HOW DID ASPARAGUS GET ITS NAME

Asparagus is also known as the "grass shoot" and "south grass shoot". The buds of asparagus gramineae reed are different from those of liliaceae lilililiaceae lilithodiao cypress.

The young stem of yuanjiang reed is also called asparagus, which is rich in nutrition and delicious in taste. Yuanjiang, located in the hinterland of dongting, boasts a unique resource of 450,000 mu of asparagus.

China has extensive reed, among which the liaohe in the northeast

Delta, songnen plain, sanjiang plain, the hulun buir and xilingol grassland of Inner Mongolia, xinjiang's characters, the ili river valley and into EMin valley, baiyangdian reed zone of north China plain, is a large area of reed concentrated distribution area. Today's main breeding bases are jiangsu shuyang, zhejiang, anhui and other places.

According to historical records, the consumption of asparagus in yuanjiang started from the five dynasties and ten kingdoms period. Since the song dynasty, many literati mohists have left beautiful words and sayings about delicious asparagus.

Su dongpo observed the newly unearthed asparagus and described it in the late scene of huichong chunjiang river: "there are three or two peach blossoms outside bamboo. Betel betel pepper is betel betel pepper when the puffer fish wants to go up.

Wang anshi learned about the nutritional value of asparagus from edible asparagus, including shiyun "hilsa shad fish out of the net yinzhou zhu, daodi bamboo shoots fat gansheng milk".

In the northern song dynasty, ouyang xiu wrote, "the reeves reeves reeves reeves reeves reeves reeves reeds are tasty, and hate to be served in a cup and dish without good guests.

In spite of modern Chinese cuisine, asparagus in yuanjiang is still an irreplaceable delicacy in dongting. Dongting people will asparagus cold mix, stir-fry, stew, hot pot, cooked food, or with fish, meat, chicken, eggs mixed into dishes. The asparagus is crisp and tender, smooth and delicious. Just one bite, you can enjoy different flavor of dongting wetland. "The asparagus in yuanjiang is naturally wild and does not need artificial cultivation. Not only is the flavor unique, but more importantly is the green health, high nutritional value.