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Yanjin Spinach

Yanjin County Fruit and Vegetable Professional Technical Association

Yanjin spinach was a tribute to the imperial court in ancient times. According to the "Yanjin County Chronicle": "Spinach comes from Poleng Country (now Nepal) in the Western Regions. It traveled across the ocean and settled here. It is commonly known as Bohuo." In other words, spinach originated from Persia, so it is called "Spinach". Later written as "Spinach".

Northerners like to eat meat and pasta. Eating some spinach can calm the intestines and make the stool smooth; southerners like to eat fish and crabs, and eating some spinach can relieve internal heat. In the Song Dynasty, most of the spinach produced in Yanjin was confiscated by the imperial kitchen in Kaifeng as imperial supplies. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the Empress Dowager Cixi passed by Yanjin, Guangluqing offered Yanjin spinach to the Empress Dowager. She said while eating it: "It's delicious, it's delicious." She praised Yanjin spinach as the best product and paid tribute to her every year. The characteristics of Yanjin spinach: In addition to containing iron and vitamins like other similar spinach, it also has "juice that does not stain the soup". When cooked with tofu, the color remains unchanged and is green and bright. After cooking, let it sit for three days without becoming sour. and Fengqiu celery are both top-grade. Therefore, the land of the Central Plains is known as "Feng Qin and Yan Bo".