Spinach

The spinach (scientific name Spinacia oleracea ) is a Vegetable, annual or bi-annual, of the family of the Chénopodiacées. Originating in the Iran (it draws its name from the Persan RTL F اسفناج Esfenâdj ), it is cultivated today in all the areas moderated for its nutritional qualities.

It is celebrated in the Cartoon Popeye like a vegetable rich in Fer, which gives its force to the hero, although actually its content of iron is not particularly high.

  • Synonymous: brush of the stomach, spinach with round seed, espinoche, large spinach, bleaches on grass of Persia…

    • English
  • : spinach, spinage, German: Spinat, Spanish Garten-spinat, : espinaca, Italian: spinaccio, Dutch : spinazie

Description

The spinach is a plant Dioïque, i.e. different feet carry either of the male flowers or of the female flowers. The Pollinisation is done by the wind (Anémogame) and the Pollen, very small and light, is transferred onto kilometers. This explains why the flowers are they-even small and green, not seeking to attract the insects for its reproduction.

Its Sheet S, smooth or blighted, is of a dark green.

History

The spinach is originating in Perse. It was introduced in France at the beginning of XIIe century, then with the Renaissance, was popularized by Catherine de Médicis.

Culture

It is cultivated for its gustatory and nutritional qualities.
It is cultivated all the year in the moderated climates, flowers in summer because of the rise of the temperature. There exists spinach of spring, summer and winter. According to the date of sowing, the spinach is thus Annuel or Bisannuel.

Production

Use

It is used in kitchen, vintage or is cooked, in many receipts.

The legend of iron

Contrary to a tough legend (illustrated in the adventures of Popeye), the spinach is not the best source of food iron. This legend was born from the typing error of an American secretary. This error, which multiplied by ten the food iron rate contained in the plant, passed unperceived during tens of years. The dry meat and vegetables do much better than spinaches, too often badly prepareds and of this fact little appreciated of the children.

The iron of spinaches is absorbed much better by the body when accompanied by a source of vitamin C, such as for example with lemon juice. A beautiful spinach salad nutritive often known in the vegetarian medium is that of spinaches with tangerines or clementines.

The spinach is on the other hand one of the best known sources of Vitamine B9 or folic acid. The consumption of a sufficient quantity of folic acid at any beginning of Grossesse makes it possible to strongly decrease the incidence of the Spina bifida, a serious malformation of straws. The young women should thus eat spinaches regularly, when they plan to have a baby.

External bonds

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Simple: Spinach Zh-min-nan: Poe-lêng-á

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