"Liu Jia was busy ... even Miss San and Miss Bao happened to discuss eating a fried wolfberry bud with oil and salt, and now they sent a sister to give me 500 yuan. I smiled and said,' Both girls are potbellied Maitreya Buddhas, and they can't eat 500 yuan. I can still afford this for thirty or twenty dollars. " "
With regard to Lycium barbarum, Lu Mingshan, an agronomist in the Yuan Dynasty, recorded that "the leaves of tender buds can be eaten in spring" in the "Summary of Food for Agriculture and Mulberry". Therefore, it can be seen that fried wolfberry buds were not invented by Cao Gong, but a real dish in life, which has been circulating for hundreds of years.
Lycium barbarum is a common thing, and this kind of Lycium barbarum bud is naturally easy to get. Lycium barbarum sprouts in spring, and the tender leaves are bitter, but there is sweetness in bitterness, which should be similar to wild vegetables.
The lady who lives in Jiafu, like Tanchun Baochai and others, as a boudoir woman, is rich in delicacies and will never be short of them. Tanchun and Baochai discussed eating "Fried Lycium barbarum buds with oil and salt", probably because they were tired of eating delicious food and wanted something light and bitter for a change, just like Pinger asked Granny Liu to bring qianzi and other dried vegetables.
According to the record on the menu, there is a dish in Suzhou called "Fried Lycium barbarum". Zhao Chen, a red scientist, thinks that this is just a medlar bud fried with oil and salt. Because it is simple, it is an ordinary home-cooked dish in Jiangnan area.
We know that Tanchun is a girl with a heart. Although she is Miss Jia Fu, she does not advocate luxury in food and clothing, and Baochai is even more "simple" living in Jia Fu. She never wears heavy makeup, so naturally she won't eat delicacies. The two of them want to eat fried wolfberry buds with oil and salt, which not only reflects their close relationship, but also reflects their distinctive personality characteristics.