What are the top 10 ingredients in China?

Every country in the world has its own unique cuisine, some of which are regarded as luxury goods and extremely expensive, such as Spanish ham, French caviar, Italian ruby Roman grapes, American Arnold strawberries and so on. But when it comes to China's top ingredients, other countries' cuisines are far behind. Let's take a look at the top ingredients in China 10. Only local tyrants can eat them often, but ordinary people are discouraged and difficult to consume.

1, Yangtze saury

Coix lachryma-jobi (also known as Coix lachryma, Coix lachryma) is a migratory fish, which, together with puffer fish and shad, is called one of the three great delicacies in China Yangtze River. The bonito in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River estuary and fresh seawater, with rich bait and tender meat. Due to the sharp drop in output, the price of Yangtze river swordfish exposed online is amazing, ranging from 6000 yuan to 10000 yuan. 20 12 at the Yangtze river swordfish king public welfare auction held in Jiangsu, a Yangtze river swordfish king weighing 325g actually sold for a sky-high price of 59,000 yuan.

2. Wild ginseng

In China, ginseng has always been regarded as the king of herbs, and the best wild ginseng is hard to find in a hundred years. At the 8th China-ASEAN Expo in Changchun, a ginseng with a price of100000 yuan attracted many visitors. This wild ginseng weighs about 80 grams and is the best of ginseng. In recent years, with people's re-understanding of the value of ginseng, the collection value of wild ginseng has been paid attention to, and the price of wild ginseng has also reached a new high.

3. Litchi in Zengcheng, Guangzhou

Zengcheng is the famous hometown of litchi in China, and the origin of "China litchi stamp". Zengcheng litchi is famous at home and abroad for its variety, excellent quality, good taste and long history, especially "Zengcheng hangs green". There are seven important radial post roads around Chang 'an, the capital of Tang Dynasty, including one from Chang 'an to Lingnan, one from Chang 'an to Xiangzhou (now Xiangfan, Hubei), one from Ezhou (now Wuchang, Wuhan), one from Hongzhou, Jizhou and one from Qianzhou (now Ganzhou, Jiangxi). There are post stations and mansions on both sides of the ancient road, equipped with fast riders, to relay litchi and deliver delicious litchi to the palace at the fastest speed. At the auction in previous years, a Zengcheng green litchi sold for 550,000 yuan.

4. Dahongpao

Dahongpao, produced in Wuyishan, Fujian, is an excellent oolong tea. China famous tea. Its shape is compact, the color is green, brown and fresh. After brewing, the soup color is orange and yellow, and the leaves color is red and green. The most outstanding quality is that the fragrance is rich and fragrant, and the fragrance is high and lasting. There are few Dahongpao in history, and the recognized Dahongpao is only a few trees on the rock wall of Kowloon. In the best year, the output of tea is only a few hundred grams. In the Republic of China, a kilo was worth 64 silver dollars, equivalent to 4000 kilos of rice. A few years ago, Dahongpao tea in Kowloon was auctioned in the market, and 20 grams actually fetched a sky-high price of 6.5438+0.568 million yuan, setting a record for the unit price of tea.

5.saffron

Crocus sativus, also known as crocus and crocus sativus, is a perennial flower of Crocus in Iris. Saffron is a valuable tonic, and its price is generally high. Take saffron as an example. In the tourism market, it is generally a few hundred grams, and Tongrentang pharmacies are generally more than 70 ~ 100 per gram. The price of saffron sold online is slightly lower, generally tens of yuan a gram, and most of them are artificially planted, which can not meet the wild standards, just like ginseng. In addition, the prices of different quality grades of saffron are also different, and the first-class saffron is much more expensive than the best-selling saffron in the market.

6.Tricholoma matsutake

The name of Tricholoma matsutake has a long history and originated in China. About 7000 years ago, Tricholoma matsutake was born in Shangri-La primeval forest in Hengduan Mountains of China. It is a kind of pure natural rare edible fungus, and is known as the king of bacteria. Tricholoma matsutake has strict requirements on the growth environment. It can only grow in virgin forests, free from any pollution and human intervention by Tricholoma matsutake. Spores must form a * * * relationship with the root system of pine trees, and the age of * * * trees must be more than 50 years to form hyphae and fungus pools. Fresh and superior wild Tricholoma matsutake costs about 400 yuan per catty to 600 yuan, and the drying price is higher.

7. Cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps sinensis, also known as Cordyceps sinensis, is a complex of Cordyceps sinensis and hepialidae larvae. There is no uniform standard for the grade of Cordyceps sinensis. There are "Grade One, Grade Super and Grade King" in the retail market, but they are not universal. Cordyceps trading market defaults to the size and quantity of Cordyceps as the specification basis. Cordyceps sinensis and Cordyceps changdu in Qinghai have the best quality and are the most expensive. A few years ago, the market was disturbed by some merchants, and a bottle of Cordyceps buccal tablets was fried to 16800 yuan, with little Cordyceps content.

8, butter crab

Butter crab, formerly known as cream crab, is the female of blue crab, so its appearance is no different from cream crab. The difference is that the color of steamed crabs is between red and yellow, and yellow grease can be seen at the joints of crab lids and claws. Buttered crab is a rare crab species newly eaten by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in recent days. It enjoys a high reputation in South China and is known as the "king of crabs". Its price is the highest among crabs in China, and it is priced at two in Hong Kong restaurants, with a price of tens of Hong Kong dollars per 50 grams. Therefore, butter crab can be said to be a unique and precious seafood delicacy in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Because the yield and quality of butter crab are directly affected by the feeding environment and weather, and the production cycle is not long, butter crab is precious.

9.yellow-lipped fish

Yellow-lipped fish, Fujian Guangdong people call it money? ? Qian Meng Yu, also known as (Fish Gao). Wenzhou people call it Huang Gan, which belongs to Bonefish, similar to Epinephelus, with long body, flat side and slender tail handle. Rare warm temperate benthic fishes inhabit the offshore waters with a water depth of 50-60 meters, while juvenile fishes inhabit estuaries and their nearby coasts, and are distributed in the northern East China Sea and the South China Sea. At the beginning of April 2007, a fisherman in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province also caught a yellow-lipped fish weighing 49 Jin, which was later bought by a hotel for 580,000 yuan. The hotel cooked the fish, leaving a fish belly worth 2 million and refusing to sell it. A fisherman in Lianjiang county, Fujian province dragged back a yellow-lipped fish weighing 160 kg from the nearby waters. He sold the fish to a fishmonger at a price of120,000 yuan, and the stolen money was about 3 million yuan.

10, truffles are also produced in China, and their appearance is very similar to that of French black truffles. The scales of the outer skin are relatively small. The white stripes inside are fine. It mainly grows in the fibrous roots of pine trees, mainly in Yongren, Yunnan and Panzhihua, Sichuan. Chao Laruo called this unknown creature "Toxoplasma gondii", and led the Yi people to dig Toxoplasma gondii before the competition every year to receive the distinguished guests participating in the competition. The custom of eating Toxoplasma gondii has continued until modern times. Under the influence of foreign culture, it was not until 1995 that people realized that truffles, also known as truffles, were actually the most precious edible fungi in the world.