liuzhou Posted April 8, 2004 at 02:03 AM Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 at 02:03 AM Can anyone help me to identify this vegetable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted April 8, 2004 at 06:38 AM Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 at 06:38 AM damn, that looks like a pretty rare word where did you hear it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted April 8, 2004 at 08:18 AM Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 at 08:18 AM Saw it on a jiaozi menu. 猪肉莛菜饺 No one seems to have heard of it. Could be a mistake, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted April 8, 2004 at 02:18 PM Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 at 02:18 PM hmm... this may be a typo 莛菜 <----- stem vegetable (root vegetable) ...? turnip? (ting2 cai4) maybe it is being confused with ... 筳菜 <----- banquet vegetables?!!! (ting2 cai4) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
林彪 Posted April 14, 2004 at 08:00 PM Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 at 08:00 PM Hello, I asked a Chinese guy what it means. He said he doesn't know the English word for it, but it is a pungent grass-like vegetable that is cut up and used in dumplings. It sometimes has a little flower on top. It looks sort of like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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