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Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is sometimes called Chinese potato or by its Korean name ma. [3] [2] It is also called huaishan in Mandarin and wàaih sāan in Cantonese.
Flowers Tubers, with a ruler for scale. Coleus rotundifolius, synonyms Plectranthus rotundifolius and Solenostemon rotundifolius, [1] commonly known as native potato or country potato in Africa and called Chinese potato in India, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to tropical Africa.
The total production of potatoes in China was over 70,000,000 tonnes (77,000,000 tons), or more than 22 percent of the global potato production, [5] making China the largest potato producer in the world. [1] [11] [12] However, the average yield of potatoes in China was 14.35 tons/ha, compared to the global mean of 16.74 tons/ha. [5]
The English word "potato" comes from Spanish patata, in turn from Taíno batata, which means "sweet potato", not the plant now known as simply "potato". [1] The name "spud" for a potato is from the 15th century spudde, a short knife or dagger, probably related to Danish spyd, "spear". From around 1840, the name transferred to the tuber itself. [2]
Potatoes cooked in different ways. The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop.It is the world's fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat and corn. [1] The annual diet of an average global citizen in the first decade of the 21st century included about 33 kg (73 lb) of potato. [1]
Baozi (Chinese: 包子 ⓘ), or simply bao, is a type of yeast-leavened filled bun [1] in various Chinese cuisines.There are many variations in fillings (meat or vegetarian) and preparations, though the buns are most often steamed.
Chinese society greatly valued gastronomy, and developed an extensive study of the subject based on its traditional medical beliefs. Chinese culture initially centered around the North China Plain. The first domesticated crops seem to have been the foxtail and broomcorn varieties of millet, while rice was cultivated in the south. By 2000 BC ...
In China, yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes are roasted in a large iron drum and sold as street food during winter. [2] They are called kǎo-báishǔ (烤白薯; "roasted sweet potato") in northern China, wui faan syu (煨番薯) in Cantonese-speaking regions, and kǎo-dìguā (烤地瓜) in Taiwan and Northeast China, as the name of sweet potatoes themselves varies across the sinophone world.