Why does Grain Rain eat Toona sinensis and why does Grain Rain eat Toona sinensis?

There is a folk saying "March 8th, eat Toona sinensis buds". Grain Rain eats Toona sinensis, also known as "eating spring", which means to welcome the Spring Festival. In addition, there is a folk saying that Toona sinensis buds will not taste good after Grain Rain, because with the increase of temperature after Grain Rain, Toona sinensis buds will "lignify" faster and taste worse day by day. Before and after Grain Rain, it was the season when Toona sinensis went on the market. Toona sinensis is rich in nutrition, so it is said that Toona sinensis is tender as silk before the rain.

Eating Toona sinensis in Grain Rain's solar terms is related to the climatic characteristics of the solar terms themselves. Toona sinensis buds in fresh Toona sinensis buds are nutritious, rich in sugar, protein, fat, carotene and a lot of vitamin C. Eating more is good for health. Toona sinensis also contains organic substances such as toosendanin, which can also stimulate the spleen and stimulate appetite. Very suitable for eating around late spring.

Toona sinensis contains a certain amount of nitrate and nitrite, so it is best to eat Toona sinensis in front of Grain Rain when it is freshest and tender. When cooking, blanch it with boiling water for about 1 min, which can remove more than two-thirds of nitrite and nitrate and better preserve the green color of Toona sinensis. Blanching can greatly improve the safety of edible Toona sinensis.

Because the aroma components of Toona sinensis mainly come from essential oil, which is insoluble in water, blanching will not obviously affect the flavor of dishes.