Corn cob is the common name for corn cob, which is widely found in the northern part of the continent, and a large number of corn cobs are piled up every time corn is harvested.

However, these corn cobs, which are used to burn the fire and feed the pigs on the mainland, are hard to find in foreign countries.

Corn cobs that are burned to feed the pigs

Speaking of corn cobs, it is very common in the north, especially in the northeast, where a large number of corn cobs are piled up after the harvest every year.

The dolls in the north are more impressive, at that time, every household would store a large amount of corn cob and straw for cooking, and later after feeding livestock with feed, corn cob became the raw material of feed.

In South Korea, a bag of five corn cobs costs 2,000 won, which is equivalent to nearly 11 yuan, and each corn cob costs more than two pieces, and the good quality is even more expensive.

Such a situation appears in various supermarkets in South Korea, and these corn cobs are from our country, they are very popular in South Korea, and many people will buy bags from time to time to go home.

Seeing that many people here can't think, the corn cobs have to be packaged and sold? What are they buying these corn cobs for?

This way of selling corn cobs gives the impression of bricks in a biscuit bag, but this is the real scene in a Korean supermarket.

Why is it that corn cobs, which are only 1,800 per ton in our country, can be sold so much in South Korea? This has to start with the unique needs of Koreans.

As a developed country, South Korea has a high level of economic development, but due to its own land area, the development of agriculture cannot meet the needs, and in order to feed more than 50 million people, most of the basic agricultural products need to be purchased from foreign countries.

In our China, one or two pieces of watermelon, or even a few pounds of watermelon, ask for 40,000 won in South Korea, that is, more than 200 yuan, watermelons even have to be bought piece by piece, every time you eat fruit, it is a New Year's holiday.

A Chinese cabbage from Shandong will cost five or six thousand won if it is sold to South Korea, and if it is simply pickled and made into kimchi, it will cost at least a few thousand or even tens of thousands of won in Korean supermarkets.

Such a high cost of living has led to a lot of pressure on the Korean people, and many young people cannot afford the high cost of living, and South Korea is already one of the countries with the most serious negative population growth in the world.

At this time, South Korean scientists are eyeing our corn cob, and they have found that corn cob contains crude protein and crude fiber, which can be used as a material for soup, or broken as a supplementary food, which is good for the body.

And China, their neighbor, produces a large amount of corn cob every year, and instead of using it as fodder and fire material, they should buy it back and eat it as an ingredient.

In this way, South Korea began to buy corn cobs in large quantities, and after packaging and sales, many Koreans felt that they had discovered a new continent after trying it.

After publicity, corn cobs have become a health food, not only cheap, but also healthy, and once became the treasure of Korean health people.

In addition to making soup as a supplementary food, Koreans can be said to have developed corn cobs to the extreme.

Because South Korea is relatively close to us, tea drinking is also very popular in China, but they can't produce their own tea at all, and if you want to drink tea, you need to buy it from us.

However, the tea purchased is not only expensive, but also of low quality, because our country itself has a large demand for good tea, and the number of good tea that can be bought in South Korea is not much.

In their words, corn cobs make tea, not only the aroma of corn, but also the sweetness of the slight, and it has a unique flavor to drink, so Koreans can't wait to increase the purchase of corn cobs.

Eating methods such as making soup with corn, making staple food, and stir-frying vegetables have long been developed in China, and even roasted corn can be eaten in China, but the operation of eating corn cob and soaking corn cob in South Korea is really eye-opening.

Maple leaves all over the ground

"Fuso is the autumn light is good, the maple leaves are like Dan shining on the tender cold", Mr. Lu Xun to see off his friend Masuda to return to China, the poem created reflects the beautiful scenery of late autumn in Japan.

In the poem, it can be seen that in the late autumn of Japan, the maple leaves occupy the absolute main body, and it can be seen that the Japanese maple leaves are very distinctive.

But in Japan, the characteristics of maple leaves are not only ornamental, but also eating, and the maple leaves can be eaten, which is even more incredible than corn cobs can be soaked in water.

Corn cob has something to do with corn, it is considered a companion product of grain, and it can be eaten and soaked in water, so why can it be used as an ornamental maple leaf?

In our country, the maple leaf, which is garbage in the streets, has become a food in Japan, and it has been made into tempura and put on people's tables.

