I don’t know if you are familiar with lotus flower but this is the pod. It’s a special delicacy in this part of China. The petals as well as these pods are made into special dishes. It has a peculiar taste and they said its very nutritious. Well , everything is nutritious here as Chinese have all this balance of the yin and the yang food…which is really hard for me to get the basis of. I don’t know really know which food has more yin and which has more yang.I have tasted a lotus pod dish but I never did see the raw stuff in the market… but alas! in the streets of Suzhou I found this one so I quickly took a snapshot.
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I never connected food to the Chinese yin and yang philosophy. Very interesting. I hope that one day every country will be able to grow its own food. I traveled to Viet Nam and China (Xi’an and Beijing) in 2008. I was amazed at how little people ate, especially in Viet Nam, and how hard they worked. We are too spoiled in North America. Thanks for liking my post on Ronda the Beautiful.
actually with food it is the warm and the cold food …but the concept behind it is still yin and yang ..as it is the basis of the Chinese traditional medicine..so the traditional doc will tend to say that you have too much ying and would tell you to eat more cold food and vice= versa
I’ve heard of lotus flowers, but didn’t know that the pods and leaves are eaten. You just keep teaching us new things! Thank You!!
hi Debbie,actually the petals and the pods I have tasted not the leaves..for me the petals tasted better ..thanks for dropping by ..God bless !
Hi Flora! Never heard before that you can eat those pods. We use dried ones in bouquets and wreaths here in Germany. They are very decorative and I like them a lot.
Thanks for stopping by my blogs and liking. 🙂
hi Dave..yes it seems everything is eaten here..bouquets and wreaths that sound pretty yes! enjoyed your blogs 🙂
How beautiful! Are the pods the same thing as the lotus root? I just recently tasted lotus root in a stir fry dish, and it was delicious.
yes lotus roots are very good and very common….not the same as pods..
Interesting, never knew the pods were eaten.
yes everything is interesting esp if you are in a different culture. thanks for dropping by..
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I’ve been fascinated by the whole philosophy of yin and yang and I see examples of these two opposite but equal energies at play everywhere I look. I also love your lotus photo and was surprised at the rich green colour of the freshly picked pod.
hi there Mary indeed yin and yang is everywhere here…it is based actually in meta physics…thanks for dropping by … you took great pictures !
It is eaten in parts of India too 🙂
nice…
thanks fro dropping by Vimal …
I don’t think I have ever tried any part of the lotus but those pods look very pretty.
the roots are good so as the petals…
a cartful of lotus pods wow! they grow in plenty here in India but mindless landfills are taking away most of these wetland blossoms. You have an interesting blog here. A wonderful way to remember you were there. And yes thanks for the like.
you are welcome Nirlep ..you got lovely photos as well..India seems very exotic for me..would ove to visit it someday…
the many directions of “love” – thank you for sharing !
your musings intrigued me ..your mind has a path of its own ..I find your blog very interesting..keep them coming!
Thank you for this!
wow, been to Suzhou lots of times and always see different fruits and foodstuffs in the carts but never lotus! beautiful.
I have never seen this in the part of China where I live and work so I’m more than happy to have captured it in the lens …thanks for dropping dapple…