The chive dumplings that Gu Ailing ate during the game became popular! Chives: I am best fried with bacon, followed by fried dried tofu

On the morning of February 14, Gu Ailing appeared in the women's freestyle skiing slope obstacle skills qualifying competition, and finally she successfully advanced to the finals. While Gu Ailing was waiting for the score, the staff handed her a "pie" to replenish her energy.

In a subsequent interview, Gu Ailing replied: "This is leek pie!" She also said that leek pie is one of her favorite foods.

Chive boxes have instantly become a popular food on the Internet! Image from Beijing News

How delicious are leeks that a Winter Olympic champion could successfully recommend them to people all over the world at the competition venue?

People's attitudes towards Allium plants have always been polarized. There is the Buddhist saying of the Five Spicy Vegetables (generally referring to five plants with special spicy taste, namely onion, garlic, leek, leek and asafoetida), which equates them to hell, and there are also people like Wei Ba's poem to entertain Du Fu, "Cutting spring leeks in the night rain, and yellow millet in the new cooking."

Chives are plants with a special spicy taste, but among allium plants, leeks are considered mild. Compared with onions and garlic, they are slightly less spicy but just as fragrant. The first batch of leeks in spring are fresh and juicy, and have been washed by the night rain. No wonder Mr. Du was so impressed.

Spring chives. Image: Wiki Commons

Leeks: A vegetable for lazy people

The genus Allium, to which Allium tuberosum belongs, has been adjusted and moved from the original Liliaceae to the Amaryllis family. This plant, native to Asia, is now widely cultivated around the world because it is easy to grow and harvest, is versatile in cooking, and can also be used in gardening. In some countries, it is even listed as an invasive plant.

Leeks in free-range state. Image: Wiki Commons

Yes, leeks can be used for viewing their flowers. After all, this genus has produced monsters like Allium grandiflorum. In theory, all Allium plants can be used for viewing their flowers.

Allium grandiflorum, image from https://www.gbif.org/, author naym987

Chive Flowers

Image: Tuchong Creative

As a bulbous plant, leek can bloom everywhere without any care and will grow more and more. On foreign plant websites, you can often see people planting leek in their yards just because they like to eat it or like the flowers. As a result, the leek becomes a disaster and they post complaints online.

"I must say I am surprised at all of the glowing reviews for this plant. While beautiful in bloom, this invasive plant the most difficult I've ever battled! I loved it for the first few years. Now every year I dig out large amounts of this stuff. (And it weighs a ton in large amounts!)I am diligent in my deadheading. It still spreads like crazy. A weeks few ago I had enough and hit a bunch of it with round up. I don't think it's even noticed! I will try the "keep it cut low" approach. I'm my own worst enemy. I can never resist letting the darned things bloom! Too bad they are so pretty. Lovely but eeevil ! :-)”

The above complaints come from the comment section about chives on the gardening website davesgarden.com. You can imagine how mad the poor gardener must be when faced with a yard full of chives.

There are quite a few messages like this in the comment section, most of which complain that leeks are too invasive and as difficult to remove as weeds.

If you just grow it for viewing, it is no wonder. Chives are very self-sowing. If you don't remove the remaining flowers in time after flowering, more will emerge in the second year when the fruit seeds mature. So you can still blame yourself for being lazy. Chives do have a nickname called "lazy vegetable", but they are not suitable for lazy gardeners.

Chives in bloom. Photo: statebystategardening.com

The capsule and seeds of leek. Image: Wiki Commons

But in Asia, this is not a problem. We have leeks and leek flower sauce, which will not give you the chance to bear fruit and have children.

The best is to fry bacon, followed by fried dried tofu

The leek stalk is the stalk of leek. The swollen structure at the top is an immature flower wrapped by the involucre, and is often called "leek flower".

I forcefully choose the leek stalk as the most delicious part of leek, which is more palatable than the leaves. There are many ways to cook leek stalks, and the most delicious one is fried leek stalks with bacon (well, this is my forced choice, no objections).

Leek and bacon are the best. Please pick out the chili peppers for me. Image: redocn.com

Although leek leaves are a bit dry and hard to chew, and not as fresh and tender as leek stems, they taste very fragrant. Some people worry that eating leeks will leave bad breath, so the whole studio smells like leeks.

In fact, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to look in the mirror after eating. Small and flat things like to stick to teeth, which is much more lethal than the taste of leeks.

The second dish is fried leeks with dried tofu.

The leek and dried tofu is second. Please pick out the chili peppers from it. Image: redocn.com

Chives are much more tender than chive leaves. When chives grow, they are shielded from light, and the tender leaves that grow out are yellow, very soft, and easier to chew than chive leaves. The best way to eat chives is to stir-fry them...

"Put down your knife, brave man. Let's talk it over. I promise I won't fry the bacon!"

The best way to cook leeks is to stir-fry them without any other ingredients. This will prevent the leeks from having any flavors mixed with other foods and will help preserve the leeks' original, pure, and elegant fragrance.

Chives are best stir-fried alone, don't add anything else, especially chili peppers. Image: highdesertgarden.com

By the way, don’t mention scrambled eggs with leeks. The smell of scrambled eggs makes me want to vomit.

I've never tasted chive sauce. It's made by mixing fresh chives with ginger, garlic, salt, sesame oil, etc. and grinding them into a sauce. It's used to mix noodles, eat pancakes, eat hot pot, etc. I searched for pictures online and felt hurt.

You want me to eat this water bloom? I'll kill you. Image: hungryforever.com

Chives also often appear in various fillings, such as dumplings with chive and egg filling (eggs again), pork and chive dumplings, the breakfast overlord chive boxes, etc.

However, the best match for leeks should be lamb. In addition to being made into dumpling fillings, "Guofeng·Binfeng·July" also wrote "On the fourth day, early in the morning, offer lambs and leeks as sacrifices." Lamb and leeks, one spicy and one smelly, double the lethality. The best way to cook lamb is actually in a clear soup pot, but stir-frying is also good.

Spring is here, how can we live without mutton and chives - Cheon Song Yi, please pick out the peppers for me. Image: pinterest.com

Chive dumplings feed many students and office workers.

Image: Tuchong Creative

Korean chive kimchi looks as bad as ever, as if it had just been removed from the human body.

Image: greenhrp.tistory.com

Can leeks enhance sexual performance?

Leek is also commonly known as "yang-raising grass". From ancient times to the present, people have been fascinated by its aphrodisiac effect.

There is a joke in "Xiao Lin Guang Ji" about "pulling out the loofah and planting leeks". It is probably because the more leeks are cut, the more they grow and the faster they grow. But if we talk about like cures like, loofah is definitely better than leeks.

"Bencao Shiyi" records that leek "warms the middle, descends qi, replenishes deficiency, harmonizes the internal organs, makes people able to eat, benefits yang, stops diarrhea, mortar pus, cold and pain in the abdomen, and can be cooked and eaten." This description is both broad and empty, and in ancient medical books it can be applied to many plants.

In fact, there is currently no scientific evidence to support the so-called aphrodisiac effect of leeks. It can only be said that there is a slight placebo effect (in today’s second article, Professor Shi Jun will talk specifically about this topic) - I also felt great after drinking Cynomorium songaricum coffee that year.

So we should just eat leeks as ordinary vegetables. There was no strange intention when Wei Ba used leeks to entertain Du Fu.

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Author: Frost Moth

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