It's late autumn in a blink of an eye, and on an open space in the community, clumps of green and soft are like tender spinach. A closer look reveals that it is shepherd's purse. In my memory, shepherd's purse grows in the wheat fields, vegetable gardens, on the ridges and under the fruit trees in my hometown. Shepherd's purse is a cruciferous plant and a favorite wild vegetable. Shepherd's purse shepherd's purse, commonly known as vegetables, also known as pillow grass, zongzi vegetable, triangle grass, perilla frutescens, nursing grass, water chestnut, ground vegetable, Japanese cabbage and shepherd's purse. "In spring, shepherd's purse blooms on the plain, and crows fall after the newly plowed rain." This is a portrayal of shepherd's purse everywhere in ancient spring. I didn't expect shepherd's purse to join in the fun in this late autumn season, adding a little vitality to the lonely autumn.
The seemingly inconspicuous shepherd's purse can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as stewing, boiling, frying, boiling and stuffing. Jiaozi with egg stuffing or tofu stuffing is popular. It's delicious. In addition, the special flavor of shepherd's purse bean curd soup and shepherd's purse fairy soup is better than delicacies.
The most unforgettable thing is jiaozi, the pork belly of shepherd's purse. Pork belly jiaozi warmed my stomach, and the fragrance melted into my blood.
In my memory, there is a barley field next to the cowshed of the production team. Because barley ripens earlier, it is a good feed for livestock, and a large piece is planted every year. Dense shepherd's purse grows in the wheat ridge and on the ridge of the field every spring. At that time, shepherd's purse could be spread all over the earth, and feathery green slender teeth were laid flat on the ground, just like enlarged snowflakes. Yellow petals are like suona in the Spring Festival.
Every spring, our favorite thing to do after school is to pick up shovels, put baskets and dig shepherd's purse in the wheat field. Scoop it gently, shake off the soil, and expose the roots that are white and yellow. If you look carefully in the palm of your hand, the shallow tooth leaf edge, leaf back and stem are covered with a fine layer of fluff, such as a baby born in spring, which is tender, smooth and full, and is all new. After a while, I dug half a basket of shepherd's purse and gave it to my mother at home. My mother washed it carefully, chopped the stuffing carefully and wrapped it with shepherd's purse, eggs and jiaozi. After eating shepherd's purse jiaozi, I feel a sense of ceremony this spring. Especially at the weekend, my father weighed half a catty of pork belly from the market, and jiaozi's mouth watered when he remembered it. Mom seems to see through our brother and sister's mind and let us eat a "glutton" every few days.
Sometimes it's too late to be a spoiled child, and my mother will pick the miscellaneous leaves of shepherd's purse tree by tree in the moonlight, cut off the stems and roots, leaving only the tender leaves of shepherd's purse, wash them and dry them on the dustpan. Then, shepherd's purse is mixed with flour, vermicelli, peanut kernel and Jiang Mo every morning, and a proper amount of salt is added to make delicious shepherd's purse porridge in My Sweetie. After eating a bowl of shepherd's purse porridge, the smell is still the same when burping, and it will be memorable even in the dream at night.
I always felt that I didn't have enough to eat in my childhood, and I woke up before dawn. At this time, the kerosene lamp in the kitchen gave off a dim light. The rhythmic sound of the knife began to rise and fall, which woke me up from my dream and slipped into the kitchen. Mother is mixing chopped shepherd's purse and chopped green onion, beating an egg and stirring well, spreading a stack of pancakes one by one, covering them with shepherd's purse stuffing, covering them with a layer of pancakes, folding them in half at both ends, and then branding them on round black hazelnuts. Mother's rough hands are so dexterous and skilled at the moment, adding firewood and turning back and forth ... pancakes slowly turn golden yellow and the fragrance gradually comes out. Take a bite, it's crisp and soft, and it's very refreshing, just like Zaozhuang vegetable pancakes sold at the breakfast stall in the island city now. I grabbed it as soon as I saw something delicious and took a bite. I didn't eat at all, and my stomach didn't stop until it was round. My mother looked at me and smiled. "I was a beggar in my last life and didn't eat anything?" As he spoke, he added a handful of straw and red flames to the bottom of the tobacco and licked his mother's weather-beaten face, as if years had brought her only hard work and love for her children.
Su Shi, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, loved shepherd's purse very much and called it "the treasure of nature". He praised shepherd's purse as "beautiful". Su Shi likes to make soup with shepherd's purse, radish and japonica rice without seasoning, and also invented a porridge cooked with shepherd's purse and rice, which is called Dongpo soup. His famous sentence, Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd's Shepherd.
Shepherd's purse Shepherd's purse is not only a delicious vegetable with rich nutrition, but also can treat many diseases. There is a folk proverb that shepherd's purse is a panacea on the third day of March in spring, and there is also a saying that shepherd's purse is an elixir of spring. It can be seen that shepherd's purse is not only a delicacy, but also a panacea.
Li Xian in the Jin Dynasty said, "Light snow has no cold, and there is no food to satisfy hunger." Without shepherd's purse, she has no food. In the wild vegetable book of the Ming Dynasty, there is a ballad entitled shepherd's purse, which is even more appropriate: "shepherd's purse is available every year, once and for all. It was only in this year that the eyes of hungry people stopped. " I remember watching a movie when I was a child. In the hardest period of the revolutionary war, shepherd's purse was also one of the food for the army and the revolutionary masses. After hard struggle, New China, where the people are the masters of the country, was founded. Isn't this spirit of unremitting struggle a true portrayal of shepherd's purse?
My childhood was full of joys and sorrows. But in that era when people were naked and didn't have enough to eat, shepherd's purse became the most delicious food for hometown people. When the people at the bottom began to enjoy the food and clothing of the upper class, Meng Jiao's "food is bitter" was immediately forgotten. Digging shepherd's purse is no longer to satisfy hunger, but has become a purely recreational activity. As early as Zhou Li in the Han Dynasty, the music Cai Jian was recorded. In Tang Li-nao's Chronicle of the Qin Dynasty, the collective picking of shepherd's purse was mentioned for the first time: "On February 2, Qujiang shepherd's purse collection was extremely prosperous." This kind of picking is no longer to satisfy hunger. Instead, it has become a seasonal and outdoor style development activity. People no longer care about whether there are overnight dishes at home. I picked it just for fun.
After living in Qingdao, my parents occasionally go to the suburbs to dig shepherd's purse with the elderly in the community. Therefore, the delicious shepherd's purse that accompanied my childhood also appeared on the dining table from time to time. Unfortunately, all this beauty and warmth are gone forever with my father's serious illness. My father has been resting at home since his illness, and his daily life is attended by people. Digging shepherd's purse became a luxury.
I didn't expect that shepherd's purse is also very cute in a corner of the green space in this autumn leaf falling season. I probably want to recall my childhood! Seeing the tender shepherd's purse, I couldn't help bending down and pulling it up. Although there are only a handful, I am still very happy. Maybe when my father sees shepherd's purse, he can recall some wonderful past. ...
Writing here, I still can't help but feel sour inside, and tears can't help but blur my eyes.
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