I love to cook with
yams, especially during the holiday season.
我喜欢在节日期间用山药烹饪。
The indigenous people in this region cultivate
yams as their primary source of carbohydrates.
这个地区的人们以种植山药作为主要的碳水化合物来源。
Yam is an essential ingredient in many African stews.
山药是许多非洲炖菜中的重要成分。
We need to peel and dice the
yams before adding them to the soup.
我们需要将山药去皮并切成丁后加入汤中。
My grandmother's famous sweet potato pie actually uses
yams instead.
我奶奶著名的红薯派实际上使用的是山药。
Yams have a higher nutritional value than regular potatoes due to their vitamin A content.
由于富含维生素A,山药比普通土豆营养价值更高。
The storage conditions for
yams must be kept humid and cool to prevent spoilage.
存储山药的条件必须保持湿润和低温以防止变质。
In some parts of Asia,
yam is considered an aphrodisiac.
在亚洲某些地方,人们认为山药具有壮阳的功效。
These tubers are typically sold fresh or dried in local markets, depending on the variety of
yam.
根据山药品种的不同,这些块茎通常在当地市场新鲜出售或晒干售卖。
The importation of
yams from South America has increased in recent years.
近年来,从南美洲进口山药的数量有所增加。
Ding said he helped farmers in Dejiang to sell more than 200,000 yuan ($30,900) worth of farm products like purple yam, using short-video sharing platforms such as TikTok or Douyin.
Apart from selling purple yam, honey, pepper and rose black tea online, Dejiang villagers hosted their counterparts from Sichuan and Heilongjiang provinces, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and shared their experiences.
Together they researched and developed a kind of yam bean balls, which can help delay the product's deterioration and extend its shelf-life.
“Zhou Xiaochuan is a person of high integrity – an academic who does not live in an ivory tower, a policy maker with a strong sense of what is in the public interest, and a reformer who is bold and acts on the basis of a robust theoretical foundation,” said Joseph Yam, a member of the executive council of the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.