Canadian specialty

The first world-famous aquatic product in Canada is salmon, also called salmon. Canada's specialty salmon can be bought in the fish cabinets of local shops, such as supermarkets such as Jinshan in Toronto, and winter is the off-season. There are many ways to smoke salmon. You can buy half a slice for your own use, and if you give it away, you can buy a packaged salmon fillet. Smoked products of shellfish, abalone and kelp are worth recommending.

Canada has a long coastline and many seafood, such as cod, salmon, herring, mackerel, lobster, scallop, mackerel and northern herring. , is really dazzling, endless. Among many well-known seafood, salmon is a big name among deep-sea fish, and it can be called "the emperor of ice sea". Salmon has a very touching story. Salmon born in the river and raised in the sea must swim back to their birthplace when laying eggs. People don't know what kind of complex they have in life, but the spectacle of countless salmon struggling against the current is very shocking. The long journey has created the vigorous vitality of salmon.

Salmon can be eaten in many ways. Baked, fried, boiled, smoked or pickled, each with its own characteristics. Canadians like to eat smoked or pickled salmon raw, but because the Japanese eat it with a strong mustard flavor, it is more balanced with the heavy taste of salmon.

2. Maple syrup (maple syrup)

Maple syrup is one of the most famous specialties in Canada. At present, 70% of the world's maple syrup products are concentrated in Quebec. This kind of juice collected from sugar maple for more than 40 years is very precious. On average, 40 liters of maple syrup can only extract 1 liter of maple syrup. Maple syrup tastes mellow and is a pure natural product. It is said that you can lose weight by beauty, which is very popular.

Because maple syrup is very popular, it is also a very popular activity to visit the maple syrup hut, where you can learn everything about maple syrup. It is an activity that combines local life, food and tourism to be explained by a special person, to taste authentic maple syrup products and traditional food, to enjoy lively traditional music and dance performances, and to visit Fenglin by carriage.

A maple tree with a diameter of 25 cm usually only needs to drill a hole to recuperate and regain its vitality. For many years, the big maple tree can generally drill 3-4 holes, 5 cm deep in the trunk, and the sap flows to the storage bucket along the conduit. The temperature of boiling maple syrup is generally maintained at 4 degrees Celsius above the boiling point of water. It takes a proper temperature to collect maple juice. Every year, the maple sugar harvest season is within 4-6 weeks from February to April. Only when the temperature is lower than 0℃ at night and higher than 5℃ during the day can maple sap be extracted.

Around 1600, "Indian syrup" was recorded. It was the Indians who first discovered the sap of maple and used the "indigenous method" to dig grooves and drill holes in the trunk of maple to collect the sap of maple. At that time, "Indian syrup" was the predecessor of today's "maple syrup". Maple sugar is rich in minerals and organic acids, and its calories are lower than sucrose, fructose and corn sugar, but calcium, magnesium and organic acids are much higher than other sugars, which can supplement the weak physique with unbalanced nutrition. The sweetness of maple sugar is not as high as honey, and the sugar content is about 66% (the sugar content of honey is about 79%-8 1%, and the sugar content is as high as 99.4%).

The most common maple syrup product is maple syrup. People like to eat pancakes and French toast dipped in syrup, and they also like to pour syrup on ice cream, yogurt and milkshakes. Canadians also like to eat maple syrup on snow. It's cold and sweet and tastes soft. When eating, only snow and sugar slowly slide down the throat, which is very comfortable.

Maple syrup can be divided into several types according to the different sugar content, so its uses are different: some are suitable for making hard candy and cream, some are suitable for direct consumption, and some are suitable for cooking. In fact, maple syrup has many uses in cooking, but it is not well known. Maple syrup foie gras is the favorite of experts. There are many maple syrup products, such as maple syrup butter, maple syrup jelly (smells delicious and is suitable for baking bread, add one.

Cheese, hard candy, sugar, maple syrup mustard sauce, maple syrup jam, cotton candy, etc.

There is a famous dish in Canada called "Fried Salmon with Maple Sugar": Salmon is marinated and fried with pepper and cinnamon powder, served with continuous mashed potatoes and shredded vegetables, and then topped with maple sugar. Protein, starch, vitamins and fiber are all available in one dish, and the unique tree fragrance of maple sugar is the lingering soul of this dish.

