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When eating leeks in the second month of the lunar calendar, white-headed leeks are tender and green-headed leeks are spicy enough.

Published: 2024-11-06 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/06, When eating leeks in the second month of the lunar calendar, white-headed leeks are tender and green-headed leeks are spicy enough.

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Whether fried shredded pork, below, fried eggs, leeks are good companions, dumplings more indispensable pork leek this flavor. But did you know that white-headed leeks taste softer and tender, and green-headed leeks taste more spicy? As the saying goes,"spring onion, February leek", lunar February leek is "get time", taste tender and sweet!

Hualien Ji 'an white-headed leek tastes tender and white

The areas where leek leaves are grown mainly include Changhua Puyan, Taoyuan Tahsi, Hualien Chian, etc. Although the varieties are all Luzon species, the taste is unique. Ji 'an chives are characterized by long white chives, up to five centimeters above, fine fiber, tender taste, large leaves and short length. Li Youzhang, a farmer of chives in Ji 'an, explains that when chives grow to 10 to 20 centimeters in Ji' an area, the roots will be covered with sawdust, making the chives longer. "Chinese chives are sweeter when fried and are popular with consumers, so Ji 'an is famous for its long white chives."

Scrambled eggs with leek flowers (Photo/Liu Yixin)

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