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PURPOSE:To obtain a dried edible plant for preservation in a shape of holding natural form and use the plant for food or float the plant on various drinks or nondrinkable liquid for admiration, by dipping leaves and/or stems of an edible plant in hot water containing a color former and polysaccharide or protein and heat-treating or drying the leaves and/or stems. CONSTITUTION:For example, 100g color former, e.g. ferrous sulfate, etc., and 100 protein, e.g. gelatin, etc., are dissolved in 10l water and heated at about 90 deg.C. 200g edible leaves and/or steams which are cut to a suitable size and washed is dipped in the resultant hot water for about 2min and allowed to stand at room temperature. The leaves or steams or both are then dried at about 50 deg.C by blowing air. Thereby the aimed edible dried vegetable having leaves and/or stems kept in a fresh state is obtained. The resultant vegetable can be put in toilet water and utilized as an interior article. The vegetable has elegant external appearance without shrinkage or curl as compared with that produced by other conventional methods. |