a kind of stomach-nourishing potherb, which is the natural lawn of rural children after 71' s and 81' s, is now delicious in home cooking!
Many weeds growing in rural Shan Ye are now pretty dishes on the table. Maybe you are not used to its taste, but it is necessary to know its nutritional value! Many wild vegetables have certain medicinal effects, and occasionally they can also play a role in conditioning the body. This kind of wild vegetables is a rare food for friends who love health!
My neighbor is a 61-year-old grandmother who used to live in the country. Now that her children are capable, they will take her to live in the city together. I always like to see her when I have nothing to do and listen to her talk about the past! The things told by the older generation sometimes feel mysterious and wonderful, which always arouses my curiosity. When I was a child, I also listened to many interesting things told by my grandmother in their time. Every time I listened to them, I felt that it was not enough, and I would guess in my mind privately!
I am a child who grew up in the countryside. I am familiar with the authentic rural customs and the plants growing in the mountains! At that time, people were poor, and a lot of grass grown in the land could basically be used, even if people could not eat it, it could be used as food for poultry! These things grown in rural areas were heard from the mouth of the older generation before, but later they were more likely to learn about them scientifically and know more about their value, so that every time I see these plants in the market now, I am very familiar with them!
In rural areas, there is a kind of wild grass that grows very vigorously, and it is also a childhood memory of children born in 1971s and 1981s! This kind of weed can be seen everywhere, on the ridge of the field, on the side of the road, in the grass of the mountains, it always grows the most lush, even the school playground where I was a child is full of it, and we also play on it as a natural lawn!
this plant is called cauliflower here, and it is also called grass head and alfalfa! I heard from my neighbor's grandmother that this plant had been growing on the prairie before, and people used it to feed horses, cattle and sheep. Every time the cattle and sheep ate a piece, they moved to another place to continue feeding, so it was reused. After a rain, the cauliflower would sprout here again soon! Later, this plant was brought back by Zhang Qian when he was on a mission to the Western Regions. People found that it had a particularly strong reproductive capacity, so it was planted on a large scale to feed poultry! Until now, this plant is very common in major rural areas!
the appearance of cauliflower is very easy to recognize. It has three leaves, which grow together. Nowadays, young people call it clover. You should be familiar with it! This plant grows in pieces every time, and the whole plant is very short. It usually crawls directly on the ground and grows, and its leaves and stems are soft!
When we were young, we would play with cauliflower as a natural lawn when we saw it growing vigorously! Sometimes it's rainy, running fast on it, and it's very easy to fall! After the children play, everyone's clothes will be dyed green where they touch it. These are the juices of cauliflower! This juice is very difficult to clean once it is infected! I still remember when I was a child, every time I came home with these juices, I would secretly wash them with water, fearing that adults would be scolded after discovering them! The nutritional value of cauliflower is now popularized and loved by people! This weed has no toxin, is rich in protein and other nutrients, is also nourishing the stomach, tastes crisp, and is very suitable for cold salad! I'm used to eating big fish and meat, and it's fresher to eat some occasionally. Many large restaurants outside also have this rural dish! There are many ways to cook it, such as cold salad, braising in soy sauce, scalding, cooking porridge and making jiaozi. This dish grows vigorously all the year round, and it is also common. As long as you want to eat it, you can eat it fresh at any time, and its price is not expensive!
Wild cauliflower also has certain medicinal value. In the past, old farmers would pick some dried cauliflower to make tea in the peak season of its growth. Those elders' cauliflower would be plowed directly into the soil when they plowed the fields, which could be used to enrich the soil!
Readers, did this weed participate in your childhood? If you also like its taste, you might as well pick some and taste them when you meet them!