A long time ago, Japanese temple monks, in order to entertain guests, made a dish of fried maple leaves, which is the originator of fried maple leaves in Japan.

Fruits and vegetables are scarce in Japan, and apart from seafood and staple foods, there are only a handful of things that can be used to entertain guests, and the monks use maple leaves to entertain guests.

The food that is fried in oil and wrapped in batter is called tempura, which is fried with shrimp, fish, and vegetarian dishes, and the monk fried it with maple leaves and named it red tempura.

With the passage of time, the way this red leaf tempura is made has become more and more refined, and the hygiene requirements for maple leaves have become more and more stringent, and what was originally an ordinary snack has become a food that must be made with the "spirit of craftsmanship".

Instead of using maple leaves that can be picked up anywhere, Momiji tempura uses maple leaves that have been specially pickled for one year, which is effective in ensuring hygiene.

However, compared to the edible value, the red leaf tempura is more of a heritage and a culture that the Japanese pay attention to, and the taste of the maple leaf itself is not good, so it can be said that it is completely seasoned by the batter outside.

Not only that, maple leaves do not have any nutrition, fried food is not healthy to eat too much, now as a special food, in the streets and alleys of Japan, such a piece of red leaf tempura to sell for more than ten yuan.

Therefore, many consumers are foreign tourists, but due to its price and raw materials, many tourists will not eat it again after tasting it once or twice.

After talking about corn cobs and maple leaves, the last specialty food is even more heavyweight, it is banana peels.

Bitter banana peel

Bananas are no strangers to us, and now the transportation conditions are good, whether you are in the north or the west, bananas can become a daily fruit to eat, and the price is also very close to the people.

But the part we usually eat is the pulp, and the banana peel is thrown directly into the trash, or thrown away to the domestic animals at home.

In the memory theory from childhood to adulthood, banana peels are "garbage", which is something eaten by cattle and sheep, which has no use value, not only sticky, but also very astringent.

But in India, it is a serious local delicacy, and we eat the skin and throw away the pulp as garbage, and what is going on is this, and it starts with the geography of India.

As a South Asian country, India's local temperature is very high, and it is common to see news that Indians die from high temperatures in summer, which is not new in India.

The local weather not only causes people's skin to be dark, but also makes many fruits and grains highly productive, and bananas are the most productive fruits in India, which is also the world's largest banana producer.

India produces more than twice as many bananas a year as second-place China, four times as much as third-place Indonesia, and accounts for a quarter of the world's production.

But with such a huge production, India rarely exports bananas, almost all of them are digested domestically, so why do they still eat banana peels?

In southern India, after the bananas are harvested, they are harvested and some of the bananas are peeled and the pulp is fed to livestock to collect the peels.

These banana peels are cooked in water so that the peels do not have an astringent taste, and the fibers that are not easy to break are also boiled.

These boiled banana peels are topped with local favourites such peppers, onions and curry, along with minced fish, to create a delicious "banana fish".

In our eyes, it is a kind of "paste", but in the eyes of the locals, it is a rare delicacy, its taste is very good, and it will be even more delicious when eaten with rice.

In addition to these, they also mix pureed banana peels with flour, add them to masala to make balls, and fry them in oil to make them so golden that they can't imagine that they are made of banana peels.

Why do Indians love banana peels so much, which also has the influence of local religion and culture, one of the three major gods of India, Vishnu also said, "Bananas, the root of the universe, you can see the world from bananas, you can see all things in the universe." ”

In this environment, Indians' love for bananas rose to the belief in gods, and bananas became a carrier of people's piety and became more and more involved in people's lives.

Not only that, but in their culture, elephants, monkeys, and cows are all animals that need to be respected, and there are corresponding gods, and the gods represented by these animals are very fond of eating bananas.

Therefore, Indians prepare a large number of bananas for every religious event, and they also eat a lot of bananas before and after the event.

Over time, the locals who have been eating bananas have developed many ways to eat, not only many ways to eat banana fruits, but also ways to eat banana peels.

Corn cobs, maple leaves and banana peels, these unique ways to eat have opened our eyes, and these "garbage" that is not favored in our country has gone to foreign countries, but it is a delicious ingredient.

The reason why these things become food is ultimately due to the unique environment of each region.