Take Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, for example. "Nanjing is a monster. It doesn't like meat dishes, but likes wild vegetables. " In Nanjing, eight kinds of wild vegetables, such as Ju nao, Gou Qi Tou and Artemisia selengensis, are collectively called "drought eight fresh", and three kinds of wild vegetables, such as Lycium barbarum, Zizania latifolia and so on 13, become "flowers of war". In addition, there are "seven heads and one brain", namely Malantou, alfalfa head, shepherd's purse head, toon head, pea head, wolfberry head, garlic head and chrysanthemum head.
In the era of poverty and famine, people have the custom of changing wild vegetables. When life is full of fish and meat, people will recall that bitter experience, and all kinds of wild vegetables will be served one after another, becoming a shining landscape.
Among many wild vegetables, Toona sinensis, the personal favorite, is the first one. The wild vegetables in this tree contain vitamin E and sex hormones, which can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, and are health care and beauty food. Unforgettable childhood, my mother will pick the most tender buds from the Toona sinensis tree planted behind her house and break them off to make Toona sinensis fried eggs, Toona sinensis mixed with tofu, Toona sinensis fish and Toona sinensis tofu. You can also marinate Chinese toon pickles with thick salt. In Shandong, you can roll pancakes! However, my favorite is scrambled eggs with Toona sinensis. Chop the Toona sinensis buds, mix well with egg liquid, put them in an oil pan, fry them into cakes, and the saliva will flow out!
Equisetum equisetum, also known as purslane and longevity vegetable. It is generally reddish brown with thick leaves, so it is named after it looks like horse teeth. It is said that "don't pick wild flowers on the roadside", but like purslane, it is necessary to pick them! It can clear away heat and toxic materials, cool blood and stop bleeding, reduce blood sugar concentration and keep blood sugar constant. You can make garlic mixed with ponytail, ponytail scrambled eggs, ponytail buns, ponytail porridge and so on. Although many people like it, I can't love it! I always feel sour.
Yu Qian's son, when it comes to Yu Qian, she thinks of Liu Shaotang's article written by Yu Qian, which she learned in primary school. Jade porcelain is crisp, sweet and soft, fragrant and refreshing, and because it is homophonic with "leftover money", it means auspiciousness and abundance. You can cook glutinous rice.
Sophora japonica, in spring, when the warm wind blows, Sophora japonica blooms! Shiny, a string, super beautiful. You can make Sophora japonica cake, steam Sophora japonica and stir-fry Sophora japonica.
Geranium geranium, also known as dandelion, has the main functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and diuresis. After baking, you can eat it raw, stir-fry it or make soup, such as jellyfish mixed with mother-in-law and mother-in-law fried shredded pork; Can also be paired with green tea, licorice, honey and so on. And make a cup of green tea to clear away heat and toxic materials and reduce swelling.
Shepherd's purse, also known as spring food, is dotted with white shepherd's purse flowers in the fields or in a corner of the city every spring or cold season. It can cool blood, stop bleeding, tonify deficiency, strengthen spleen, clear heat and promote diuresis. In other places, you can dig shepherd's purse, dip it in sauce, make egg-shaped shepherd's purse soup, make shepherd's purse wonton, or stir-fry or cook delicious shepherd's purse porridge. "On the third day of March in spring, shepherd's purse flowers compete for peony", you can also boil eggs with shepherd's purse flowers in Nanjing!
Malantou, "To know CoCo Lee's love, all the children in the village will fight for horses." Malantou is the most tender in the Qingming period, and picking it casually is a lot of green. Chop Malan's head and mix it with small tofu. It's really refreshing.
Gouqitou, the tender bud of Lycium barbarum born in spring, looks like Malantou. Squeeze it with water and white wine, and it can be fried or cold, slightly bitter and light in aftertaste. "Fried Lycium barbarum buds with oil and salt" is the favorite food of girls in a dream of red mansions!
Alfalfa grass head, also known as grass head, used to be used to feed pigs and cows. Now, it's on the public table! In Shanghai, people often use large intestine and grass heads of braised pork, while in Nanjing, they like to use fresh ginger. The grass head that was neglected in the past has actually turned over.
Bitter vegetables, scientific name hemp vegetables, chicory. The stems are yellow and white, the leaves are round and lanceolate, the surface is green, the back is grayish green, and the flowers are bright yellow. The method is garlic mixed with bitter herbs, sauce mixed with bitter herbs, and bitter herbs burned pork liver.
Oenanthe javanica is also called Oenanthe javanica and Oenanthe javanica. The stems are hollow, the leaves are triangular and the flowers are white. They mainly grow in wet ponds, rivers and paddy fields. Xu Zhimo said, "Oenanthe javanica is full of a special fragrance." I have a friend who lives on the Triangle Lake in Hanyang. He often finds some water celery by the lake in spring, which can clear away heat and detoxify, moisten the lungs and strengthen the spleen and stomach. You can make pork fried cress, cress mutton dumplings, and cress mixed with peanuts.
Pteridium aquilinum, also known as Pteridium aquilinum and bibcock, is more common in wild vegetables. You must eat fern leaves when they are curly. At this time, it should be fresh and tender, and it has the functions of clearing away heat and moistening intestines, reducing qi and resolving phlegm, inducing diuresis and calming the nerves. Eating methods include spine-fried bracken, braised bracken with meat and cold bracken.
Noodles, whole grass and tender stems and leaves have the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and can be used to treat cough, epistaxis and vomiting blood due to work. Can be made into nutritious flour box cakes.
Grifola frondosa, a very common wild vegetable, can be eaten with its seedlings and tender stems and leaves. It tastes delicious and tender, can prevent anemia, and tastes like amaranth. You can make sausages and stir-fry gray vegetables.
Small root garlic is also known as Allium macrostemon Bunge and small root vegetable. Its stems and leaves look like garlic, but they also taste like onions and garlic. Its functions are activating yang, transforming qi, opening chest, dispersing stagnation, promoting qi circulation, guiding stagnation, treating dysentery and preventing atherosclerosis. The main way to eat is to mix tofu with small root garlic, or cook porridge with small root garlic and tremella. In addition, the tender leaves can be chopped into scrambled eggs or bacon, which has a strong aroma.
There is also a kind of chrysanthemum brain in Nanjing, including small leaf chrysanthemum brain and big leaf chrysanthemum brain, which can be used as chrysanthemum brain and egg soup. The entrance is clean and moist, like mint.
Artemisia selengensis, the whole herb of Artemisia selengensis in Compositae, is mainly used to treat cough, sore throat, damp-heat jaundice and so on. It can be eaten as steamed Artemisia selengensis.
Peach is the male bud of Broussonetia papyrifera. It can be used to make local peach and wheat rice, which is rich in nutrition, waxy and smooth in taste, tender and smooth in fragrance, with the fragrance of green leaves, like a green ball.
Every spring is the season when wild vegetables are abundant. Scholars are used to holding spring banquets at this time, while doctors say that "medicine and food are of the same origin." Wild vegetables are not only delicious food, but also have a good health care function, but they should not be used as medicine at will!
Finally, what kind of wild vegetables do you like best? How to cook? Welcome to discuss and pay attention ~ ~
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