Sow thistle is a little bitter, and it is refreshing dipped in bean sauce.
Tips
mistakes
苣 is read qǔ only in this plant name. In 莴苣 'lettuce' it is jù. The middle syllable is light: qǔmaicài.
culture
A wild green of northern China, dug in spring along field edges. In the northeast it is eaten raw with 大酱, fermented soybean paste, and its bitterness is part of the appeal.
