Even 10 of the veritable aristocratic dishes are not enough for foreigners to call it the King of vegetables.

Today, we are talking about a special plant, which is a kind of plant growing along the coast. At first glance, it seems to be just an ornamental plant. Many people do not know that it can still be eaten. This kind of plant is particularly popular in the eating habits of foreign people, but not many people know it at home. It is artichokes.

Speaking of artichoke, it looks like a flower, but it is a kind of edible vegetable. Although artichokes taste as sweet as pears, only the roots of artichoke leaves are scraped with teeth, and the rest of artichokes are too chewy to eat at all. Pinching and counting, if you want to eat, you have to eat at least more than a dozen artichokes. But even if there is so little meat, foreign friends are still willing to spend half a day to eat so little artichokes, which is probably the difference in food culture.

In fact, foreign friends also think that artichokes eat very little flesh, but they like the sweet taste of artichokes, so they don't think artichokes are worth being pawned. Now in our country, although people eat less artichokes, but in order to meet the market demand, some farmers have begun to plant artichokes, and then export these artichokes abroad, mainly for canning. There are some farmers in China's Shandong, Zhejiang and other coastal provinces.

Every year from June to July is the mature season of artichokes. Remove the outer skin that looks like petals, and then you can eat the stamens raw. It tastes a little sweet, and the meat can also be fried. Or take out the young leaves of artichokes, cut them into slices, add olive oil and pan-fry until golden on both sides, sprinkle with snow salt, and finally sprinkle more olive oil on the pan, which is delicious and healthy.

In fact, this small artichoke also has a great effect, that is, it has the effect of clearing the liver and detoxification, but it is too troublesome to clean up, it looks like a little bit of what you can actually eat, and you must have lemon bubble water to prepare it. Otherwise, once cut, it will turn black in a few minutes.

Have you ever eaten such an aristocratic dish that is troublesome to eat, but is called "the king of vegetables" by foreigners?