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Latin: Phallus Indusiatus English: bamboo fungus, bamboo pith, long net stinkhorn, crinoline stinkhorn, veiled lady Chinese: 竹笋菌, 長裙竹蓀/长裙竹荪, 竹笙， 竹参， 面紗菌, 網紗菌, 竹姑娘, 竹菌, 竹松, 竹萼, 竹鸡 Japanese: 衣笠茸/キヌガサタケ Thai: เห็ดร่างแห Igbo: éró ḿma Yoruba: Akufodewa What is it? The…
English: Key Lime, Mexican Lime Latin: Citrus aurantiifolia I was on a trip to the Florida Keys recently, and got to know this curious American lime. Coming from Southeast Asia, I was extremely interested in how lime, which is…
English: Oriental spinach, Chinese spinach Latin: Spinacia oleracea Mandarin Chinese: Bocai 菠菜 Minnan Chinese: Buayleng 飛龍/飞龙 Not to be confused with “Ipomoea aquatica” – which has also been translated as Chinese spinach or water spinach but is actually not…
Perhaps I have mentioned before, my great-grandfather came from the city of Quanzhou 泉州 in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian 福建. The people there are descendants of indigenous (probably Austronesian) tribes and Han Chinese more than two millennia ago…
English: Red Cotton, Red Silk-Cotton Latin: Bombax ceiba Chinese: Mumian 木棉, 斑芝树, 英雄树, 攀枝花 Thai: ngiu งิ้ว Vietnamese: Gạo Hindi: Semal सेमल Bengali: Shimul শিমুল Assamese: Shimul শিমলু Sanskrit: Shaalmala Bahasa Melayu: Kapuk, Kapok Bahasa Indonesia: Randu alas I…
There are about three types of Zanthoxylum pepper used in the Chinese Sichuan region: Sichuan pepper, Majiao and Qinghuajiao. Majiao Chinese: Majiao 麻椒 Latin: Zanthoxylum bungeanum Colour: Brown Majiao is a species of Zanthoxylum closely related to Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum…
Chinese: 发菜/髮菜 Latin: Nostoc commune var. flagelliforme ’Facai’ looks disgustingly like human hair, and that is exactly the meaning of its name in Chinese 髮菜: Hair Vegetable. What is it? ’Facai’ is a moss that grows under the sand in…
Chinese: 当归/當歸 Latin: Angelica sinensis French: angélique de Chine Thai: ตังกุย Vietnamese: Đương quy Danggui is known in Chinese culture as the ginseng for women. Danggui is widely used in Chinese medicine for gynecological ailments, fatigue, mild anemia, and high blood…
Chinese: 山西老陈醋/山西老陳醋 English: Shanxi Vintage Vinegar In China, it is known that Shanxi people love vinegar. They add it in everything: soup, noodles, salads, meat. You name it, they add it. That’s also because they probably have the best vinegar…
English: sow thistle Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus French: laiteron maraîcher Español: cerraja Deutsch: Gänsedistel Nederlands: melkdistel 中文: 苦苦菜，苦苣菜，滇苦荬菜 日本語: ノゲシ，野芥子 한국어: 방가지똥 My foraging of wild garlic led me to read up more about wild vegetables. Traditionally, Northeast Asians –…
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