“Spring Bud Assassin” costs about 100 yuan per catty. Have you ever eaten toon buds?

Science Fiction Network, February 17, according to Upstream News, recently, some netizens said that spring sprouts (Chinese toon sprouts) in supermarkets were sold at 99 yuan per catty. After investigation, it was found that Chinese toon sprouts have been put on the market in Chongqing recently, and the price per catty is generally around 100 yuan, and some have reached 138 yuan per catty.

Toona sinensis sprouts can be stir-fried, mixed with cold food, deep-fried, dried and pickled. The bark, root bark and seeds can be used as medicine. China and a few countries such as Japan use Toona sinensis as a vegetable. Every 100 grams of fresh stems and leaves of Toona sinensis contains about 84 grams of water, about 9.8 grams of protein, 58 milligrams of vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, etc., and has a fragrant smell.

Toona sinensis is called "vegetables on trees" and is the young shoots of the Toona sinensis tree. Toona sinensis can dry out dampness and clear away heat, astringe and consolidate, and can be used to treat chronic diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, blood in the stool, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea. Toona sinensis has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and insecticidal effects, and can be used to treat ascariasis, sores, ringworms, scabies and other diseases.

There are many ways to eat Chinese toon sprouts. Common dishes include Chinese toon mixed with tofu, Chinese toon fried eggs, salted raw Chinese toon, fried Chinese toon fish, or Chinese toon cooked with rice, seasoned with sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, refined salt, etc., which is fragrant and delicious. You can also mash Chinese toon and garlic together into a paste, add some sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, refined salt and a proper amount of cold boiled water to make Chinese toon garlic sauce, which can be poured over noodles for a unique flavor.

A folk proverb says: "Before the rain, the toon buds are as tender as silk, and after the rain, the toon buds are as hard as wood." Toon buds are best eaten before the Grain Rain, and should be eaten early, fresh, and tender; after the Grain Rain, their fibers age, the taste is bland, and the nutritional value is greatly reduced. The general population can eat toon buds, but toon is a hairy food, and eating too much can easily induce the recurrence of chronic diseases, so patients with chronic diseases should eat less or no toon buds. (Editor: Qin Yingying)