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🐝 Supplier / Origin : Mrs Lam Organic Farm
🔖 Certification : HKORC C13006 (Until Apr 2022)
🌱 Producer introduction :
Mrs. Lam used to be the representative farmer of the annual fisher, farmers and food carnival, with a cheerful and sunny smile. Mrs. Lam and her husband has been running an organic farm for more than 10 years. Although there is a master to help him, one person has to take care of all the work of farming, harvesting and sales. As she gets older, she even falls asleep when she opens the stall. Many friends are very distressed for him. Every Sunday, there are volunteer Ming Je who decide to give up their rest time every weekend to help used to be the representative farmer of the annual fisher, check files. His crops and yields are very rich, and he sells crops at Mei Foo Organic Farm and Kam Sheung Road West Rail Station on Sunday and evening respectively.
Mrs Lam’s Organic Farm is in Sha Tin Hang. In 2015, the government proposed the Kam Tin South Development Plan to recover 12.3 hectares of land and plan to build 8,000 public housing units. Sha Tin Hang, where Mrs Lam is located, is one of the reclaimed farmlands.
Mrs. Lam is now relocated to Ngau Keng Tsuen for re-cultivation.
🛍 Product Information :
Chinese name 菠菜
English name Spinach
Botanical name Spinacia oleracea L.
#basic introduction
Sweet in the mouth, cool in nature. It has the effects of nourishing blood to stop bleeding, nourishing yin and quenching thirst, promoting bowel movements, detoxifying alcohol and heat, and promoting pancreatic secretion. Spinach has high nutritional value. Its iron is involved in the production of red blood cells and promotes blood circulation. It also contains plant-based substances that help prevent high cholesterol. A large amount of vitamin C in the leaves can prevent osteoarthritis. Its carotenoid content is second only to carrots, which can not only protect eyesight, but also strengthen the disease resistance defense ability of mucosal tissues.
Variety
Spinach is the rooted whole herb of the Chenopodiaceae plant spinach. The leaves are alternate, round, oval or arrow-shaped, and the main root is white and reddish. The common spinach in China is relatively small, and sometimes the whole root is mixed with cold salad. The tender red roots and green leaves are very beautiful.
supply season
The main production period is from November to April of the following year, and it is available in Hong Kong throughout the year.
Purchase method
It is advisable to choose varieties with dark green and shiny leaves and thick and short stems.
storage method
Extremely perishable, not resistant to storage. When saving, it can be put into a porous plastic bag or fresh-keeping bag, with the root down, and placed upright in the refrigerator for about 3 to 5 days.
Spinach contains iron, calcium and carotene, and there are a lot of vitamin C in the leaves.
#* taboo
Appropriate: suitable for people with insufficient body fluid, thirsty to drink, gastrointestinal disorders, intestinal dryness and constipation, people with allergies, rough and loose skin, people with intestinal tuberculosis, hemorrhoids, anemia, blood in the stool, cholecystitis and gallstones, measles, chickenpox, pertussis Patients, as well as those with diabetes and hypertension.
Avoid: eating too much will affect the body's ability to absorb calcium. Menopausal women should eat less for those with spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea and loose stools. Patients with nephritis and kidney stones should not eat.
#* Edible Compatibility
should:
1. Spinach and garlic: Spinach is rich in vitamin B1, and eaten with garlic containing allicin, it can eliminate fatigue and help focus.
2. Spinach and kelp: Both spinach and kelp contain phosphorus and calcium, and eating them in moderation can help the body maintain calcium and phosphorus balance, and promote and maintain the health of bones and teeth.
3. Spinach and eggs: the calcium content in spinach is higher than that of phosphorus, and the combination of eggs with phosphorus content higher than calcium will have a complementary effect, which will help the body achieve a balanced intake of calcium and phosphorus, promote and maintain Healthy bones and teeth.
avoid:
1. Spinach and walnuts: Both spinach and walnuts are foods with extremely high oxalate content. Eating large amounts at the same time will affect the intake of calcium and iron, and even cause stone symptoms or aggravate stone lesions.
2. Foods with high calcium content such as spinach and cheese or tofu: The oxalate contained in spinach will combine with the calcium in cheese or tofu to form calcium oxalate, which will hinder the body’s absorption of calcium and cause cramps or osteoporosis in the long run .
3. Potassium will remain in the blood when diuretics spironolactone, triamterene, and potassium supplements are taken. It is not advisable to eat spinach rich in potassium at the same time, otherwise the accumulation of potassium in the body will be more serious, and it is easy to induce complications in the heart and blood pressure.
4. Spinach contains a lot of potassium oxalate. After entering the human body, the potassium oxalate ions electrolyzed will precipitate calcium ions, which not only prevents the body from absorbing calcium, but also easily forms calcium oxalate stones. Children who are blind and growing should not eat more. Do not eat spinach within two hours before and after taking calcium tablets, or cook the spinach first, wait for the potassium oxalate contained in the spinach to dissolve in water, pour out the water before eating.
5. Spinach can interfere with the absorption of vitamin C supplements.
6. Spinach will reduce the solubility of tetracycline and affect its absorption rate.
Cooking skills The edible parts are leaves and stems. Soak the spinach in water for about 45 minutes to dissolve the pesticide on the surface, then wash it several times under running water. Spinach in spring is relatively tender and small, suitable for salad dressing; while spinach in autumn is thicker and more suitable for cooked food.
#Remarks
Slightly scald the spinach and soak it in cold water to remove the astringent taste; eat it with garlic to relieve fatigue.
100 grams of spinach contains more than four times the recommended daily value of vitamin K (see table). For this reason, people who take the anticoagulant warfarin (which works by inhibiting vitamin K) are told to minimize their consumption of spinach (and other dark green leafy vegetables) to avoid weakening the effects of warfarin.
Stir-fried spinach, its nature and taste are relatively mild, and has little effect on the food of people with gastrointestinal deficiency and cold; but it has the function of cooling and smoothing when used for cooking soup, which can pass urination, benefit the stomach, and clear accumulated heat. People with gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness and enuresis can easily cause diarrhea and incontinence of urination, so they should be taken with caution.
The roots of spinach contain spinach saponin A and saponin B, which can regulate blood sugar to normal levels, so spinach with roots can help alleviate the condition of diabetes.
Spinach has long been thought to be super high in iron, but it's about as good as any other vegetable. The error was in a book by E. von Wolf in 1870, where a decimal point was printed as a comma, so the number was multiplied by ten.
Common dishes
Mustard Spinach, Pork Liver and Spinach Soup, Golden and Silver Egg Spinach
