Recently, Nong Yebu start potato staple food strategy, promoting the potato became the wheat, corn, rice fourth largest staple food after. Always low-key high-profile potatoes into view, became a star on the table, then what will become of potato staple food? As a staple food of potatoes will bring what impact our daily diet? Let us rediscover what of potatoes.
The nutritional value of potatoes than you can imagine
Potatoes have a lot of titles, in addition to "potato", "Potato", "potato", "land eggs", "Fanzi potato," it is in the West, it is also called "ground beans", "APPLE" "Ireland yam bean" and so on.
Although potato looks much, but in the eyes of nutritionists, which is worthy of the king of nutrition. Potatoes are rich in vitamins A and C and minerals, high-quality starch content of 16.5%, also contains large amounts of lignin, known as the human "second bread", which contains vitamin is 2 times the carrots, cabbage 3 times, 4 times tomatoes, vitamin C content of most vegetables.
Potatoes are the ideal food for stomach problems, diabetes, heart disease. In addition, for women, potatoes for anti-aging, beauty has a good effect, but do not worry about eating potato can gain weight, it only contains 0.1% fat, eat all the food in the lowest fat content.
Recognized as the world's potato nutritious food, known as the "perfect" nutritional products.
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In the West, the potato has long been a staple food, which the West and potato cultivation history, eating habits. In China, the Northwest and Inner Mongolia are also directly to the potato as a staple diet, while most parts of China, or rice, consumer demand for wheat is dominant. Some people may question, potatoes as a staple, we can get used to it? This involves the concept of food staples and staple in two different ranges of use.
Means staple foods around the production of major food staples, by 2006, China's agricultural tax collection standard food, but now it is the statistics, China's annual grain output physical standards. The concept is a staple of our diet and garnish relative, mainly to provide the human body needs carbohydrates to eat foods such as noodles, steamed buns, bread, rice and so on.
Potato staple food of fresh potatoes does not mean that, at present, the national staple food potato potato processing project team is technical innovation, has developed the outcome of potato flour accounted for more than 35% of the bread, pasta, rice, bread and other staple food products and snack food, which is China's food structure adjustment, improve food nutrition has an important significance. So the "potato control" is, like hot and sour, sour, stewed potatoes, despite eat, want to taste the potatoes flavored bread, steamed bread, noodles, and do please look forward. We are now daily diet, not enough to eat, eat well, but also to eat healthy, eat science changes, can vegetables, food can be health potato nutrition structure is optimized residents the finest choice.
Staple food of potatoes, the more the better
At present, China growing potatoes in many places, is to take the form of wheat interplanting. Staple food of potatoes, local conditions will expand the planting area, without crowding the three major staple food premise expanded to 1.5 million mu of high yield and efficiency through the promotion of integrated and sustainable technology model, the potato yield increased to 2 tons (At present, China potato yield is 1 ton, the average in developed countries is three tons), which can increase the annual output of 200 million tons of fresh potatoes in China's wheat and rice yield potential is limited, this will significantly increase the level of national food security.
Growth of Potatoes need less water in arid and semi-arid areas of wheat, rice and other cereal crops development difficult, and potatoes can not only normal growth, but also to reduce soil erosion, drought grain development of this industry, agricultural production can ease the pressure on resources and the environment.
On national food reserve, the rice storage time is 1 year, 1 to 2 years of corn, wheat for 3 years, and potato flour can be stored for 15 years. Furthermore, potato starch can be used in more than 2,000 food processing industry, bio-medicine.
Staple food of potatoes for potato farmers, the policy will be more subsidies to encourage cultivation of potato flour and refined, deep processing, will also facilitate the industry transition from primary sales of agricultural products to processed foods, potato industry chain involved agribusiness on, is also a good news.
In Western countries, the potato as a staple food in many forms method.
Potato originated in the Andes of South America, and its artificial cultivation dates back to thousands of years BC Peru, Peru currently has about 300 different varieties of potatoes. Spanish colonists brought the potato to Europe, due to the beginning of potatoes looks ugly and inappropriate eating method is wrongly thought to be poisonous, French Pamengdiai found delicious potatoes and strengths, and to be promoted, it can be said that he is the potato in Europe Bole.
In 1574, the Spanish invaded the Dutch coastal city of Leiden, the Dutch after the breakout success, the Spaniard left the potatoes, carrots and onions cooked, even delicious, the Road "Luandun" became the Netherlands 'national dish' . Irish dependence on potatoes deepest, 1845 "Potato late blight" broke out, led to the Great Irish Famine, nearly a million people starved to death, 150 million people to flee the Americas. So far, more than 10% Irish American population.
Let the potatoes to the world, is an American. 1951 Marilyn Monroe wearing short skirts Idaho potato sacks made in the history of the most sexy voice potato, potato production in Idaho was the highest in the nation, America's "potato state." From the beginning of the 1960s, the gradual rise of the US fast-food chain, "French fries" and "Silicon Valley", "Hollywood" has become a symbol of American cultural soft power, to keep the world's output. Interestingly, the English phrase CouchPotato (couch potato), refers to the day on the couch watching TV snacking, meaning extremely lazy. This caused discontent British farmers, in 2005, the British potato farmer associations to protest and march and requested the word removed from the Oxford dictionary, because it undermines the image of potatoes.
China also has a history staple potato. In the 1950s, in order to save food, food factories braced in 100 kg of flour 40 pounds of potatoes, bread making quality, like the original, and a big, sweet. While potatoes are a frequent visitor to Chinese families, but it is truly a "Cock wire" tall on stage has never been in its presence, and with the advance of potato staple food, the potato dishes, it will usher in the spring . Food industry professionals have developed a "potato feast", that table are in raw potatoes, the staple food including steamed buns, dumplings, steamed bread, noodles, cakes, potato cake, side dishes have a familiar sour potato silk, potatoes, beef brisket , Griddle potato chips, braised potatoes, delicious and nutritious. Potato-themed restaurant is also brewing, as young and old potatoes, and negative news almost no food safety, they are targeting urban white-collar working life, pay attention to a balanced diet and food safety. See potatoes with human history, it really is humble to the dust, then out of a flower coming.
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