Food crops that were discarded in the past are now imported.
In recent years, a very expensive imported rice has suddenly appeared on the market, ** several times higher than ordinary rice. This imported rice is rich in nutritional value and is known for:"Caviar with five grains", quickly attracted people's attention. However, it is surprising to find that this expensive imported rice is actually a crop that was extinct by our ancestors. What's going on here?Is this rice really so rich in nutritional value?Why does a box cost hundreds of dollars?Let's explore the mystery together.
This rice is known as North American wild rice, and because it is a wild plant, it is commercially called wild rice. It is also known as:"The best wild rice in the world"。As a result, this rice is naturally very expensive, costing more than $100 to $200 for a cage of imported North American wild rice. However, even though it is so expensive, there are still people vying to buy it because of its attractive features. It is said that this rice from the Great Lakes of North America, without pesticide additives, is pure wild rice, rich in nutrients, has both protein and dietary fiber, and is far better than ordinary rice.
Some even call it"Longevity rice"。But in reality, it is not imported rice, or even real rice. It's not even real rice, because our ancestors started eating this food thousands of years ago, and this wild rice should be called wild rice. In ancient times,"Grains"、"Five grains"Actually, it is"Six grains", of which the sixth valley is the water valley, which is the last to be been"Abandoned"Target. It was"Discarded"In the end. This mushroom belongs to the shallow water grass family, which is very similar to rice, so it is called rice. According to records, rice first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and was originally called"Carved beard"or"Amaranth"。
Zhou Li-Tianguan is recorded:"All meals should be cattle, millet, sheep, millet, pigs, millet, dogs, sorghum, geese, wheat, and fish"。Here"Amaranth"Refers to Mizushima, which means that Mizushima is best eaten with fish. Originally, Mizushima rice was so scarce that it could only be tasted by dignitaries and nobles, and it became the exclusive food of the nobility. It wasn't until the Tang Dynasty that Shuiyun rice began to enter the homes of ordinary people. Legend has it that Li Bai once lived in a farmhouse, and the farmer prepared carved rice for him. Li Bai looked at the rice on the table and remembered the drifting mother who had helped Han Xin, so he thanked the peasant woman many times before deciding to eat this bowl of carved rice. "Kneel down to eat carved rice, moonlight vegetarian dishes.
You are ashamed of your mother who is drifting away, and you can't eat in two bites"。However, even so, the rice is still considered a good meal. When Du Fu was sick, he dreamed of eating two kinds of rice, one was carved hu rice and the other was golden soup. It can be seen that the status of cooking rice is high in people's hearts. "The slippery memory of carved rice, the fragrant taste of golden soup. In addition to the cuisine, people also discovered the medicinal properties of mushrooms.
According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, wild rice can relieve cough, relieve fever, and regulate the stomach and intestines. "Shiitake mushroom rice is sweet, cold and non-toxic. It can relieve cough, relieve fever, and regulate the stomach and intestines"。As a result, water cooking rice was popular at the time. So, why is the water cooking rice being eliminated?The earliest can be traced back to the Song Dynasty. Since it was originally a wild plant that grew mainly in shallow waters near the water, it was already scarce. Although it was cultivated later, the ripening time of the mushroom is different, and the harvest time is staggered, and it lodging when it is ripe. In addition, the plants of the water cloud mushroom can grow to more than two meters tall, so harvesting the water cloud mushroom is very time-consuming and laborious, even if it is planted manually, one hectare of land can only produce dozens of catties of water cloud mushroom.
As the population increased, the yield of mizuna could not keep up with the demand, and people began to look for crops with higher yields, so mizuna was eliminated. In addition, due to the low yield, Mizumo is also susceptible to a disease called powdery mildew. Once infected with this disease, the plant does not flower, leading to a further decline in yield. Luckily, another edible treasure has been discovered in the Mizania plant: wild rice. Since it has become a substitute for rice and has an excellent taste, it was used exclusively for the production of cocoon white, which was gradually forgotten. Later, except during periods of famine, few people harvested it specifically because the process of hulling was too cumbersome.
In short, people are now buying wild North American rice mainly for its rich nutritional value. However, there is no need to over-advertise this rice, as these nutrients are ubiquitous in our daily diet. Everyone has a different opinion on this issue, and I wonder if you have tried this rice?