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潺菜 20240622

  潺菜  meal pics @20240622 & @20240624 (encore) ============================ @20240622 this is a first try of 潺菜 from Wikipedia:  Basella alba  is known by  common names  including  Malabar spinach ,  vine spinach ,  Ceylon spinach  and  Indian spinach got the word "spinach" in its English name  yet from web info.. it's not closely related to spinach.. likely juz that it looks like spinach  as for the Chinese name it's called 潺菜 coz its slimy slippery texture also got other names such as 木耳菜 皇宮菜 a kind of green veg that's said to be in season in summer prep two packs.. as quite much unfresh leaves not so slimy when washing a bit slimy only when there're cuts at leaves or stems after cooking  juz soft n tender.. looks like spinach though hv cooked for too long.. lost its green colour it's still tasting OK taste n texture juz like most other soft stem greens the flavour might be a bit like spinach.. n yet w/o that sq...