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chrysanthemum greens

It sits in Asian groceries and not in Western supermarkets, which sort produce by shelf life rather than by what a cook could do with it.

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Cultural layer

Origin

East Asia; the young leaves of Glebionis coronaria, called tong hao in Chinese, shungiku in Japanese and ssukgat in Korean

Routes

Grown as a cool-season green across China, Japan and Korea; sold in the West largely within Asian grocery networks rather than mainstream produce aisles

Context

Chrysanthemum greens are bitter and floral and go into hotpot at the last second, because thirty seconds too long and they turn to mush. That narrow window is the point: a vegetable that demands timing rather than tolerating neglect. It sits in Asian groceries and not in Western supermarkets, which sort produce by shelf life rather than by what a cook could do with it.

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