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Fresh Choy Sum
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$1.03 lb($0.06 / oz)
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Choy Sum is one of the most popular vegetables among the Chinese and is probably the most popular vegetable in Hong Kong. It is now also widely used in the western world. The flowering shoots, and younger leaves of Choy Sum, are used in salads or stir-fry, lightly boiled or steamed and added to meat. Choy Sum is rich in carotene (pro-vitamin A), calcium and dietary fiber, it also provides potassium and folic acid. The flavor itself can be described as midway between cabbage and spinach. Choy Sum tends to be blander and closer in taste to cabbage in younger leaves, and develops a little 'kick' in its older leaves. It is reputedly very nutritious, and in particular, is said to be rich in calcium.