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.
🌱 Supplier Products：
🛍 Product Information (Main) (English)：
Chinese name space green onion
English name Fistular Onion
Other names Four seasons green onion, green onion, vegetable green onion, spring onion, Caibo, Japanese grass, chive, green onion
Liliaceae Allium
primary source
Native to Northwest China and Siberia. It is now cultivated all over the world. Shandong, Hebei and Henan are the main producing areas of shallots in China.
#basic introduction
A perennial herb with strong temperature adaptability, the leaves are cylindrical, hollow, fragile and easily broken, with mucus inside. Pungent in taste, warm in nature, it has the functions of tonifying yang and promoting blood circulation, deworming and detoxifying, and sweating and relieving external appearance. Shallots are rich in dietary fiber and vitamin C. The trace element selenium can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice and increase appetite. Because green onions can be combined with many ingredients, green onions are called "wasa grass".
Variety
According to the length of onion white, there are:
1. Sun onion (scallion is longer white, tender texture, thick and soft leaf flesh, leaf body is larger than northern onion)
2. Northern spring onion (scallion white is shorter, the leaf flesh is thin and firm, and the leaf body is slender)
supply season
There are four seasons. Japanese scallions are available year-round, while northern scallions are available from June to November. During the typhoon season, the supply yield is low and perishable, and the supply will be severely affected.
How to buy
The white part of the scallion should be long and thick, and the one with more luster is the best. Open the leaves and check carefully, the leaves should be intact and free of pests, not dry or rotten.
storage method
When harvested, the entire plant is immersed in water, the outer leaves are stripped, and rinsed thoroughly. After purchase, the shallots can be stored for up to a month if they can be stored in a cool, dry place. If the environment does not permit, you can roll it up with newspaper and put it in the refrigerator, and it can be stored for about two weeks.
#* Taboo crowd
Appropriate: especially suitable for the elderly, mental workers and those with poor appetite. Contraindications: Those with excessive sweating should not eat. People who sweat a lot or suffer from liquid odor should take it with caution in summer. Patients with gastrointestinal diseases, especially those with ulcer disease, should not eat it. (Scallions can stimulate sweat glands and promote the secretion of digestive juices)
#*Food compatibility
Affordable: Eating with mushrooms can enhance the effect of promoting blood circulation. Studies have shown that eating with tempeh can help perspiration and eliminate exogenous diseases. Xiang Ke: People who are taking Chinese herbs such as Rehmannia glutinosa, Changshan, and Shouwu are not suitable for consumption. It is rumored that green onions contain a lot of oxalic acid, and the calcium in fish tofu combines to form calcium oxalate, which is difficult to be absorbed by the human body.
cooking tips
Shallots can be eaten raw, fried, fried in soup, or used as a seasoning for food. It should be washed thoroughly before raw consumption to reduce the risk to health posed by bacteria, parasites, or residual pesticides. Chopped green onion can remove the fishy smell, so it can be added when cooking meat such as pork or lamb. Shallots have the effect of enhancing aroma and are an indispensable material when steaming fish. They are also commonly used in soups, porridges, fried noodles, and noodle soups. Shallots will be cut into different lengths and shapes depending on the style of the dish. Shallots can also be garnished as a side dish.
#Remarks
Shallots contain the volatile components of allicin, which can reduce inflammation, inhibit and kill germs. Studies have shown that shallots have a significant inhibitory effect on Shigella. Adding soil as the green onion grows can extend the white part of the green onion.
common dishes
Stir-fried beef with spring onions, tofu mixed with shallots, chicken with scallion oil, sea cucumber roasted with scallions, etc.
🥗 Recipe (English Version)：
Google Recipe 🔍 :
English CookPad 🍳 :
BBC Good Food 🥙 :
🔅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.
