China News Agency, Maoming, January 14th, title: Xinyi, the hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangdong, mustard greens: the "hometown taste" in the cold winter

　　Author Liang Sheng Chen Zikai

　　In Xinyi City, the hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangdong, mustard greens are a veritable "net red vegetable".

"The colder the weather, the better it tastes" is the well-known "nature" of mustard greens, and it is the "hometown taste" of mustard greens that many Xinyi folks living in foreign countries miss in the cold winter.

　　Zhang Quancai, honorary chairman of the Overseas Chinese Hong Kong Xinyi Hometown Association, said in a recent interview that Xinyi big mustard, also known as big green vegetables, has the most prominent features of large size, high output, short production cycle, and Xinyi's unique geographical environment, creating It has the characteristics of fresh and tender meat, slightly bitter taste and sweet taste.

Among them, Qianpai Town has a very cold climate in winter, a long frost period, and most of the local planting uses farmyard manure, so the big mustard greens grown taste very good.

　　Zhang Quancai, who was born in Yunkai Village, Qianpai Town, Xinyi, said that when he was a child, life in the village was short of oil and meat, and the villagers usually ate stir-fried mustard greens the most.

Now that people's living standards have improved, they usually stir-fry big mustard greens with yuba, beef, pig offal, etc. "yuba stir-fried vegetable stems" is a famous local farm dish. It tastes very good, sweet, crisp and refreshing. A delicious dish.

Especially when the wanderers go back to their hometowns to visit their relatives, mustard greens are almost the first choice for every meal.

　　Cheng Yulan, a vegetable farmer who lives in Qianpai Town, told reporters: "Since the beginning of December last year, mustard greens have experienced several cold waves. This continuous low temperature weather has made mustard greens particularly 'popular'. Recently, with the popularity of rural tourism With the recovery, big mustard greens have become a "hot item" for tourists. In the past half a month, my family has sold more than 500 kilograms of big mustard greens to tourists, and the income is about 5,000 yuan."

　　According to Cheng Yulan, mustard greens are abundant in winter, and the temperature requirements for the growth environment are relatively low, and the lower the temperature, the faster and more vigorous the growth.

It is generally planted in October, and can be picked by stems one month later.

Before the severe cold and frost period, the taste of mustard greens is average, but the taste of big mustard greens after frost is especially good.

In addition to stir-frying and stir-frying, mustard greens can also be dried in the sun to prepare for consumption in seasons when vegetables are scarce. They can also be preserved in jars and pickled to make sauerkraut, which can stimulate the appetite and enhance appetite.

　　Yu Huaijing, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Xinyi Municipal People's Congress and secretary of the Party Committee of Qianpai Town, said that the harvest period of mustard is also the flower appreciation period of the local Sanhua plum. Xinyi receives hundreds of thousands of tourists every year , What impresses tourists the most is the big mustard greens besides plum blossoms. After eating, tourists often have to bring a few bundles to take home.

　　Today's Xinyi mustard is famous far and wide, and there is also an "ID card" for "produced by Xinyi", "Xinzihao" quality control and traceability, and the sales packaging has become "tall".

It is reported that in Qianpai Town, the planting area and output of mustard this year have increased significantly compared with the previous year, which will bring a considerable income to thousands of local households.

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