Nuts
Ginkgo biloba
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Ginkgo biloba is the botanical species for cooked ginkgo seeds of East Asian cuisine. Soft, mildly sweet-resinous kernels after careful outer-flesh removal, shelling, and cooking. Serve limited portions; ginkgotoxin concerns apply especially for children. Fresh, canned, and frozen cooked forms cover the year. Not a trail-mix almond substitute.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Canned Warm-ThroughChawanmushiCongeeRoastedSimmered
Traits
Living Fossil TreeMild ResinousMust CookSoftSole SpeciesSpecies LevelStarchyStarchy Kernel
History
CN
Chinese culinary and medicinal traditions recorded ginkgo seed use.
JP
Japanese cuisine adopted ginkgo nuts in savoury steamed and simmered dishes.
Canned and market ginkgo nuts supported urban East Asian cookery year-round.
Global Japanese and Chinese restaurants spread limited ginkgo-nut service worldwide.