Toon belongs to deciduous trees, native to China, widely distributed in the north and south of the Yangtze River in China. Toon is light and humidity tolerant, generally grows in the river, the house, or has a fertile moist soil. Toon also has sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus components, also has a certain medicinal value. Every year before and after the rain, people often go to pick toon buds, made into dishes.

Toon can be made into toon scrambled eggs, toon mixed with tofu, toon mixed with three shreds, but also directly cold toon and pickled toon. However, it should be noted that the toon belongs to the hair, so eat this easy to induce chronic diseases, if there is a chronic disease patients, choose not to eat or eat less.

And the toon is a very seasonal dish, once after that season, the toon becomes old, so in order to retain the deliciousness of the toon, we have come up with the toon made into a pickle, so that when you want to eat it out of the fried, you will be able to re-experience the deliciousness.

First of all, we need to buy or pick their own toon wash clean, start a pot of boiling water will be washed clean toon into the water for blanching. The blanched toon passed through cool water and put aside to filter the water. When filtering water, put it in a ventilated and cool place.

Prepare a clean container without water or oil, put the filtered and dried toon in the container and sprinkle with salt. After 24 hours or two days of marinating, wear gloves and keep rubbing the toon. Be careful not to rub the leaves too hard and break them, as you will lose some of the flavor.

After processing, then find a clean jar with no water and no oil, put the toon in the jar, close it in a cool and ventilated place, and pickle it for more than seven days. If you find mold inside, then you must not eat, or smell the taste change, do not eat, really can not buy someone else has been made.

General pickling more than seven days can be eaten, of course, the longer the pickling time, the more fully fermented inside, so the flavor will be better.