Everyone knows that every dynasty in China, and even the whole world, will encounter times of famine. In times of famine, food, water, and everything else were not what they are now. At that time, there were only very few things. You can eat, or even say that there is no food to eat, reduced to the point of eating some inedible things. So what did people eat to survive at that time? Let’s find out together today. Everyone has seen some scenes when watching TV series about the Anti-Japanese War. For example, the porridge eaten by the villagers and the Red Army was very thin. There were only a few grains of rice and most of it was soup. It was not full at all. And they relied on all of this to survive. And when there was nothing to eat, he cut off his leather belt and cooked it for everyone to eat together. He also cut off his leather shoes to eat, and even reluctantly killed his own war horse and ate the horse meat. There are so many touching stories about the famine. Who would have thought that the most precious food at that time was eggs. If someone selfishly stole eggs from farmers, he would be punished severely. At that time, an egg was very precious, and even stealing one was a particularly serious crime. But the hard-working Red Army developed tenacious skills. If they were in the mountains, they would go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are a good treasure, which solved a big problem during the famine. Moreover, sweet potatoes can be cooked in various ways. They can be cooked into porridge, roasted or steamed. They can also be made into dried sweet potatoes when the sun is shining, and can also be made into steamed buns for eating on the go. When it gets better, you can fry sweet potatoes. From this point of view, if there are sweet potatoes to eat during famine, it can be regarded as a delicacy at that time. The point is that in addition to sweet potatoes, sweet potato leaves are also edible, and the nutritional value of sweet potatoes and sweet potato leaves is particularly high, which can supplement the malnutrition caused by people having nothing to eat at that time.

After introducing it in this way, everyone should be able to roughly feel the hard work of the people in the past. Today we can eat so many delicacies from the mountains and the sea, all because the predecessors planted trees and the next generations enjoy the shade. We must learn to be grateful!