What is the difference between winter bamboo shoots and spring bamboo shoots?

Spring bamboo shoots and winter bamboo shoots belong to bamboo shoots, and the main difference lies in the different seasons. The best harvest season for spring bamboo shoots is from the middle and late March to Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, and the best harvest season for winter bamboo shoots is from the late October of/kloc-0 to the early February of the following year. Spring bamboo shoots are thinner and longer than winter bamboo shoots with purple skins, while winter bamboo shoots are short and thick with dark brown skins.

1, different growth sites

Winter bamboo shoots are bamboo shoots that point out the soil and are tender stems of Phyllostachys pubescens that grow underground in winter, while bamboo shoots are bamboo shoots that break through the ground and belong to the bud of bamboo shoots.

2. Different shapes

Bamboo shoots are slender in shape. Compared with spring bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots are short and thick, and the skin of spring bamboo shoots is green and purple, while the skin of winter bamboo shoots is dark brown.

3. Different harvest seasons

Winter bamboo shoots can be harvested from 5438+00 in mid-June to early February of the following year, which is famous in Jiangxi and Zhejiang. It is the best time to dig bamboo shoots from the middle and late March to Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, but it is widely distributed in May and beyond.

4. Different nutritional values

The nutritional value of bamboo shoots is higher, because bamboo shoots are tender buds, which are in the period of vigorous nutrition, and the meat is fresh and tender. They are known as the "king of vegetables" and "eight treasures in the mountains" and have a long history in China, while winter bamboo shoots are slightly hard and cold, so they are not suitable for infants or menstrual women.