As we all know, potatoes and potatoes, tomatoes and tomatoes, although with different names, are actually the same thing, just as Zhuge Liang and Kong Ming are actually the same person. However, celery is different. We often eat two kinds of celery, one is called Oenanthe javanica and the other is called celery. The big American celery is actually a kind of celery. No matter what kind of celery, there are slender green stems and leaves, which smell fragrant and appetizing. However, they are still a little different. The most important difference is that it grows in different places. Celery growing on the edge of swamp is called cress, while celery growing on land is called celery.
Actually, celery and cress taste different. Herb celery will look older by comparison, while cress is fresher and more refreshing. If you say it melts in your mouth, you are exaggerating. However, if you put it in your mouth several times, you won't be able to swallow it. Then, you will put a big chopstick on it and put it in your mouth.
But to be honest, if comprehensively evaluated, celery is not my favorite, but it is not because celery tastes bad, but because my teeth are not very neat. I eat celery, and of course it is no exception. You know, celery is a high-fiber food, which is easily embedded in my teeth. However, when it comes to the taste of celery, it is naturally too good to say anything. Therefore, although it is easy to plug your teeth, you can't help eating and chewing celery.
It is no exaggeration to say that the beauty of celery is really three days and three nights. If nothing else, let's talk about appearance. Before putting it in the pot, how can the green and slender stems and leaves of celery not be tempting? Put it in front of your nose and smell it. It smells good, and it has already made people's index fingers move. Clean the celery, cut off the old roots and pick the leaves a little. Then, heat the oil pan, pour the oil into the pan and stir for a while, and then serve. That's a delicious dish. However, don't be busy, and then look at the appearance. Other vegetables, such as green vegetables, will inevitably turn yellow when they are fried for a long time, but celery can basically maintain its green "skin color" Put it on your nose and smell it. Although mixed with oil, you can still feel the fragrance. Put it in your mouth at this time and chew it gently. Crisp and fat, light and sweet, wonderful. Although celery is too old to chew, it is easy to plug teeth, but the fresh stems and leaves are different. If you chew it in your mouth, there is no dregs at all, and there is really an unspeakable beauty. How can such a vegetarian dish with good color, smell and taste not be attractive?
The ancients once said that eating good bamboo shoots and delicious taste can make people wonder about the taste of March meat, but I said that not only bamboo shoots, but also good celery can make people appetite.
I must confess that I am a heartless person, but only when I eat celery, I prefer vegetarian fried celery. Don't think that meat becomes delicious only when everything is put aside. Stir-fried shredded pork with celery is naturally delicious. However, if celery is fried with vegetarian dishes such as lily, hundred pages and dried fragrant herbs, it will give people a particularly refreshing feeling and make me, a layman who likes meat, feel a little elegant for no reason. So such a pure thing is really not suitable for frying with meat, and it may be tacky.
Stir-fried celery is probably our most common cooking method. When my mother cooks celery, she always likes to fry it with fresh celery. There is a two-part allegorical saying, "Fried tofu with scallion-clear and white". In fact, the same is true of lily fried celery. Celery is green and lily is white. These two things are fried together, let alone tasted, which is just the first sight. And the taste is really fresh and refreshing, and the entrance is tender and crisp. Chewing in your mouth is like walking in the Jiangnan water town in March and April of the lunar calendar. It is delicate and gentle, giving people a relaxed and happy feeling. People say, when eating, don't eat in the bowl, but look in the pot. However, when eating celery, I feel that I just need to finish the celery in my mouth and look at the light green in the bowl. That kind of feeling is like feeling the freshness of spring, for example, "the rain in the sky is crisp, and the grass color is near." The mouth is comfortable and the eyes are more comfortable.
You can also add a little red pepper when frying cress. People who don't like heavy taste can put sweet peppers that are not spicy, fry them with strong fire and serve them immediately. See if there is a feeling of "a little red in the green". That fresh feeling is enough to entertain your eyes.
Of course, if celery can only be fried, it would be too monotonous. In fact, the cold salad of Oenanthe javanica is also quite good, and it can also be paired with those compact dried tea shreds. It will taste better if you add a little vinegar. The fragrance of Oenanthe javanica and the fragrance of dry tea are mixed together, which makes people feel fragrant. Isn't it beautiful?
It is said that there is an interesting story about vinegar Qin. There was a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zhi, who was always famous for his daring to speak and remonstrate. Every time I remonstrate with Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin, my attitude is extremely serious and my words are sharp. Emperor Taizong was a famous monarch, and he naturally knew that Wei Zhi meant well. However, how can he be happy when he keeps looking at him with a straight face? So he asked the courtiers around him how to make Wei Zhi stop remonstrating with him with a straight face. Does he have any hobbies? The courtiers who knew the situation replied that Wei Zhi liked jealous celery best, and he would smile every time he ate this dish.
