Some time ago, on the morning of registration for the opening of the University for the Elderly, I hurried to register. Passing by the Wenchang vegetable market, I accidentally saw someone selling Tangli. I was in a hurry because I was in a hurry. I glanced at it and didn't buy it. I came back. I looked for it from time to time, but there was no trace. I was a little regretful and felt lost...
Time always passes by inadvertently, and I suddenly realized that so many years have passed. The sour, sweet, bitter and bitter feeling deep in my memory. I suddenly felt refreshed when I saw Tanglizi, and suddenly I looked back and remembered the youthful days of my childhood. Those years were just like the taste of Tangli, sour, sweet and a little astringent...
Natural change , year after year, leaving you no time to reflect, it’s another autumn. The ripples of time seem to be waiting for the ending of a story, which makes people unable to help but take it easy and recall the past experiences.
Tanglizi brought endless happiness and taste bud enjoyment to my childhood. Now I occasionally miss that childhood time because it was carefree, I didn’t know what it was like, and I didn’t have to worry about blame. , will not break your heart for others, and will not know the hardships of the world.
Tanglizi, also known as Dulizi and Tanglizi, is a variety of pear, mostly wild. It matures and is available in the market from August to September of the lunar calendar. Whether it is eaten raw or cooked, it has a unique taste. It’s unforgettable. It’s sour and astringent when eaten raw. It’s a little sweet in the mouth, but afterwards, I can’t open my mouth. It’s very astringent. When cooked, it’s sour and sweet, very refreshing, and very delicious. It is also rich in water and crunchy. When I was a child, I only knew the special taste, so I remember it clearly and deeply. Now I know that this wild fruit not only has many ways to eat it and has high nutritional value, but also has the ability to treat coughs and diarrhea. It has the effect of treating diseases such as dysentery and food accumulation, as well as promoting blood circulation, protecting the heart, reducing fatigue, enhancing myocardial capacity, and lowering blood pressure.
Sometimes I can’t help but bring out the longings that have been buried in the golden years and the world of mortals deep in my memory. In each memory, I can bring out the lingering affection that has been accumulated for a long time. seep out. Suddenly, an old friend came to my mind, and I looked back on the mountains and rivers. It was already autumn. The reason why I was deeply impressed by this wild fruit called Tanglizi was because when I was a child, the fruit was relatively rare and I rarely ate it. Every autumn, my grandmother, aunt, and uncle would plant it at home. They brought fruits to the city for us to eat, such as pears, chestnuts, small chestnuts, grapes, etc. The grapes at that time were very small. When ripe, they were sweet and sour, and they were very delicious. They were not as bad as the grapes today. In addition to the original grape flavor, there is also this kind of Tang pear. I am not impressed by other fruits because they are all delicious and sweet, but this Tang pear is sour and astringent. It is not delicious for children, and I usually don’t have it. Eat, I was greedy. When I saw something to eat, I rushed up and grabbed it. It was the first time I ate it and I didn’t know that it has to be cooked before it tastes delicious. So I grabbed it when I saw it. I hurriedly picked it up and put it in my mouth. As a result, I was eaten. It was so astringent that my mouth opened wide, and I hurriedly spit it out. The taste was so astringent that it was unspeakably bitter. Everyone's expressions were really mixed, and they were all miserable. I thought I would never eat this kind of thing again, no. I'm so greedy now, but I still can't help it when I encounter delicious food in the future, and I forget the astringent scene at that time. After all, there were too few good things like fruits at that time.
This kind of Tang pear is a wild fruit. It is also called "Pear Seed" in rural areas. It is called a pear but is not a pear. It looks like a pear, but it is much smaller than a pear. It tastes like a pear when eaten raw. It is not as fresh, sweet, watery, delicious and delicious as pears. Its taste is sour and astringent. The taste is so astringent that it makes people unable to open their eyes. This is mainly because the freshly picked Tang pears taste quite delicious. If the pear tastes sour, you need to put the picked Tang pears in the ash or rice left after burning. In the past, we often used the ash or rice to remove the astringency. Nowadays, we rarely burn grass, and we can only put it in rice and put it in rice. The ripened food has been astringent. I wonder if there are any other new ways to remove astringency. After Tangli has been stored for a few days, the sour taste will disappear when you eat it. This method of removing astringency is similar to that of persimmons.
Most Tangli pears are cooked and eaten. This means cleaning the fresh Tangli pears, pouring them into a pot, adding water, boiling them for about 5 minutes to remove the astringency inside, and take them out to dry the surface. water, and then pour in rice vinegar. If it is too acidic, you can add some cold water and soak it for 1 day before eating. At this time, the Tang pear will have a different taste. Take one and put it in your mouth. Although the fresh taste is a bit astringent, When it slowly penetrates into the throat, you will feel a sweet and sour aftertaste. The refreshing and pleasant taste has a feeling of suddenly opening up the flowers on the willow bank. Slowly blending in, the delicious sour and sweet, It's refreshing, delicious, and crispy. It's simply a delicacy in the world. It makes people salivate and can't stop eating...
