The food you should know The raw materials of ice powder sold in Taiwan are mostly imported from China, Southeast Asia, South America and other regions. Although Taiwan has plants known as "fake acid hydrate", there are also plants that can be made of similar tastes of jade and lychee, but in fact, all three are different plants. Do you know how to distinguish them?
The snack "ice noodles" originated from China. Recently, many restaurants have introduced them to the market, becoming a new street food. However, there is no suitable and sufficient raw material in Taiwan. Therefore, the "ice noodles seeds" used to make ice noodles must be imported from abroad, which inevitably makes people worried. Once the raw materials cannot be successfully passed through the coastal areas, will you not be able to eat ice noodles? Are there any other alternative ingredients in Taiwan?
{9The ice powder seeds used to make ice powder come from a plant called "Da Ben Paozi Grass", which some people call "fake acid". Wang Qiumei, an associate researcher at the National Museum of Natural Sciences, explained that this plant originally grew in South America and is suitable for surviving in the hot and hot zone areas of the hot and hot zone areas. It is an annual plant. The leaves are pineapple and reproductive. In fact, there are a large number of small seeds in the fruit, which are easy to spread and reproduce. If you encounter small purple and white flowers in the flowering period in summer and autumn, it will bloom, which is quite pleasant to be accustomed to.
Coincidentally, there is also a native plant in Taiwan called pseudo-acid, but it cannot be used to make ice powder. Wang Qiumei pointed out that the pseudo-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido-acido
Although the Daben Paozi is not a native plant in Taiwan, sporadic plants can also be seen in the wild in Taiwan. Wang Qiumei pointed out that not only Taiwan, but also other hot belts and Asian hot belts, which may be because they were brought to the world by bird migration, or because the appearance of the flower is loved and has value, it has been introduced as a tourist plant.
As for whether this "outside" will have an impact on Taiwan's natural environment? Wang Qiumei believes that the amount of Daben Paozi grass is not large at present, and its expansion ability is limited. No ecological crisis caused by invasion has been observed. Even if ice powder really becomes a hot snack in Taiwan, judging from the current situation, since the purchase price of ice powder seeds is low, businessmen should not carry out large amounts of economic planting in Taiwan, where production costs are relatively high.
Is there any alternative raw material for ice powder? Be careful not to buy it into love jade!However, Liu Xiaolin, founder of Taiwan ice powder industry "Sichuan ice powder", revealed that as ice powder has become popular in China and Southeast Asia, it is true that the price of ice powder seeds has been rising year by year. Sometimes, they will encounter problems of imports blocked from China. Fortunately, in addition to China, there are also countries in Southeast Asia and South America. The imported dry ice powder seeds can be stored for two years and can be stored in sufficient stocks, so there is no problem of shortage of raw materials at a time. If you really unfortunately encounter problems with the raw material, Liu Xiaolin also shared that the seeds of Taiwan's native plant "Saccharomy" actually have similar effects and can be used as a substitute.
Interestingly, although these plant seeds will appear after being scrubbed and can be made into a slight state, it is a very different way of biological classification. Wang Qiumei explained that Daben Paozi is a pseudoacidosae of the Solanaceae family, and its seeds have fruit gel. After scrubbing in water, ripe lime water (hydrogen oxide) clarification liquid should be added to help form syrup. Both lychee and Aiyu belong to the banyan family. The outer layer of the slim fruit contains fruit gel and fruit gel esterase. It does not require additional lime water to be added to make fruit foods similar to Aiyu.
Perhaps because ice powder and love jade are both pure foods, the production process is very similar. Therefore, sellers often add "love jade" to the product name of ice powder seeds, which can easily cause confusion among the public. When buying, people can further confirm the shape of the seeds on the product photo. Whether it is long love jade seeds or flat ice powder seeds, to avoid buying errors and not being able to make authentic ice powder!
