Yes, sweet potatoes are so earthy that they have to be mixed with soil all day. However, now the sweet potato has turned around gorgeously, and it is much more exotic after packaging. It enters the kitchen and leaves the lobby of the hotel, becoming a green plant, which is highly praised by diners.
Perhaps, the early sweet potato was planted in the mountains, and the word "mountain" was added. In fact, it can be planted in the mountains and on the flat land. There is no mountain in Wujiang, and all kinds of plants are planted on the flat ground and in the middle of the water.
In my family, as long as there are vegetable fields, my mother grows sweet potatoes every year. In early spring, she went to the market to buy sweet potato heads, planted them in the ground one by one, fertilized them, watered them and pulled out weeds, and was diligent in management. In return, the sweet potato head gradually takes root and grows stronger and stronger. The vines above are climbing around, and the underground roots are constantly developing and growing, and finally they swell into sweet potatoes, big or small. Because of different varieties, the skin color is deep and the inside is hard and soft, and the taste is different.
I like the feeling of digging sweet potatoes best. Dig, not directly with your fingers, but with an iron shovel, and dig it out of the soil. When the iron shovel goes down, I don't know the depth or the direction of the potato. Therefore, many of the potatoes dug out are disabled, smashed in half, or pierced by the tip of the iron shovel and peeled off a piece of skin. The intact sweet potato can be stored for a long time after being dried.
Sweet potatoes are mostly eaten after steaming, boiled in water and baked. In terms of taste, baked sweet potato is the sweetest. In the afternoon or dusk, on the street of the market, those who push the stove to sell baked sweet potatoes have a prosperous business. The sweet smell of baked sweet potato is endless, which is really attractive.
I remember when I was a child, I used to stew sweet potatoes in the oven. Bury two sweet potatoes in the embers of firewood. Later, take them out and peel off the brown skin. No matter whether the sweet potatoes are cooked or half-baked, eat them with relish. There is another way to eat it, which is done by adults. Actually, the sweet potato is sliced, put into a pot, and stewed in a large wok with oil and salt as a dish to accompany the meal. This dish is sweet, salty and sandy, and I can't tell the taste. Who would want to eat this dish if it weren't for lack of food?
When I was a child, most of the sweet potatoes had pink skin and yellow inner core. Now there are many varieties of sweet potatoes, including rose red and purple red, and the smaller they are, the more expensive they are. It is said that sweet potatoes the size of a thumb can sell for ten yuan a catty.
By the way, there is another name for sweet potato, "sweet potato". The son-in-law loves to eat dried sweet potatoes and buy them home in bags. In the evening, in front of the computer, he chewed dried sweet potatoes while chasing the drama, which was particularly delicious. My daughter loves to eat roasted sweet potatoes. When buying sweet potatoes, she chooses the slender ones, washes them, wraps them in tin foil, and sends them to the oven to dry ...
Recently, when I went to my mother's house, I saw the lush sweet potato vines in the vegetable field and cut back a big bag. I want to put this old pig feed on the table.
Sweet potato vine, eaten in two sections. Wash the top leaves, fry them directly, and add garlic. At this time, the sweet potato leaves feel like purple angle leaves, and they are also greasy.
Sweet potato stems are broken off one by one from the stems, and a thin layer of epidermis is torn off, leaving only white thin stems. This job is time-consuming. When I was peeling the skin, I put my mobile phone beside me and listened to "Mark the storyteller" telling "Jin Ping Mei" again and again. Wu Song drank a lot of wine in the inn, was slightly drunk, and went to Jingyanggang alone to fight against the eye-hanging worm. I listened with soul-stirring, but my hand never stopped.
There was an extra dish on the dinner table that night: fried shredded pork with potato stalks. Mr. Wang said that if this dish is placed in a restaurant at a high price, it will take too much effort.
Yes, I just tried it once. If I do it often, it will be a waste of time and not worth it.
The sweet potato at this stage is growing, and it will be a while before you can eat it.
I am looking forward to going to my parents' vegetable field and digging sweet potatoes myself. That process is definitely more enjoyable than eating.