As the temperature rises in Jiangcheng, more than 10 kinds of seasonal vegetables such as dandelion, wild leek, houttuynia cordata, wild quinoa, ground vegetables, wild spring bamboo shoots, and Qi mugwort have been "new" in the market. The value of spring vegetables is also on the market, and the highest price is 20 yuan a catty.
Wild spring vegetables are worth a lot
In the past few days, Jimu News reporters have visited a number of farmers' markets in the three towns and found that all kinds of fresh spring vegetables have been placed in a more conspicuous position by vendors, among which the wild quinoa with a small yield sits on this spring.
Wild quinoa on the market Photo by Chutian *** Jimu News reporter Cao Lei.
The top spot" is sold for 20 yuan a catty, which is much more expensive than artemisia artificially planted, and it has to be rushed early, and it is not sold when it is late.
On the morning of March 3, at the Hanyang Qili Temple Fresh Market, the reporter saw wild spring shoots, wild leeks, Houttuynia cordata, wild quinoa, dandelion and other wild vegetables that were favored by citizens who visited the market to buy vegetables. Among them, the lowest price of spring vegetables such as ground vegetables, wild leeks, and Houttuynia cordata is 65 yuan a catty, a little more tender 9 yuan a catty; dandelion is 8 yuan a catty, and a little more tender is 12 yuan a catty; Wild quinoa is 18 yuan a catty, and a slightly tender one can be sold for 20 yuan a catty.
The stall owner Master Chen Ming told reporters that the weather has been fine recently, and all kinds of fresh spring vegetables are on the market, selling better, not only more expensive than home-cooked dishes to several times, and will be sold out at noon every day, "Tomorrow I plan to go to the wholesale market early in the morning to buy a little more, and the wild quinoa is selling very well." He said that it is expected that a large number of artemisia quinoa will be on the market by the end of this month, and ** will fall back with it.
Eating spring vegetables has become fashionable
In the fresh food market near Duofu Road in Hankou, many stalls also sell a variety of spring vegetables. The difference is that in addition to selling these fresh spring vegetables by the pound, some stall owners also sell them in bags or handles.
Among them, Houttuynia cordata and dandelion are 10 yuan a bag, wild leeks and wild celery are 8 yuan a handful, and wild quinoa is 15 yuan a bag. Mr. Luo, who buys vegetables in the market, said that he recently made dishes such as stir-fried wild quinoa with bacon, stir-fried wild leeks with eggs, or stewed wild spring shoots with wild celery and pork belly for his family, and ate the "beautiful taste on the tip of the tongue" in spring.
Food experts from the Wuhan Modern Agricultural Education Center said that in the spring, citizens can not only feast their eyes, but also feast their mouths, and eating spring vegetables has become a new fashion. It is understood that in recent years, the agricultural and rural departments of Wuhan City have introduced and cultivated a large number of new, strange and special vegetables, such as wild quinoa, Houttuynia cordata, wild celery, purple-backed geranium, dandelion, Tianqi sprouts and other more than 10 categories, and gradually promoted planting in the vegetable base in the new urban area, covering an area of about 30,000 acres, and the public will taste more fresh, nutritious and healthy Chinese specialty vegetables.
Chutian *** Jimu News reporter Cao Lei correspondent Zhou Xiaoping).