Maple syrup of Canada Shady Maple Farm CompanyNo.1and other brands can be bought in supermarkets such as PRICE CHOPPER, LOBLAWS and Dominion, about 4 Canadian dollars /250ml, as shown in the glass bottle below. Generally, a bottle of 500 ml maple syrup costs 8 to 9 Canadian dollars.

3. American ginseng

Canadian American ginseng is also a specialty. Please note that Hong Kong laws prohibit the import of wild American ginseng without a valid license issued by AFCD. Artificial cultivated American ginseng varieties also need to show the license issued by the exporting country before they can be imported. Guan Zhiyi, a Chinese medicine practitioner, said that wholesalers also need to hold certificates of origin or import when purchasing American ginseng and its imports. Therefore, you need an import license to bring American ginseng into Hong Kong, and you should pay attention to asking for it from the merchants when buying it.

◆ Medicinal value of American ginseng: American ginseng is cold in nature, bitter in taste, beneficial to lung and yin, clearing away deficiency fire and quenching thirst. Panax quinquefolium has pharmacological effects of improving physical and mental work, relieving fatigue and regulating central nervous system. It has good curative effect on heart diseases such as hypertension, myocardial dystrophy, coronary heart disease and angina pectoris. It is especially suitable for improving dysphoria, boredom and thirst caused by heart disease, and relieving adverse reactions such as dry throat, nausea, emaciation, leukopenia, anorexia and salivary gland atrophy caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy of cancer patients. And can change the stress state of the body and reduce the atrophy of thymus and lymph glands. Chinese medicine is clinically used to treat cough, lung flaccidity, chronic cough, blood loss, dry throat, thirst, asthenia due to heat deficiency, stomach fire and toothache. At the same time, it is also used to treat acute infectious diseases such as neurasthenia, autonomic nervous disorder, pleurisy, infectious polyneuritis, Japanese encephalitis, etc., or it is compatible with other traditional Chinese medicines because of its mild effect and good curative effect. It is found that the pharmacological effects of Panax quinquefolium saponins are various:

◆ Anti-aging effect: PQS can improve and enhance memory function. Maintain a normal brain environment, protect the hypofunction caused by cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, thus promoting learning and memory.

◆ Immune enhancement: The experimental results showed that the transformation rate of T B lymphocytes in 100mg group was significantly higher than that in the control group after 8 hours in vivo administration of PQS. The results showed that PQS not only significantly enhanced the proliferation of T lymphocytes induced by Lon A, but also promoted the production of IL and IFN and the activity of killer cells (NKC). It shows that POS can also regulate the immune function of mice in vivo.

◆ Hypolipidemic effect: The experimental results show that PQS can not only correct the disorder of lipoprotein-cholesterol metabolism in hyperlipidemia rats, but also enhance the anti-lipid peroxidation of the body, which is beneficial to the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis (AS). Low-density lipoprotein (DL) is a harmful factor of AS, while high-density lipoprotein (HDL), especially HDL, is an effective anti-AS factor, which can transfer free cholesterol in peripheral tissues to liver metabolism, which is beneficial to reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in peripheral tissues and cells and the extensive damage of vascular endothelial cells.

◆ Effect on cardiovascular system: It has antiarrhythmic, myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury on cardiovascular system, and is suitable for arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, cerebral thrombosis, coronary artery bypass surgery, etc. For the blood system, it has the functions of anti-hemolysis, hemostasis, lowering blood coagulation, inhibiting platelet aggregation, regulating blood lipid, anti-atherosclerosis and lowering blood sugar. It is suitable for hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, senile diseases, diabetes and other diseases.

◆ For endocrine system: it acts on pituitary-adrenal cortex system (ACTH-like) and pituitary-gonad system, promoting the synthesis of serum protein, bone marrow protein, organ protein, brain protein and fat, hepatocyte protein (RNA polymerase), fat and sugar metabolism, and is suitable for senile diseases, sexual hypofunction, anemia and cancer. It has antidiuretic effect on urinary system and is suitable for Addison's disease and senile diseases.

◆ Others: In addition to the above functions, recent studies at home and abroad show that PQS has anti-fatigue, sedative, anticonvulsant and anti-stress effects. Rb3 has calcium channel blocking effect, and Rb 1 has antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects. At the same time, PQS also has the function of resisting sugar deficiency and hypoxia, and PQS has the function of resisting carcinogenic mutation, which provides data for preventing cancer. For tumors and viruses, it can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and herpes simplex virus, and is suitable for various cancers and viral diseases.

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