No sooner had Tomb-Sweeping Day passed than spring came to Yantai with great vigour. I walked out of the door of the community and saw, hehe, the winter jasmine is in full bloom, the willow tree is green, and the magnolia and pink magnolia are all in bloom. Looking at the beautiful spring, my first thought is to taste the delicious spring. In my childhood memory, there are many delicious dishes to taste in spring.

The first thing that comes to our eyes is "the head knife leek." As the saying goes: "Eating leeks in spring is delicious, and eating leeks in summer stinks dogs." From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, the climate changes greatly in spring, so it is necessary to maintain yang, and leek is warm and most suitable for human yang. Leek contains anti-biomass, which has the effects of seasoning and sterilization. In particular, leek is rich in crude fiber, which has special effects on regulating the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach and enhancing the spleen and stomach.

In our Jiaodong border, jiaozi stuffed with leeks is the most commonly eaten in spring. Before and after the Qingming Festival, under the wall roots in front of the house and between the fields, a touch of new green emerged from the ground, tender and green, indicating the arrival of spring. One inch of tender leaves, blink of an eye for three inches, and the ruler will be taller in a few days. As a result, grandpa picked up the sickle and waved it a few times. The crisp "brushing" sound filled the yard with the rich aroma of leeks. Generally speaking, jiaozi stuffed with leeks needs fresh shrimps and eggs to be mixed with leeks. Leek is the best leek with a head cut, which is rich in flavor and nutrition. Shrimp should be fresh, and eggs should be fresh eggs laid by farm hens. First, the leeks are selected and chopped, the shrimps are well developed (it is better if there are live shrimps peeled and cut into sections), the eggs are fried with peanut oil and chopped, then the three ingredients are put in a basin, and then they are accompanied by onion, ginger and various seasonings. Jiaozi with thin skin and big stuffing is the famous Jiaodong Sanxian dumplings. A bite is fragrant and delicious, and even the crying children laugh through tears.

The second thing I want to eat in spring is red root spinach mixed with vermicelli. In the years when there were no plastic greenhouses, there were few vegetables in spring. Only the spinach seeds sown in the idle fields sprouted green buds early, and in the yellow fields, generate showed the passion of the Spring Festival, decorating the fields and dining tables of farmers. Pull out a few spinach, remove hairy roots and yellow leaves, clean and cut into sections; Take a carrot and a potato, peel them and cut them into filaments, blanch them in boiling water and put them in a basin for later use; Hair Longkou vermicelli and cut minced onion, ginger and garlic. Later, mix the above ingredients evenly and pour rice vinegar. Finally, use peanut oil to explode the pot, fry a pinch of pepper aniseed, pour the oil into the pot while it is hot, cover it, and open it for a moment. Wow, it's crisp and sour. That's an addiction! Taste the spring in one bite ...

Spinach is an important vegetable variety in spring. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, spinach is tender, delicious and nutritious, containing more calcium, phosphorus and iron, especially a lot of carotene. Eating 5 grams of spinach vitamin A every day can meet the needs of human body. Spinach has the effects of nourishing blood, stopping bleeding and moistening dryness. It has therapeutic effects on hypertension, dry stool and gastrointestinal diseases. It is a good ingredient for both medicine and food.

My grandmother's favorite is scrambled eggs with Toona sinensis buds. In the early spring, clusters of Chinese toon buds opened mysterious smiling faces on the withered branches, which seemed to tie a smart bow to the Chinese toon tree. The sun's urging, changing day by day, unconsciously turned into a towering and playful pigtail. Grandpa found a long bamboo pole, hooked it with iron wire, tied it to the top of the pole, introduced the bud into the hook, suddenly twisted it, and the toon bud fell to the ground. Grandma washed Toona sinensis, chopped it, put it in a bowl, beat four or five eggs, put some salt and mix well. Pour peanut oil into the pot, the oil is very hot, pour in Toona sinensis eggs, stir-fry for one minute, and you can eat a plate of fragrant Toona sinensis scrambled eggs.

My father likes dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse best. Shepherd's shepherd's purse emerged early in the sunny slope, dug it back with a small shovel, selected dead leaves, cleaned them, controlled the moisture, and chopped them for use. Chop pork belly, stir with Jiang Mo and chopped green onion, soy sauce, salt and spiced powder, and finally put the above ingredients in a basin, stir well and drop sesame oil. With jiaozi bag up again, wrapped in a pot to cook, delicious shepherd's purse stuffing jiaozi on the table. You can wake up laughing when you sleep after tasting it.

Shepherd's shepherd's purse has fresh stems and leaves around Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is the earliest fresh wild vegetable in spring. Shepherd's purse is rich in amino acids, protein, vitamins, sugars, inorganic salts and trace elements. It is a good food that can be fried, stewed, boiled and stuffed with dumplings. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse is cold, which can cool blood and stop bleeding, clear liver and improve eyesight, and clear away heat and diuresis. It is a very delicious and healthy food. At present, there are two kinds of shepherd's purse in the market: one is a wild shepherd's purse with small leaves, aroma and good hemostatic effect; One is artificially planted shepherd's purse, which has wide leaves and is not very fragrant, and its efficacy is inferior.

There are many ingredients in spring, such as sprouted onions, Sophora japonica flowers and other wild vegetables, which can enrich our table. Sisters and brothers, childhood is gone forever, and the delicious taste of spring is coming again. Let's enjoy it.