Burning wheat ears by Fan Maitang Last night I saw a video of burning wheat ears in WeChat Moments, and I was very touched. Isn’t this a true portrayal of our childhood life?
In those days, material conditions were not too rich and life was relatively simple. Children and even young people had no snacks to speak of. The monotonous and boring lifestyle created people's yearning for a better life. Various so-called food creations
Just go with the flow.
Every year in May when the sun is shining brightly, after the Xiaoman solar term, the wheat enters the waxy and mature stage of grain filling. The grains are full but not hard. This period is the best time to "burn the wheat ears". People gather in groups of two or three to
Together, they pull a few handfuls of wheat ears from the wheat field, get firewood on the spot, hold a small handful with their hands, and burn them on the fire. When the surface of the wheat ears is burnt and black, it is ready. People can't wait to
Take a few hot wheat ears and rub them between the palms of your hands. When the wheat kernels are separated from the husks, use your strength to blow off the husks. The remaining pure wheat kernels are pressed directly into your mouth with the palms of your hands.
It feels particularly delicious and chewy. The original wheat flavor makes people salivate. You will never get tired of eating it and never get tired of eating it again. Whenever people finish eating Shaomai, their hands are black and their mouths are like ink. Sometimes
Their faces looked like "Bao Gong", "laughing and teasing" each other, they were very happy, relishing it, and leaving an endless aftertaste.
At the same time, new garlic matures and is dug up, and people also have the habit of burning and eating garlic.
People still like to cook and eat potatoes (potatoes), red yam (sweet potatoes), carrots, etc. In short, in those days, the living standard was relatively low and there were no snacks available. Even if people ate these, they would be creating them.
The helpless move is nothing more than to satisfy the craving, change the taste, change the way of eating, and fill the stomach.
In the video, several people are talking while eating siomai: Person A: I haven’t eaten siomai in many years. It feels so fresh.
B: When I was a child, I felt that the shaomai was delicious and very fragrant. Now I can’t taste the original taste no matter how much I eat it.
C: Nowadays, people are full of food. They are tired of all the delicious food, and meat no longer tastes good. Who still cares about eating siomai?
Ding: Nowadays, the environment is seriously polluted, and farmland is also seriously affected. Everything is treated with chemicals. Of course, it doesn’t have the original pure feeling, and it’s impossible to taste the original taste.
E: Today’s society is still good. There are all kinds of delicious food. There is a dazzling array of snacks. You can eat whatever you want. The children and young people in today’s society are really well-off. It’s not like in those days when we went to Shaomai Sui to eat.
yes!
Burning wheat ears, the memory of childhood, the taste of childhood, I will never forget it, and it is impossible to forget it!
But in today’s good life, people will no longer continue to cook rice.
About the author on May 31, 2019. Fan Maitang, male, lives in Lingbao Village, Changxing Town, Mei County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province. His online name is "Return to Farmland". He is a farmer. He was born on October 12, 1957. He graduated from Huaiya Middle School in Mei County.
Grade 75, high school education, sunny, fond of opera, literary lover, now living in Taiyuan with his son.
The writing is not good, just because of my hobby.
He has published several articles on many online platforms and writer platforms.