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):
Binomial Name:
Chinese Name:白茄子
Other Names:White Eggplant
Product Description:Eggplant has anti-cancer effects and is a very healthy vegetable. If you are afraid that the eggplant will change color after cooking, you can soak the cut eggplant in salt water diluted about five times for a while, so that the bright color can be maintained when it is put into the pot!
Variety:Eggplants are not only divided into purple, black, white, and green in color, but also have obvious differences in shape, and the most common ones are round eggplant and long eggplant. The key difference is that the taste of the two is different. The long eggplant skin is thinner and has a higher water content, while the round eggplant skin is thicker and the fiber is thicker. The color is mostly purple or purple-black, and there are also light green or white varieties, and the shapes are also long, round, oval, pear-shaped and so on.
Supply Season:The supply season is from December to August every year.
Storage Method:
#Should Be / Avoided:
Medicinal
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eggplant is sweet in taste and cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting blood circulation, relieving pain and reducing swelling.
When eating eggplant, try not to peel it, because the nutritional value of the skin is more abundant, and the eggplant is easily oxidized after peeling, and the internal nutrients are also easily destroyed;
Eggplant must not be eaten raw, because raw eggplant contains a substance called solanine, which can cause strong irritation to the stomach and even cause shortness of breath;
*Edible Compatibility:
Cooking Skills:Usually white eggplant will cut it into pieces, like coins, and then put oil, green pepper, etc. Braised in brown sauce. Or peel the white eggplant, cut it into shreds, and fry it with more oil.
The method of purple eggplant is usually cut into strips, or fried eggplant, fish-flavored eggplant, fried eggplant, etc., Or cooked with other vegetables, such as ground three delicacies, tomato roasted eggplant, etc.
Dish:
Suggested Eating Method:
Usually white eggplant cuts it horizontally into pieces, like coins, and then put on saffron and green peppers. Or peel the white eggplant, cut into eggplant shreds, and stir -fry.
The method of purple eggplant is usually cut into strips, or oily eggplant, fish fragrant eggplant, fried eggplant, etc., or cooking with other vegetables, such as Di San, tomato roasted eggplant, etc.
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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.