Description
Various Local Organic Farms
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🐝 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)：
"#basic introduction
Bitter gourd is cold in nature and bitter in taste; ripe bitter gourd is flat in nature and sweet in taste. Raw bitter gourd has the functions of expelling summer heat, relieving heat, clearing the heart and improving eyesight, and detoxifying; cooked bitter gourd can nourish blood and nourish the liver, nourish the spleen and kidney. Ripe bitter gourd is red in color, bitterness is reduced, coldness is reduced, and the nourishing effect is obvious. Bitter melon is rich in vitamin C. Its high antioxidant effect can prevent the oxidation process in the body and achieve the effect of protecting cells and even blood vessels, which can not only enhance the body's resistance, but also maintain heart health. Recent studies have found that cool melon can extract some special ingredients, charantin extract, which includes polypeptides, charantin and charantin, which can promote the application and regulation of blood sugar, so as to achieve a stable blood sugar level.
Variety
The biggest feature of this bitter gourd is that it has a slightly sweet and bitter taste that makes you want to eat it again and again, even children will fall in love with it! And eating bitter gourd has many benefits, such as being rich in vitamin C, which can eliminate fatigue and so on.
Okinawan bitter gourd is an annual climbing herb with developed roots, five stems and green leaves. The fruit is oblong or spindle-shaped, with irregular tumor-like protrusions on the surface, and orange-yellow when ripe. The seeds are hidden in the fleshy fruit, which are covered in red sacs when ripe.
There are two cultivars of this variety: one is long conical, such as "Sliding Body Bitter Gourd" in Guangdong and "White Bitter Gourd" in the Yangtze River Basin; the other is short conical, such as Guangdong "Dading Bitter Gourd", commonly known as Lei Gong chisel", this kind of quality is better.
supply season
The main production period is from April to October each year.
How to buy
The fruit is heavy and full, the fruit shape is correct, the melon grain is concave and convex, the raised place is thick and large, the color is bright, the melon is hard and blue-green. These are all characteristics of fresh varieties.
The meat is crisp and tender, with moderate bitterness, good taste, green color, no bruises, and a single fruit of more than 150g. Excellent shape, color, no breakage, no bolting, no rot, no pests and other damage.
storage method
Cool melons can be stored for about 3 days in a cool, ventilated place, or about 1 week if wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated in the refrigerator.
#* Taboo crowd
Appropriate: It is suitable for people with polydipsia, thirst, red eyes and sore throat, acute dysentery, sore carbuncle and swollen poison. It is also suitable for people with diabetes.
Contraindications: Those who are thin and weak, or those who are deficient and weak during their menstrual period and have cold pain in the lower abdomen should eat less. Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea, loose stools, and tuberculosis should not eat. Pregnant women should not eat.
#*Food compatibility
should:
1. Bitter gourd and pepper: Both bitter gourd and pepper are rich in vitamin C, which can block the precipitation of melanin and bring about a whitening effect; their high antioxidant function can delay aging.
2. Bitter gourd and eggs: The vitamin C contained in bitter gourd helps the human body absorb the iron in the egg yolk, promotes the production of blood, and eliminates fatigue; in addition, vitamin C combined with the protein of egg whites can repair human cells and tissues, and also promote absorption of collagen.
avoid:
1. Bitter melon and sardines: Consuming them together can cause hives.
cooking tips
The most famous Okinawan dish made with delicious bitter gourd must be "Okinawa Stir-Fry", which is stir-fried with pork, tofu and egg. Deep-fried into tempura, it tastes equally good with udon.
Cut the bitter gourd, remove the seeds, wash the flesh with coarse salt, and cook it for a while to reduce its bitterness. The edible part is located in melons and fruits. Since the part of the fruit is easy to accumulate pesticides, it must be gently scrubbed with a soft brush. As for the sunken pedicle, it should be removed first and then rinsed.
#Remarks
There are rumors that bitter gourd can ""treat diabetes"", although there are many bitter gourd and diabetes-related products in the market, there is currently no substantial scientific evidence to prove this.
common dishes
Cold Melon Soy Rib Soup, Cold Melon Braised Pork Ribs, Cold Melon
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☘️ 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.
