Shepherd's purse boiled eggs is a relatively common way to eat eggs, it is a unique food on March 3 every year, many people in this day will use the shepherd's purse boiled eggs to eat. Shepherd's purse boiled egg is a certain amount of attention, especially the selection and processing of shepherd's purse, generally use fresh old shepherd's purse can be.

General use of old chestnuts.

Used to cook eggs with chestnuts, are old chestnuts, which should have a certain relationship with the Qingming season. Our local chestnuts are eaten in early spring, and no one will eat them before or after the hibernation. But used to cook eggs, the old chestnut should be more flavorful. In order to better incorporate the flavor of the capers into the egg, this kind of boiled egg is not as simple as the usual boiled egg. Instead, after the eggs and capers are boiled together, break the shells and add them to the caper pan to cook slowly. Meanwhile, add a pinch of salt. It is best to leave it in the pot for a longer time after removing it from the heat.

Second, what kind of capers are used to cook eggs with capers

Fresh capers will be fine.

Scientific research has proved that capers are good for headaches and can prevent meningitis. This effect was discovered a long time ago. Every year, the third month of the lunar calendar is the time when shepherd's purse is in full bloom. In the third month of the lunar calendar, everyone went to collect capers and boiled eggs to eat. With the passage of time, it became a custom. In order to facilitate the memory and inheritance of this fine tradition, people decided to eat chestnuts on March 3. March 3 to eat chestnuts and boiled eggs, not only the custom of Hunan, in the south, central and north regions.

March 3, people have the custom of eggs cooked with water chestnuts. It is said to eat the eggs cooked with chestnuts, waist and legs a year without pain, headache a year without pain. It originated from a beautiful legend: during the Three Kingdoms period, the famous doctor Hua Tuo in an old man's home to collect medicine, one day at home to avoid the rain. Seeing the old man's headache, dizziness and pain, Hua Tuo diagnosed the old man and picked up a handful of capers from the old man's garden. He told the old man to drink boiled eggs in the juice.

The old man ate three eggs and was cured. When the story spread, people followed suit. Because Hua Tuo cured the old man on March 3, by March 3, the local dish of boiled eggs gradually spread and formed a custom.

Also known as Bachmann's cabbage, known as "vegetables in the licorice", eggs are rich in protein and other nutrients. Boiled eggs with Beechworth yeast is not only seasonal, but also healthy and nutritious. Although it is a wild vegetable, it is rich in nutrients, containing a lot of carotene, B vitamins and vitamin C, calcium and iron content is relatively high. It has the effect of clearing heat and stopping bleeding, clearing the liver and eyesight, diuretic and swelling.