By Chiu Chih-ju / Staff reporterThe nation’s favorite vegetables are Taiwanese cabbage, yam leaves and bok choy, while raw garlic is the least popular, a poll showed.
The nation’s favorite vegetables are Taiwanese cabbage, yam leaves and bok choy, while raw garlic is the least popular, a poll showed.
Results of the “Stars of Taiwanese dishes and cooking” online poll was released in Taipei on Wednesday. The survey, which collected opinions on the six major food categories, was organized by the Taiwan Millennium Health Foundation, the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) and the Council of Agriculture.
Taiwan’s most popular fruits were bananas, dragon fruit and Asian pear; while tofu, salmon and eggs topped the list in the “Meat, Fish, Eggs and Legumes” category.
White rice, noodles and multi-grain rice topped the
Penghu County Commissioner Lai Feng-wei, front row, third left, and Penghu County Council Speaker Liu Chen Chao-ling, front row, left, pose for a photograph with young rollerbladers in Kaohsiung yesterday. Lai yesterday announced that rollerblading would be included as an official sport at county-level sporting competitions, and pledged that his administration would fund a competition-level rollerblading park in the county.
Mass deaths of valuable saltwater fish might have occurred off Jibei Islet (吉貝) in Penghu County amid the cold spell that struck the nation on Sunday and Monday, local fishers said.
Fishers reported spotting dead fish on the water as sea temperatures around the islet plummeted to a low of 13.6°C, the coldest so far this year.
Fish injured by the cold water including parrotfish, damselfish, clownfish and shrimp that are sought after by both aquarists and gourmets could be seen being scooped up by local residents on beaches throughout the islet.
Although local fish farmers have yet to report their
Last month, the Ministry of the Interior announced that last year was the second year since accurate recordkeeping began in which Taiwan’s population was smaller at the end of the year than it was at the start.
The decline in 2020 wasn’t considerable, roughly equal to the total number of inhabitants of Rueifang District (瑞芳) in New Taipei City.
Last year, however, the country’s population fell by almost 186,000 people to 23.375 million. It’s as if everyone in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水) disappeared.
This is a downward trend, not a blip. In last year’s Oct. 31 issue, Win