Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Introduce a kind of solar fruit in English

Introduce a kind of solar fruit in English

1. carrot-carrot

Carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable, usually orange or white, with a woody structure. The edible part of carrot is the taproot. This is a biennial plant, which grows rosette-like leaves in spring and summer, and at the same time grows strong taproots, which store a lot of sugar for plants to bloom in the next year. The flower stems grow to about 1 m high and have umbels of white flowers.

Carrots can be eaten raw, whole, chopped or ground to taste in salads, and often chopped and cooked in soups and stews. A famous dish is shredded carrots. People can also make carrot cakes and carrot puddings. Green vegetables can be eaten as leafy vegetables, but they are rarely eaten. Along with onions and celery, carrots are one of the main vegetables used to make various brothers. 2. pineapple-pineapple.

Pineapple is a tropical tree and fruit (berry), which is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay. This tree is a short perennial herb of the family Bromeliaceae, with 30 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves, 30- 100 cm long and surrounded by thick stems. The leaves of smooth cayenne varieties mostly have no thorns except at the tip of the leaf, but Spanish and Queen varieties have big thorns along the leaf edge.

Pineapple contains a proteolytic enzyme bromelain, which digests food by decomposing protein. Therefore, pineapple juice can be used as marinade and meat tenderizer. Enzymes in pineapple can interfere with the preparation of some foods, such as frozen or other gelatin-based desserts. There is a lot of evidence that bromelain has anti-inflammatory effect. Some people claim that pineapple is good for some intestinal diseases, while others claim that it helps to induce delivery when the baby is overdue. These enzymes may be harmful to people with certain protein's deficiency or diseases, such as Ehlers-danlos. It can also be used in delicious dishes to promote digestion.

Pineapple is a good source of manganese and also contains a lot of vitamin C and vitamin B 1.