Description
Farm 28
🚚 The Fastest Delivery Time : 2-day delivery.
🐝 Supplier / Place Of Origin：Farm 28 / Kam Tin
🔖 Authentication： HKORC Certificate No. : C14014
🌱 Manufacturer Introduction：
Covering an area of 100,000 square feet, it is located in Fung Kat Heung, Kam Tin, Yuen Long. With the aim of growing healthy crops, the public can enjoy high-quality and safe food at a low price, and hope that when purchasing locally grown fruits, the public can understand the importance of reducing carbon emissions on the environment, so as to achieve the goal of human beings and the greater world. Natural complementarity and harmonious coexistence. And in the future, we will grow more different healthy fruits and vegetables to provide customers with choices.
🌱 Supplier Products：
🛍 Product Information：
Binomial Name：Lactuca sativa L.
Chinese Name：意大利生菜
Other Names：Italian Lettuce
Product Description：Sweet and bitter in taste, cold in nature. It has the curative effects of cooling blood to stop bleeding, clearing heat and promoting body fluid, diuresis and milk, anesthesia and pain relief, and heat-toxin treatment. Lettuce is rich in carotene, which becomes a powerful antioxidant after being converted into vitamin A in the human body, which can maintain the normal structure of epithelial cells and resist the invasion of carcinogens.
Native to the Mediterranean coast, evolved from wild species, mainly distributed in Europe and America. Introduced to China around the 5th century, and later evolved stem lettuce (lettuce) in China. At present, the northern region mainly cultivates stem lettuce, and the southern region mainly cultivates leaf lettuce. There are several varieties of lettuce, and the leaf lettuce is tang lettuce.
Variety：There are many varieties of lettuce, which can be divided into two categories: "leaf lettuce", which eats leaves, and "tender stem lettuce", which eats stems. Leaf lettuce can be divided into two categories: "head lettuce" and "non-head lettuce". The leaves of Tang lettuce are alternate, pinnately lobed and dark green. The varieties produced in the middle of winter are the best. They are green and crisp and can be eaten raw, but the taste is slightly astringent because they contain lettuce.
Supply Season：Hong Kong is supplied throughout the year.
Storage Method：Lettuce should not be stored for a long time. It can be placed in a cool and ventilated place for 2 to 3 days. It can be stored in the refrigerator for about 1 week after being sealed with plastic wrap.
In addition, lettuce is extremely sensitive to ethylene, so it cannot be stored with apples, bananas, and pears, otherwise it may produce russet spots.
#Should Be / Avoided：
Suitable: It can be eaten by ordinary people, especially suitable for those who have difficulty urinating, those with postpartum milk problems, and those who suffer from eye diseases.
Contraindications: Those with cold constitution, frequent urination and cold stomach should eat less.
*Edible Compatibility：
Appropriate: Lettuce and Mushroom: Because lettuce has the effect of diuresis, eyesight, and appetite enhancement, while mushroom has the effect of invigorating spleen and qi, moisturizing dryness and resolving phlegm and strong nourishing effect, the combination of the two can treat hot cough and excessive phlegm. , chest tightness, vomiting and diarrhea. Contraindications: Not reported in the literature.
Cooking Skills：Edible parts are young leaves. The outer leaves must be removed to avoid pesticide residues, leaving a single piece, soaked in water for about 45 minutes, and then rinsed with running water.
Notes：Some studies have pointed out that lettuce contains aromatic hydrocarbon hydroxylated fats, which can decompose the carcinogenic amine nitrite in food, thereby preventing the formation of cancer cells. It has a certain preventive effect on liver cancer and gastric cancer in the digestive system, and can also relieve cancer patients. or response to chemotherapy.
Dish：
Whether served as a salad dish or cooked, Italian lettuce is very suitable.
🥗 Product Category (English)： Italian Lettuce
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🔅 Remark：
☘️ 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.
