China is a land of vast territory, rich in natural resources and rich in delicious and unique ingredients. In addition to bird's nest, sea cucumber, abalone and other top ingredients that we are familiar with, there are also some very special ingredients that are delicious or extremely nutritious. I don't know whether you have heard of them all.
Butter crab
Speaking of crabs, we are familiar with yangcheng lake hairy crabs. But for foodies, the butter crab is even fattier. Butter crab is a unique species in the pearl river delta region. Its yield and quality are directly affected by the breeding environment and weather. Butter crab is very rare, a good quality butter crab for a thousand yuan.
Scarlet lips
Many people think that scarlet lips is refers to the gorilla's lips, but it is not, scarlet lips is elk face flesh, moose is unique to the world of rare animals in China, commonly known as "pantomime horse", legend of the son tooth mounts, China's existing a few dozen head, and are registered, equipped with GPS, 24 hours security guards to protect the sort of, it is almost impossible to obtain.
truffle
Truffle is a kind of fungi, there are about 10 different species, the growth cycle is only one year, most in the broad-leaved trees such as pine, oak, oak root centric filament growth, too ripe truffle will decompose. Truffle is generally a block structure, strange shape, can be small as walnuts, peanuts, but also as large as apple, fist. The truffle is uniform, brown or brown in appearance, white when it is immature, and dark black when it is mature, with a lighter, maze-like marbling.
Iranian paddlefish caviar
Foie gras, truffle and caviar are three famous delicacies. Among the caviar, the most expensive one is the Iranian paddlefish caviar, known as "pearl white gold". It is made with 100-year-old female paddlefish, which is very rare.
The silver fish
Whitebait also known as ice fish, glass fish, is a family of whitebait, freshwater fish, slightly round body, delicate transparent, color such as silver, tender meat. Nutritional effect: tonifying deficiency, strengthening stomach, benefiting lung and water. (1) "daily herbs" : "wide in jianwei, ginger soup for good. Yao kecheng "food herbs" : "water, runfei, cough." (3) "yi Lin zuan yao" : "bufei qingjin, ziyin, buxu Lao. (4) "with the rest of the diet spectrum" : "yangwei Yin, and meridian.
Wu roe
Mullet roe is rich in Taiwan, is a kind of food developed with the eggs of female mullet, due to the shape of Chinese ink, the Japanese called "tang ink", and regard it as one of the world's three major food. Black roe appearance amber for top grade, almost transparent, oval hypertrophy, rich and solid, and moderate hardness. Its flavor is unique, chewing up a unique taste, after the tooth cheek incense, it is traditionally baked with seasoning after eating.
What other top ingredients have you tried?