Version)：
☘️ Preserve vegetables
1. Leafy vegetables and softer vegetables, if packaged, should be placed in the cold box in the original package;
2. Organic Vegetables are more prone to spoilage if they have water droplets. Put the vegetables in a ventilated place to dry or wipe off the water vapor, then wrap the vegetables in slightly damp newspaper and put them in a plastic bag before refrigerating. ;
3. Organic vegetables do not use preservatives or special treatments. Vegetables are generally stored for three to five days. Some vegetables will decompose enzymes, so they should be eaten as soon as possible.
☘️ How to wash vegetables
Special attention: The dishes, especially small flowers and broccoli, are best soaked in the water to remove residual pesticides (this is organic farm, but will have, but not chemical, except to Re-generative Farm). It is recommended to use our vegetables and vegetables environmentally friendly cleaner
Dish Drops for 3 to 5 minutes to eliminate residuals, sand and dust.
1. Wash vegetables before cooking to keep them fresh;
2. It is not advisable to soak the vegetables for too long, and they should be washed first and then cut to avoid the loss of vitamins;
3. Washing vegetables with dilute salt water or Dish Drop can easily remove vegetable insects;
4. Cut vegetables with a stainless steel knife to reduce vitamin loss;
5. Vegetable leaves contain a lot of nutrients, so you should avoid shredding, chopping or grinding the leaves;
6. Immediately after cutting, to avoid the loss of vitamins due to air oxidation.
