When does Toona sinensis eat?

Toona sinensis is eaten in spring and is usually listed in February and March of the lunar calendar.

Toona sinensis is called "the vegetable on the tree" and is the tender bud of Toona sinensis. Toona sinensis generally began to sprout around Tomb-Sweeping Day, and it was listed in large quantities in early spring. When the leaves of Toona sinensis grow old, they can also be flattened and dried to make tea.

Toona sinensis head can be divided into green buds and red buds because of its different qualities. Green shoots are blue-green, with good quality and strong fragrance, which is an important edible variety; Red buds are reddish brown, with rough texture and poor flavor. Therefore, red-leaf Toona sinensis is suitable for pickling, and green-leaf Toona sinensis is suitable for frying.

How to choose Toona sinensis:

1, try to buy a short one, this one is tender. The longer the time, the older the Toona sinensis.

2. Observe the color. The fresh leaves of Toona sinensis are brownish red and are not easy to be torn off. If the leaves of Toona sinensis are green, they will fall off when touched, indicating that they are old.

3, look at the thickness, if the stem of Toona sinensis is thick, it means that it is a new bud, and the stem is thin, which means that it is an old Toona sinensis. In addition, the harder the stem, the older the Toona sinensis.

If you can smell the fragrance when you buy Toona sinensis, it means it is fresh. If you smell bad smell, it's probably stinky Toona sinensis, so you can't buy it.