Some people say this is a joke? In fact, this is reality!
Toona sinensis costs more than 200 yuan a catty.
Boss, how much is Toona sinensis? In a vegetable market in Xicheng District, Beijing, a customer is asking the stall owner.
Seven dollars and one tael. That's 70 a catty, so expensive! This is not expensive. I sold 80 a few days ago!
Toona sinensis is a favorite food for many people. An uncle comes to buy one every day. After all, it costs more than ten dollars. The stall owner added.
Is Toona sinensis really at this price?
The reporter came to a supermarket in Xicheng District, Beijing with questions. Handfuls of Toona sinensis are packed in boxes and neatly placed on the shelves. The label box impressively says 79.8 yuan a catty. A customer picked up Toona sinensis, looked at it and put it back.
This is not the most expensive price. Searching for Toona sinensis in e-commerce supermarket, the price of 100g Toona sinensis is mostly around 20 yuan, so the price of 1 kg Toona sinensis is equivalent to the price of 1 Boston lobster. Toona sinensis sold by merchants on an e-commerce platform is as high as 2 13.99 yuan a catty.
The price of Boston lobster on JD.COM platform.
However, in a supermarket near the South Fourth Ring Road in Beijing, I don't know if it is close to the Xinfadi vegetable market. The price of Toona sinensis is cheaper. Toona sinensis from Hebei is scattered in several foam boxes, and the price is 59.9 yuan a catty.
Outside Beijing, local media reported recently that the price of local Toona sinensis was as high as 100 yuan a catty, which made netizens laugh and couldn't afford it.
Why is Toona sinensis so expensive?
Toona sinensis can only be picked once a year, and it is common sense that things are rare. This is the opinion of some consumers who like to buy Toona sinensis.
Toona sinensis has a history of more than 2000 years. Han dynasty spread all over the country and was listed as a tribute in Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties. In terms of medicinal value, Compendium of Materia Medica says that Toona sinensis leaves are sweet and pleasant. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" points out that Toona sinensis can stop nocturnal emission and hematuria, warm the waist and knees, and eliminate aversion to cold, chest pain, anorexia and abdominal pain, making people fat and white.
Su Shi once praised: Toona sinensis is solid and leaves are fragrant. The Five Miscellanies written in the Ming Dynasty said that people in Yan State and Qi State ate Toona sinensis buds as vegetables. Yuan Mei, a gourmet in the Qing Dynasty, also recorded that Tofu mixed with Toona sinensis head can be found everywhere, especially among addicts. Kang Youwei even wrote "Ode to Toona sinensis", in which the delicacies are rich without flowers and the leaves are tender. Changchun is not old, Hanwang wishes, and the food is delicious.
In modern times, Toona sinensis is still deeply loved by many people because of its unique aroma.
The stall owner of a vegetable market told reporters that the price of Toona sinensis buds is regular. It was the most expensive and the best quality when it was first listed. Later, the price will gradually come down, which is estimated to be similar to previous years.
In fact, judging from the supply and demand and price trend in previous years, affected by the temperature difference, Toona sinensis in some places germinated early and went on the market first, so the price was naturally more expensive. When the peak season comes, Toona sinensis will be listed in large quantities, and the price will be reduced if the supply keeps up.
These wild vegetables are very expensive.
Toona sinensis is not only a noble dish, but also the season when wild vegetables are on the market. The reporter saw in vegetable markets, supermarkets and e-commerce platforms that the prices of wild vegetables such as dandelion, bitter vegetables and wild Artemisia selengensis are also expensive.
In a supermarket in Beijing, dandelion reached 2 1.6 yuan per catty, and bitter vegetable reached 2 1.48 yuan per catty.
In a vegetable shop with a takeaway platform, 250 grams of red amaranth costs 72.99 yuan, and common chrysanthemums cost 27.6 yuan a catty.
Wild Artemisia selengensis is 30-35 yuan per catty, and broom per kilogram 160-200 yuan has also appeared in some media reports.
There are quite a few people who like to eat wild vegetables now, like jiaozi, and my daughter likes to eat shepherd's purse stuffing. But some wild vegetables are too expensive to eat, so it is ok to eat something cheap. Li Lin, who lives in Zhumadian, Henan, said.
Sources of this article: CCTV, China News Network and China Youth Daily.