Reed shoots by the river can be eaten.

Reed shoots, in fact, are not bamboo shoots; they are actually the tips of young shoots that grow out of reeds in the spring. Reed is a plant widely distributed in China, especially in the northern region, but also in the river can be seen in patches of reed. In the area of Dongting Lake in Hunan Province and Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, reed shoots are a very delicious wild food, and the local people have been eating reed shoots for a long time. Every year in April and May, it is common to see people digging reed shoots by the riverside and in the marshes.

Huarong reed shoots are a specialty of Huarong County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, and a national geographical indication for agricultural products. Huarong County, relying on the Yangtze River in the north and Dongting in the south, has abundant reed shoots and other wild vegetable resources along the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake. Huarong reed bamboo shoots body specifications in strip form, size is basically the same, with salt routed reed bamboo shoots inherent color and natural aroma, taste pure, crisp and refreshing, no impurities, no peculiar smell.

Reed shoots edible history

According to historical records, the Three Kingdoms period Zhuge Liang reed as a screen Zhi calculated Huarong Road, soldiers to reed shoots for meals. Since the first year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Huarong County by order of the Ministry of Public Works, clearing the area of 9509 acres of reeds in the county, the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong period, the Qianlong Emperor several times down to the south, along the Dongting Lake to reed bamboo shoots cooked fish.

Feudal society period, huarong reed experienced self-generated primitive growth and local landlords and gentry hold stage, reed bamboo shoots just as the civilian famine food. Huarong County Lujiazui nationalized, reeds have become an important resource for national livelihood, the early years of the founding of the country that is the establishment of the Huarong County Finance Section of the public property unit, and then the establishment of the reed field, reed field, Lujiazui Administration, Lujiazui reed management gradually embarked on the standardization of the track.

The above content reference? Baidu Encyclopedia-Huarong reed shoots