Rural elders say that elm bark can be ground into flour and eaten. Is this true?

Can tree bark still be ground?

It is absolutely true to grind elm bark into flour and eat it. This can be regarded as the most poignant wisdom of farmers in the poor years.

Because the elm bark noodles mentioned here do not refer to all the bark, but a very thin layer of inner bark after removing the old bark, and the appearance rate is also extremely low.

The function of elm bark noodles is not to satisfy hunger, but to act as an edible glue. It can make sorghum noodles, sweet potato noodles and other hybrid noodles with little strength, easy to knead into dough and roll into cakes, and even make rare delicacies.

, making buns and dumplings, making hand-rolled noodles, etc.

Today's young people have never experienced starvation, so they naturally don't understand the hardships of farmers in the past.

To be honest, being able to mix elm bark noodles with hybrid noodles to make delicious food and fill your stomach is already a great "well-off family" in those days.

During the lean period, more farmers were unable to satisfy themselves by eating wild vegetable porridge, sweet potatoes, and corn pancakes.

So, how to grind elm bark into flour?

This operation is really complicated: 1. Go to the mountain to dig elm tree roots.

Elm, willow, and acacia trees are known as rural famine trees. During famine years, the leaves and flowers of these three trees, as well as the bark of elm and willow trees, can be eaten.

Therefore, these three types of trees are often planted outside farmyards.

No one is willing to peel off the bark of an elm tree that has grown into a tree. However, for elm trees in the mountains, as soon as the elm money (elm tree seeds) mature and fall off, they are blown everywhere by the wind, and the survival rate is very high.

It is easy to dig up wild elm trees in the mountains, especially the roots of the elm trees, which are more sticky than the bark of the elm trees. You can dig them back and dry them in the sun for later use.

2. Scrape elm bark.

After the elm bark is dried, it needs to be processed first.

The bark needs to be peeled off, and then the old outer bark must be scraped off, leaving only a thin layer of inner bark.

3. Grind the elm bark surface.

Grinding the bark into flour is very laborious and a meticulous and patient job.

The surface of elm bark is red when ground. Because it is sticky, it is difficult to clean. Often the grinder will turn red, so it must be carefully scraped and cleaned to collect.

Ground elm bark noodles are treasured by farmers. With them, they can make coarse grains and fine grains. Housewives can finally breathe a sigh of relief and use hybrid noodles to occasionally improve their lives for children and the elderly.

Don't dare to waste it every time you use it. Just add the amount just enough to make the whole grain noodles stick together to make pasta.