On the third of March every year, people will use the chestnut boiled eggs to eat, this is a relatively common custom. Shepherd's purse boiled egg is also a certain attention to detail, generally in the March 3rd before and after a few days to cook better, so you can play a better therapeutic effect. Generally here in the March 3rd refers to the lunar calendar inside the first three days of March, rather than the solar time.

First, the caper boiled egg is the lunar calendar March 3 or solar March 3

In the lunar calendar March 3.

Eating eggs on March 3 refers to the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, also known as "on the Si Festival". It is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, represented by the Han, Zhuang, Miao and Yao.

March 3 is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. A long time ago, people found that cauliflower is very effective in treating headaches and preventing meningitis. Every year, the third month of the lunar calendar is the time when cauliflower is in full bloom. Every year in the third lunar month, everyone went to pick cauliflower and cook eggs. Over time, this became a habit. To make it easier to remember and pass on this fine tradition, people set March 3 as the time to eat cauliflower. It is not only in Hunan Province, but also in the southern, central and northern regions.

Many places have the custom of eating boiled eggs with local vegetables. In folklore, not only is there "three spring March 3, caper is the medicine of immortality", but also "three spring March 3, caper is the medicine of immortality". Visible, not only is a delicacy, but also a panacea. In traditional Chinese medicine, shepherd's purse has a wide range of medicinal value, known as "vegetable licorice".

Second, why the caper boiled eggs in March 3 1, traditional customs

Legend has it that the Three Kingdoms period of Hua Tuo in the lunar calendar on the third of March on the mountain to collect medicine. He took shelter from the rain at an old man's house. Seeing the old man's headache, dizziness and pain, he diagnosed and treated him. He gave the old man a mixture of chestnuts and boiled eggs from the mountain. Before leaving, he told the old man to continue taking it a few times. The old man persisted for a while and soon recovered. Later, people met him, headache, dizziness, back and leg pain and other diseases have followed, and on the third of March, capers boiled eggs dietary habits have been inherited.

2, picked in the early March of the lunar calendar, shepherd's purse has the best medicinal value

There are shepherd's purse in the south all year round. If you cook, you can always pick. But if used as medicine, in the lunar calendar in early March picking capers is the best. early March capers, the first batch of young seedlings in early spring just mature, stored the energy of the whole winter, and early spring weather is relatively cold, slow growth, so the highest medicinal value. So March 3 is the best time to cook eggs with capers.

3, high egg production

On the other hand, spring is the peak of egg production and the peak season of breeding. As for why we boil eggs on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, it must have something to do with the abundance of eggs. After all, eggs were once considered a nutritional supplement for the farmer in the family. Typically, they would only be given to families in need of a nutritional supplement or as a gift for visiting friends and relatives. When spring arrived, with its full bloom, animals would have their mating and breeding season, hens would be very industrious, egg production would double, and people would be so happy that the chances of eating eggs would now naturally increase. With the passage of time, every year on March 3 of the lunar calendar with chestnut boiled eggs has become a traditional habit.

three, shepherd's purse boiled eggs practice

Ingredients:

a handful of shepherd's purse, 8 eggs and 12 red dates

Steps:

1, choose a few rooted shepherd's purse, wash the root of the soil, and pick up the dead leaves. Shepherd's purse roots must be washed very clean.

2, also wash the eggs, the number of eggs can be determined according to the number of people. Here are eight eggs.

3. Wash a few dates and put them in a bowl. The number can be decided by yourself. I put eight. Get all the ingredients ready.

4, put the capers and eggs together in a pot, add water, drown the capers and eggs with water and start cooking on high.

5, cook for about 20 minutes, you can use a spatula to break the eggs slightly, so that the eggs have flavor. Add dates and cook for about 20 minutes.

6. You can turn off the fire and turn the pot back on. This soup is green and ready to drink. It is very fragrant.