Why is the green ball bitter? Wormwood itself has a bitter taste. The main component of green ball, wormwood, has a bitter taste, so if it is not handled well, green ball will also have a bitter taste.
Because green balls are made of wormwood and flour, they always taste like grass, but they will feel bitter if they are not delicious.
After picking wormwood without blanching, it needs cleaning and blanching, so many people just put it in a pot. In fact, the green meatballs made by this method will be bitter, so the taste is not very good.
Wormwood itself is a little bitter without alkali, so when making green meatballs, some alkali is often added to help eliminate the bitterness. Wormwood is one of the main materials of the Youth League, which has a unique wormwood aroma. When treating wormwood, the steps are complicated. Boil it first, add a little alkali powder, and then add cold water to remove the bitter taste of wormwood. If one of these steps is missing, the green ball made may be bitter.
Can green balls be eaten with bitterness? As long as it doesn't go bad, green balls can still be eaten with bitterness.
On Qingming Day, the green ball is green, and the bitterness of wormwood is the most authentic taste of the ball. The meatballs are green and soft, sweet and delicate, fragrant and refreshing. Eat the sweetness of spring in your mouth and knead the softness of the world into your heart! Youth League is a traditional snack in the south of the Yangtze River. Now some shops make green balls, some use wheat straw, some use green wormwood juice, and some use other green leafy vegetable juice and glutinous rice flour to mash and then make them with bean paste.
What if the green ball is bitter? Blanched wormwood is a little bitter. Boil it in hot water for a few minutes first, and then wash it twice in cold water, so that it won't be bitter!
Adding more baking soda to wormwood can effectively remove the bitterness of wormwood and keep the wormwood green, so that the green ball will be greener, not bitter or astringent to eat, and it is very fragrant and delicious.
The picking of wormwood should be washed with tender and fresh wormwood leaves to remove impurities and weeds, and the tender tip of wormwood leaves should be picked as much as possible. If the stems of mugwort leaves are thicker, it means that mugwort leaves are older and taste slightly bitter.
Some people think that the green ball made of wormwood will be a bit bitter. At present, some shops use wheat straw to make green balls, some use green wormwood leaf juice, some use other green leafy vegetable juice and glutinous rice flour, and then use red bean paste as stuffing. The function of the green ball as a sacrifice is gradually weakening, and more people use it as a spring outing snack.
What kind of grass does Tomb-Sweeping Day eat? Grass is made of wormwood or wheat straw.
Artemisia argyi is a perennial herb with strong fragrance. Widely distributed, there are many wild mugwort, but some are cultivated. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is also a Chinese herbal medicine, which is slightly bitter and pungent, and has the effects of warming meridians to stop bleeding, dispelling cold and relieving pain, eliminating dampness and relieving asthma.
Wheat straw is called Bromus inermis, which generally grows on riverbanks, ditches and ridges in the south of the Yangtze River. It has a strong taste and good coloring ability. The green meatballs made of wheat straw are very fragrant and sweet, and have a good heart-warming effect.