8 Interesting Facts About Chinese Cabbage

Peking cabbage appeared on the shelves relatively recently but quickly gained popularity. Thanks to its delicate taste, it even "bypassed" the usual white cabbage. Salads are made from it, soups are cooked, cabbage rolls and other dishes are made. But in addition to taste, it has other advantages. What do you know about Chinese Cabbage? We will tell you 8 interesting facts about him, and if you have something to add, be sure to leave your comment under this post!

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Facts About Chinese Cabbage

1. Peking cabbage is more than 5 thousand years old. It got its name from the city where it was first grown.
2. In Japan, Chinese cabbage adorns flower beds. The Japanese appreciate this vegetable not only for its taste. They learned how to breed varieties of different shades to decorate their gardens with lush "buds" in the non-flowering period. Fortunately, the vegetable grows quickly and is resistant to cold weather.
3. Koreans eat Chinese cabbage every day. It is one of the most popular vegetables in Korea. It is used to prepare the traditional kimchi dish. This is a spicy flavored sauerkraut appetizer. It is made from different vegetables, but Koreans love Chinese cabbage kimchi the most. Not a single meal is complete without kimchi; it is added to almost all dishes.
4. Peking cabbage has a negative calorie content. It has only 16 calories per 100 grams and is high in fiber. To digest it, you will need to burn a lot more calories. Eat and lose weight. Of all types of cabbage, Peking cabbage is the most dietary. Only broccoli competes with it.
5. Chinese cabbage increases life. Among the Chinese and Koreans, in whose diet it is in abundance, there are many long-livers. Affects the high content of nutrients, especially vitamins of group B. To get the maximum benefit from a vegetable, it is better to use it in fermented form. During fermentation, the content of vitamins increases significantly.
6. A Beijing vegetable has become an exhibit in the museum. An unusual sculpture called "Jadeite Cabbage" is on display at the Imperial Palace Museum in Taibse. The figurine in the shape of a cylindrical vegetable with locusts and grasshoppers hiding in its leaves is made from a single piece of the mineral. The composition embodies a female benefactor and patronage of babies. The statuette is considered one of the most valuable exhibits in the museum.
7. Many people eat Chinese cabbage incorrectly. Many people eat only the green part of the leaves and throw away the white part. This is a big mistake. Indeed, the dense white veins contain the bulk of the nutrients. They are also the juiciest, adding them to the dish will make it much tastier.
8. Peking cabbage has a long shelf life. Greens and lettuce are difficult to keep fresh for more than three days. Because of the external similarity, they also think so about Peking cabbage. But this is not the case. It is enough to wrap it in foil and it will lie in the refrigerator for several weeks without losing its freshness. And in the basement in this way it can be stored for up to 3 months.