And day and night are also divided into two, which are 12 hours each. After the vernal equinox, the day gradually turns into, and the night time begins to gradually shorten.
In the equinoxes, there are also "three seasons": the first seasons of the birds, the second seasons of the thunder; the third seasons of the beginning of the electricity. The spring equinox is here, to the south of the winter swallows will fly back.
And in the spring equinox this day, different regions also have different customs, but most are inseparable from a eat. In particular, the spring equinox "eat spring vegetables" is very popular.
Now the spring equinox to, eat "spring buds" at the right time, to tell you six kinds of wild vegetables growing in the tree, this time to eat the most tender, the flavor is not lose the toon buds, if your hometown, don't miss it!
The first: Mulan buds
The name Mulan buds, always remind people is not related to the heroine Hua Mulan? Yes, it is the wild vegetable named after Hua Mulan. If you haven't heard of it, you should have heard of its big name - Luan.
And Mulan buds are the shoots of Luan in early spring, which is a kind of leaf that looks a lot like toon buds. It is also red in early spring, very crisp.
But toon buds have a strange flavor, while the magnolia buds are not, it belongs to a "beet". It is a "sweet vegetable", but magnolia buds can not be eaten directly, because it is very bitter, difficult to swallow.
Generally, it is necessary to use boiling water to cook, and then put into the cool water to soak for many days, usually more than three days, and also many times to change the water.
After this treatment, the magnolia buds have no bitterness, can be cold, fried, stuffed, etc., eating method is very rich. And eating is also very fragrant, the taste is very sweet, crisp, many people say it is better than the toon buds.
The key is that it is also very resistant to preservation, put in the refrigerator for a year will not be bad, all seasons can eat.
The second: willow buds
"one nine two nine not out, three nine four nine along the river to see the willow". In fact, the willow tree is a very hardy plant, and its leaves are also to grow out first than many plants. But many people do not know, in the roadside, the river is very common willow tree buds, can also be eaten as wild vegetables.
Willow buds can be eaten, which is nothing unusual. In the past, it was one of the farmers' "life-saving food". In the past, when spring came, many people would go to the river to gather willow buds, take home and clean, directly and flour and other steamed to eat, especially fragrant.
It is worth mentioning that willow buds are not only delicious, but also very nutritious. In ancient times, many medical books have recorded its medicinal value, "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" recorded: "Willow roots, skin, branches, leaves can be used as medicine, with phlegm and eyesight, clearing heat and detoxification, diuretic wind effect."
Willow buds are also rich in nutrients, it is not only can be made to eat, but also can be made into buns, spread cake, of course, can also be used to make tea.
The third: the young leaves of yellow dock
In folklore, there is an old saying: dumb to eat yellow dock, there is bitter to say. Many people only know that Huanglian can be used as medicine, but do not know that its tender leaves can also be eaten as wild vegetables.
Huanglian is widely distributed in China, and called differently in different parts of the world, such as herbal tea tree, tea tree, medicine tree, mullein tree, field seedling tree, cockle wood cockle fruit, rock abutment, regular wood and so on.
The shoots it grows in the spring are not only medicinal, but also a delicious wild vegetable, even its male inflorescences can be eaten after being washed and pickled.
In the past, farmers in some mountainous areas used to pick the leaf buds in the spring, and use it to make tea, which is also a traditional herbal tea that mountain people used to drink, which is cool and refreshing.
Drinking in the summer is more heat and body heat, so the hometown of the yellow wood of this tree, do not miss it.
The fourth: the prickly five < / p >
This is a little known in our country a kind of Chinese medicine, and it is a household name in the northern region of a kind of wild vegetables.
Ancient people discovered the medicinal value of the prickly five plus a long time ago, Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" is documented: tonic in the essence, firm sinews and bones, strong will, long time service "light body resistance to old age", it is evident that the prickly five plus the evaluation is very high.
Although this plant is not a good look, but if you can accept its flavor, it is also a very good kind of wild vegetables.
In the northern region, many people love to eat the prickly five plus, in the spring time it is often used to fry eggs, scrambled eggs, or chopped and minced meat and other fillings to make dumplings, of course, the tender leaves of the prickly five plus to make soup is also a good choice.
If you love to eat cold dishes, the prickly five plus cold is also good. Add some minced garlic, chili and sesame oil and mix well, not only can remove its bitter taste, but also make the flavor more delicious.
The fifth is pepper buds.
This is very easy to be ignored by a kind of wild vegetables, even in the south of a number of planting peppercorn buds in the region, but also do not know peppercorn buds can be eaten, it may be that they can not afford to pick to eat it.
Pepper buds, that is, everyone in the life of the common seasoning pepper in the spring to grow out of the shoots. In Sichuan, Guizhou and other regions, pepper buds are very popular in the Spring Festival is also very characteristic of wild vegetables. In the market, it is common to see people selling, and the price is by two to sell.
Pepper buds as a wild vegetable to eat, it is compared to most of the wild vegetables is the biggest feature is to bring their own unique pepper flavor, but compared to pepper is not so strong, and grow green, look very appetizing.
Pepper buds eating method is also very rich, in your state many people like to use it hot pot, but also some people love to eat cold. In addition, it can also be made into soup, stuffing and so on. I believe that for the love of eating buns, dumplings, northern people, peppercorn buds do filling dumplings is worth a try.
Finally, there is a kind of Chinese wolfberry buds, it is a kind of wild vegetables that people in Jiangnan love to eat. Goji berries are grown in many places, but many people have only eaten goji berries and missed the goji berry buds.
Lycium barbarum buds look a little like tea, but it is not bitter, instead of eating a little sweet flavor. The most common practice is to use it to scramble eggs, of course, do soup is also good, very sweet, and there is a clear fire and bright eyes.
The above six kinds of wild vegetables on the tree, to the spring equinox after the most tender. If your hometown has, can seize the time to pick to eat, because they are very easy to grow old, or miss to wait until next year.