So the next day, Emperor Taizong summoned Wei Zhi to have dinner together and gave Wei Zhi three cups of vinegar celery. Wei Zhi was so happy that three cups of vinegar celery were eaten before they were finished. Emperor Taizong told Wei Zhi half jokingly that you always said that you have no hobbies and are not afraid of being caught by others. However, I think you are particularly jealous of celery today. Isn't this your hobby? This shows how tempting this celery is. Even Wei Zhi, who has always been strict, will be ecstatic when he sees vinegar celery.
According to the "Diet Spectrum of Sexy Life", celery is "sweet and cool, clearing stomach, clearing heat and expelling wind, benefiting mouth, moistening throat and improving eyesight". If this celery is mixed with vinegar, I wonder if its medicinal value will be higher. But since celery is a kind of vegetable, we are more concerned about how to give full play to it in the hands of chefs. One thing is certain, after celery is mixed with vinegar, the dish of vinegar celery has been spread from the distant Tang Dynasty to today.
It is said that celery has a good medicinal value, especially the medicinal value of celery, which has a good effect on calming the nerves, diuresis and detumescence, clearing away heat and toxic materials and even preventing cancer. Not only that, celery will produce an effective antioxidant after being digested by the intestine. If eaten regularly, it helps to prevent diseases such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis, so celery is also called celery. When eating celery, many people like to pick thick stems and remove celery leaves. However, it is said that celery leaves are much more nutritious than celery stems. Therefore, when eating celery, it is best to keep the leaves.
Of course, the medicinal value of cress is high, and the medicinal value of cress is not inferior at all. It is said that drinking celery juice can not only dispel summer heat, but also cure stones.
Celery is cheap and has high medicinal value. Nature is a beautiful vegetable that many people like, no matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign. It is said that foreigners often put the tender base leaves of Oenanthe javanica in salads as seasoning, and some people put them in sandwiches. We in China especially like celery, especially cress. The history of people using it to entertain guests can even be traced back to The Book of Songs.
In the Book of Songs Truffles, there is an article "Dishui", in which celery is mentioned: "Le Si Dishui, thin pick its celery." In Preface to Mao Poetry, it is said that this is a poem praising Gong's construction of Pan Palace. Zhu also said in the Biography of Poetry: "This is a prayer for drinking in Pan Gong." . This poem describes the appearance of Lv Hou when he came, praising his achievements in conquering Huaiyi, but interestingly, celery appeared before Lv Hou, the hero of this poem. It's a pity that I haven't remembered Lv Hou's exploits, but I just remembered celery first. Although the poem doesn't specify what celery it is, since it is born near water, I'm afraid it is Oenanthe javanica. The annotation of Textual Research on Mao Poetry edited by Gang Yuanfeng says that this is an edible aquatic plant. Look at the illustration above. It's as thin as a tubular stem, with flowers and leaves, and it's quite similar to cress.
I wonder if it is a tradition in the Book of Songs. Besides being delicious on people's table, Oenanthe javanica has been given some special meanings. Because there is a Pan Palace next to Pan Shui, and Pan Shui is Lu's school palace, I don't know when celery has formed an indissoluble bond with literati. If a scholar is admitted to a scholar, he always likes to pick some celery next to the plate of water and put it in his hat, which seems to be the symbol of literati all over the world. Therefore, in ancient times, this scholar also had a nickname, called Qin Picker. "I will be a climber in Guangxi in the future, and I am still a picker in A Qin at present." Here refers to the number one scholar, while Qin Zhi naturally refers to being admitted to the number one scholar.
However, perhaps only the dish water or cress near the Confucius Temple will have this honor. Most people are concerned about the delicacy of Oenanthe javanica. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" once said, "The beauty of vegetarian dishes is the Qin of clouds and dreams". I don't know whether Yunmengze still produces cress today, but in my opinion, all cress in the world are equally delicious, and I don't care where it comes from.
Zhang said in a poem in Qing Dynasty: "Chu Shang was born in Chunshui, and heaven remains our neighbourhood. The mud melts into the swallow's mouth and the roots are crisp. " To tell the truth, this is not the poet I am familiar with. However, he described the root of Oenanthe javanica as "crispy goose tube", which is really vivid and completely shows the white and tender feeling of the root of Oenanthe javanica. No matter how the poet writes his poems, he should definitely be regarded as a gourmet, because he clearly said that the most delicious part of Oenanthe javanica is its white stalk near the root.
