折り菜？ "orina?"

What I'm writing today is
a bit difficult to translate into English.
But I'll do my best!!

After spending the looooong winter here in Takayama,
homegrown vegetable section is spreading day by day.

There I found an unfamiliar vegetable called "orina."
It looked somewhat like canola leaves.
(or broccolini, or whatever you call them)
Not knowing what they taste like
I decided not to buy them.

However, the next day,
my neighbor gave me a stack of green vegetable
and told me it was "orina."

To me, the "orina" she gave me and
the "orina" I saw at the supermarket looked
somewhat different.

Later, I found out that both "orinas" were
a kind of cruciferous vegetables
and also that there are several kinds of
vegetables that the locals call "orina."
The word "orina" is composed of a term
"oru 折る" which means to snap
and "na　菜" meaning stem or leaf or both.
A kind of cruciferous vegetables
which are snapped when picking
are often called "orina" in this area.

Interestingly, I found many other names being used in different areas.

Anyways,
these "orina" becomes bright green when boiled
and tastes a little bitter,
a taste of spring♪ containing lots of Vitamins.
It goes well with mayonnaise, miso & vinegar,
soy sauce & dried bonito, I mean anything!!

長い冬が終わり、「地元野菜」のコーナーが
少しずつ充実してきました。

その一角に「折り菜」という名の
菜の花に似た、初めて見る野菜をみつけました。
どのように食べるか分からず、
そのまま買わずに帰宅しました。

次の日、ご近所の方が
「折り菜」だよ、と見たことのない野菜を
くださいました。

スーパーで見た「折り菜」と
今手元にある「折り菜」はなんだか違う、、、。

少しネットで調べてみると
どうやら折り菜は「あぶらな科」の野菜のようです。
春一番に育ち、収穫する際に
ポキっと折って収穫するので「折り菜」と呼び
スーパーに並ぶ「折り菜」はある特定の品種のようですが、
地元の方々は似たような野菜を
全て「折り菜」と呼び親しんでいるようです。

そして、別の地ではまた別の呼び名があるようです。

この「折り菜」
菜花とよく似ていて
ほんのり苦味がある春の味♪
ビタミンたっぷりの野菜です。
マヨネーズ、酢味噌、醤油と鰹節
どのように食べてもおいしいのです！！