The origin of boiled eggs on March 3 originated from the fact that people in ancient Chu had a common headache because of the wind and rain. On the third day of March, Shennong passed Yunmengze (now Xiaogan) and saw that the villagers had a terrible headache. He found wild eggs and vegetables and cooked them to satisfy people's hunger. When people eat it, their heads don't hurt. On March 3, the custom of eating vegetables and boiling eggs for a year without headaches continues to this day. Every year in March of the lunar calendar, the cauliflower is in full bloom. Every year in March of the lunar calendar, everyone collects cauliflower and cooks eggs. Over time, it has become a custom. The first story about why we eat eggs on March 3rd is the third day of the third lunar month every year, which is the day when Han people greet their ancestors' souls. They mourn their ancestors by eating eggs, hoping to get some aura.

The second story is about the communication custom of young men and women in the March 3rd Song Market of Zhuang nationality: touching eggs. Eggs are things that dye cooked eggs into colors to convey feelings. The young man held an egg in the song market to touch the egg in the girl's hand; If the girl doesn't want to, hold the egg and don't touch it. If it's urgent, let the boy touch it. After the egg cracked, they ate eggs, which sowed the seeds of love.

The effect and function of boiled eggs with shepherd's purse is also called shepherd's purse. Although it is a wild vegetable, it is rich in nutrients, containing a lot of carotene, B vitamins and vitamin C, and the content of calcium and iron is also relatively high. It has the effects of clearing away heat and stopping bleeding, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and promoting diuresis to reduce swelling. Eggs are rich in protein, lecithin and vitamin A. These two kinds of animals and plants are naturally good for the body. Because the homonym of shepherd's purse is to gather wealth, people wash fresh shepherd's purse and bundle it into a bunch, add eggs, red dates and ginger to cook it together, peel the eggs and drink soup, which is not only rich and aura, but also can prevent diseases and keep fit. However, it should be noted that red dates should be put after the eggs are cooked, which can not only ensure that the fragrance and medicinal effects of shepherd's purse completely penetrate into the eggs, but also make red dates not rotten, sweet and delicious.

The method of boiled eggs with shepherd's purse is: wash fresh shepherd's purse and bundle it into a small bundle, add the eggs, and add two or three slices of ginger. Red dates should be put after the eggs are cooked. This cooking can not only ensure that the fragrance and medicinal effects of shepherd's purse completely penetrate into the eggs, but also make the red dates not rotten, sweet and delicious. If you add a little salt or sugar according to your taste before cooking, the taste will be better.

Ingredients required for the steps of boiling eggs with shepherd's purse: shepherd's purse 100g, 8 eggs, 20g ginger, 0/0 red dates/kloc-0, and white sugar.

The practice is as follows:

1, clean the shells of fresh eggs with water, then put them in a pot with cold water. After the fire boils, turn to medium heat and cook for 7 minutes. Turn off the fire and take it out. When it is cool, knock a crack with chopsticks.

2. Pick the old leaves of the shepherd's purse, wash them, wash the ginger and cut them into pieces. Put some shepherd's purse in the bottom of the pot, then put eggs and ginger slices, spread a layer of shepherd's purse on it, and then add a proper amount of water to cook for about 10 minutes.

3. Finally, put the red dates and appropriate amount of sugar into the pot and cook for 5 minutes. It should be noted that boiled eggs with shepherd's purse must not be salted, otherwise the therapeutic effect will be greatly reduced.