Herb celery can be fried, and water celery can also be fried, especially with long white stalks, thick and fat roots and a faint green color. This kind of water celery is particularly delicate, which is much more tender than those purple, green and white. If you buy a very delicate cress with a fire, you really only need a few shovels to get it out and put it on the plate. Bite in your mouth, and the refreshing and crisp feeling will be unforgettable for a long time.
China people have a very good habit, that is, you must never keep anything good for yourself. As the saying goes, "if a person has fun, he doesn't want to play with others." If you have anything good, you should naturally share it with your friends and relatives. In that case, happiness can be doubled. As the saying goes, "A gift made of goose feathers is light." It doesn't matter how expensive the gift is, the key is that a gift can make friends feel it.
In this case, naturally there are many people who like to eat celery, thinking of letting everyone share the delicious food they have tasted, so there is a story of "offering celery". In Liezi, such a story is recorded. It is said that "once upon a time, there was a person with a beautiful and sweet stem, which was called" Xiang Hao took it and tasted it. He stabbed it in his mouth and his stomach was terrible. It's a great shame for the public to scream and complain. "There was a countryman who thought Oenanthe javanica was also a delicious thing and wanted to give it to others as a gift, but it was not to each other's taste. It's a pity that the country people's stomachs are too delicate, and they still don't know the cooking method of Oenanthe javanica. Such fresh and tender food will be rejected, which really makes people sigh: "Carnivores are contemptible. "Ji Kang once sighed in the book" Breaking Up with the Mountain Juyuan ":"Savages recite quickly, Qin Er is beautiful, and want to offer the supreme. It's interesting, but it's already sparse. "
However, although Xiang Hao people don't appreciate the beauty of Oenanthe javanica, the sincerity of the people who offered Oenanthe javanica touched the people of later generations. Therefore, people often use "savage celery" to express their meager gifts, and also use "offering cress" as a kind of self-modesty when giving gifts to others. Therefore, Du Fu wrote in his own poem: "Roasting the back can be offered to the son of heaven, and Meiqin knows that the savage comes from its source."
Of course, it is understandable that Xiang Hao didn't understand the beauty of Oenanthe javanica. He was born in a rich family. Every day, he eats wild animals in the mountains, and the cattle and sheep on the land are fresh at the bottom of the sea. How could he care about a little celery? Whether it is water celery or celery, it is so common. It was born in the ground near the water, lush, as if it could be picked with its head down. However, it is said that it is not easy to grow celery. If nothing else, take the harvest of Oenanthe javanica as an example. It's not easy. It was not pulled out of the ground, nor cut with a sickle, but stepped out with its feet.
Back in those days, the literati along the Panshui River "picked" Oenanthe javanica in a gentle way, while our hardworking farmers were sweating "stepping" on Oenanthe javanica. It is said that when harvesting cress, you should pick it directly with your feet and keep pushing the roots of cress with your feet. Then their roots will be looser, and then you can bend down and hug them, and then you can pull up the whole bundle of cress. Unfortunately, I have never been engaged in the cultivation of cress. I don't know why I can't pull it directly, but I can only step on it with my feet first. However, perhaps it is because the cress is too tender, and their roots are deeply rooted. If you use brute force, it will destroy the stems and leaves of Oenanthe javanica, just like pulling radish. Whether my guess is right or not, one thing is certain, that is, growing celery is not an easy task. In this case, when we see the lush celery, we should cherish it. Every bite of delicious food is actually hard to come by.
Celery, whether it is cress or medicinal celery, is a very common vegetable, not particularly precious and delicious. But the so-called vegetarian celery is true. It enriches our dining table, satisfies our appetite and gives us a little surprise in our life. This is the remarkable place of celery.
Celery surprises us not only at the dinner table. I remember hearing a song called Celery. Perhaps, the lyricist is also a person who loves celery. At the beginning of the song, I wrote, "The sun shone through the window in the morning, and I woke up from a dream that went down to a trough, leaving only a celery in the refrigerator without breakfast." Indeed, it seems a little gloomy, because the "I" in the song happens to be in a lovelorn state and has not recovered from depression. However, when he opened the refrigerator, the only celery left ignited his passion, so he sighed again: "Forget it, forget it, leave it behind, smile, love should be like celery." Even if it is bitter, astringent, sweet and sour, love should be healthy and natural. Courage is like a sponge, which sucks my tears dry. I am not afraid of loneliness, because I once loved each other. "Because of the encouragement of a celery, he regained his self-confidence and good desire for life.
Is this celery delicious? However, perhaps the most ordinary thing in the world is the most magical thing. Celery, a common vegetable, has a pleasing appearance, can satisfy people's appetite and is rich in nutritional value. Moreover, it came to us from the distant Book of Songs. Therefore, ordinary celery is actually extraordinary. Well, it is really appropriate to use it as a metaphor for simple and pure love.
I like celery, it's delicious and simple.