The flour grains came mostly from cattails and ferns, plants whose roots are rich in starch, kind of like a potato.

面粉主要来自于香蒲和蕨类植物，这些植物的根富含淀粉，有点像土豆。

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They also use the starch-rich fruit to produce a kind of flour, and the rest of the coconut is used for animal feed and charcoal.

他们也用这种富含淀粉的果实来生产一种粉，椰子剩下的部分则用作动物的饲料和制成木炭。

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Nian Gao is often made from glutinous rice flour, wheat starch, salt, water, and sugar. It is delicious when steamed, fried, or even eaten cold.

年糕通常用糯米粉、小麦粉、盐、水、糖制成，无论蒸、炸，还是冷吃，都十分美味。

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But some, after many portions, could make an unthinking mantra of the list of ingredients: Wheat Flour, Palm Oil (Tocopherols), Tapioca Starch, Salt, Dehydrated Vegetables (Cabbage, Green Onion, Carrot), Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate.

ECONOMIST: Momofuku Ando