Cabbage is actually man-made? Three Rural Kitchen Reveals the Truth for You
Three Rural Kitchen
Two-Person Talk Show
China Rural Radio "Three Rural China" Weekend Special Program
Using radishes and cabbages, pots and pans, rice, noodles, vinegar and oil in the kitchen as a starting point, we chat about the big agricultural news of the week. Accessible, with clashing viewpoints and witty humor, you can hear substantial agricultural information and opinions in a relaxed atmosphere.
Zhu Yi: Associate Professor at China Agricultural UniversityZhu Xu: Senior Commentator
Today's Topic:
The Cabbage You Don't Know!
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Cabbage Has Been Faked?!
I wonder if any of you have seen fake cabbage. There's a video that really shocked cabbage lovers. Someone carefully crafted a fake cabbage out of dyed wax that looks deceptively real. And I have to say, it really does look delicious!
This makes some people worry: if cabbage can be faked, what if you end up buying a fake cabbage someday? You absolutely don't need to worry. Because this wax cabbage is actually a very fine piece of art. Even if someone really tried to sell it, you couldn't buy it without spending several hundred yuan. So all you food lovers out there can buy cabbage with peace of mind.
People used to say eggs could be faked too, but what you don't know is that the yolk can be faked and the white can be faked, but the shell absolutely cannot be made. Even with today's technology, not even 3D printing can produce a complete eggshell. Li Ka-shing of Hong Kong, China has already made shell-less fake eggs and put them on the market as a commercial product, but consumers can still rest assured, because shell-less "dented" eggs sell for very little, and farmers wouldn't go to so much trouble to sell fake eggs, since there's no money in it.
Everyone can buy cabbage and eggs with complete peace of mind.
Mouth-Watering Ways to Eat Cabbage
As a very important part of our home cooking, cabbage can be prepared in many ways.
First, you can make quick pickles, and cabbage is very suitable for that; you can also shred the cabbage and stir-fry it with chili peppers and minced meat, which is very delicious, and if you're interested, you can try adding some glass noodles and stir-frying it, which is also very tasty!
Besides that, there's also the hand-torn cabbage that everyone loves. You can stir-fry it with twice-cooked pork, or with minced meat and cracklings, and it's very delicious! Speaking of which, why tear the cabbage by hand? It's because cabbage has a thick stalk, and if you tear it by hand, you won't tear off the stalk, so the torn cabbage has a very good texture and isn't tough at all.
There's also a method "imported" from Russia that I believe none of you have tried, and that's making soup with cabbage. The method is to cook potatoes, tomatoes, onions, beef and cabbage together in a soup, and it's very delicious.
The Strange Vegetable That Puts On Its "Outer Pants" Before Its "Underwear"
Everyone is worried, saying that vegetables like cabbage are sprayed with pesticides from the time they're small, layer by layer from the inside out, so it's like a "core-injected" cabbage, and the inside is the most toxic.
But that's actually not the case at all. The wax cabbage artwork we saw earlier is rolled layer by layer from the inside out, with the inside forming before the outside. But real cabbage isn't like that. It grows inside and outside at the same time, and the outermost layer actually grew first. So the cabbage's outermost layer is the only one continuously exposed to pesticides, while the core inside stays perfectly clean the whole time.
It's just like putting on pants. As humans, we always feel we should put on our underwear before our outer pants, but cabbage is quite the prima donna. It always puts on its outer pants before its underwear!
Never wrongly accuse cabbage and stain its innocence~
Editors: Yi Liang, Qin Ziqing
Responsible Editor: Yang Lu