Food is not only a pleasure for the taste buds, it can also be a memory. A kind of gustatory longing, a kind of emotional enjoyment and attachment, the ultimate delicacies are always hidden in the right season. In fact, eating these delicacies is a kind of happiness, and tasting them is also a kind of fun, which always brings back memories. In the depths: the green tile roof is covered with embroidered curtains, the green stream is sloping outside the Chilan Bridge, the sky is filled with willows in the windless sky, and the ground is covered with pear flowers in the absence of rain; the leaves fall in the autumn wind, leaving no regrets, things are different and people are different, and we can't remember the encounter. We have known each other before, but the years have passed without mercy...
Some stories, no one will keep except memories; some things, no one will understand except yourself. When I think of it, I always recall my grandmother’s knowing smile when I was eating that Tang pear, and the warmth lingering in my eyes and brows... This is the warmth and beauty of family love.
Sometimes food is not special. The reason why an ordinary thing is deeply rooted in the bone marrow is because of the people and things related to it deep in the soul. Just like the song Tangli Jianxue, it The song is about a young girl who made wine and had fun with her friends by blending the fresh Tang pear fruits picked into last year’s snow on the branches. The little girl’s cautiousness of cherishing friendship, a bowl of Tang pear. Li Jianxue melted away half of the storm of two people's lives...
I remember when I first started working more than 30 years ago, there was an aunt in the factory who would use this Tangli to make wine. While working, she ran a small business at home. Her family lived near Lujiang Old City East Primary School, which was conveniently located near the school. She sold some home-made snacks to earn some money to support her family. At that time, the sales department basically worked half a day, so it was convenient. She is in business, and she is a chatty person. Every day when she goes to work, she always brings some of her home-made snacks for us to try, such as this Xiaotang pear. I don’t know what method she uses and what seasonings she uses. In short, she The boiled Tangli tastes amazing. I can’t help but taste it. It’s much more delicious than what my grandmother and mother cooked. Maybe it’s a conservative thing to do in business. Some of the secret recipes are not shared with others. Many people asked her for the secret recipe but she didn’t know. After all the success, the wine she brewed from Tangli also tasted wonderful. Sometimes she couldn't resist the favor, so she simply introduced how to make it, using an appropriate amount of Tangli, plus the rice wine brewed in the countryside, and finally added Add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and soak it for a period of time, and it will turn into delicious Tangli fruit wine. I won’t introduce the secret here. Many years later, I went to Nanjing to accompany my daughter for exams and met her near Gulou Hospital. She was in poor health due to a stroke. She lived in Nanjing where her younger son worked. For many years, things and people changed. When she talked about her family life, she realized that she had gone through a lot of things, such as the death of her younger daughter from illness and the misfortune of her eldest daughter's marriage, which had a great impact on her. The blow was so severe that she suffered a stroke. Now she lives with her younger son who works in Gulou Hospital, both to treat her illness and to take care of her. During the chat, I asked her about this secret, and she said that it was brewed with snow water stored last year. I have never tried this secret, so I don’t know if it will work. It may be true, because there are many such brewing methods in ancient poems. In the depth of winter, take the fine snow on the branches and boil it with Tangli. After boiling, add the ingredients for making wine and bury it under the tree. Take it out the next winter and the wine will be made. This wine has a nice taste. Name: Tangli Jianxue. There is such a scene in "A Dream of Red Mansions". The little sisters drink Tangli Jianxue together, recite poems and write poems. Under the eaves of flowers and algae every year, they cook Tangli Jianxue, but in the end they cross the crane's shadow on the cold pond. The cold moon buries the souls of flowers, and the prosperity is gone, all returning to the mediocrity of a porridge and a meal... The play says that this kind of wine can cure a chronic cough, but it cannot cure Daiyu. In the end, the flowers fade and fly all over the sky, and the red fragrance disappears. Who pity? The fragrance disappears and the jade dies, leaving the world...
Autumn is like life. When life has passed through the beauty of youth and experienced the precipitation of years, it has the beauty of maturity.
Tangli, a unique autumn fruit, and Tangli Jianxue, a special wine, are all a kind of precipitation of the years, but they have been made a little lonely and sad by time...
Just like my life, There is a hint of bitterness in the sweetness and sourness. I have experienced hardships along the way, walked many roads, crossed many hurdles, and seen many scenery. Because it is not easy to understand, I cherish the people and things in the past even more, and understand the value of family ties and the innocence of friendship. Only by cherishing the time in front of you and being kind to yourself and the people around you can you live a good life. Even if you can't define yourself by living a certain way, as long as you are casual and happy, I hope that every yesterday, today and tomorrow will be good. Everyone lives a happy life, no matter how turbulent the outside world is, they are still at ease...
In the ordinary fireworks, I hope that the future will be long with a sincere heart, I hope that the morning and dusk are dependent on each other, and the four seasons are joyful, and I hope that I will go all out to pass the wind and the clouds are calm. In this life, I hold the breeze and wait for the bright moon, and live my life with fireworks on my eyebrows. Learn to appreciate every process in life, know how to accept the imperfect maturity and growth of life, and have warmth in your heart. Even if the years go by, there are still so many beautiful things.
The fragrance of autumn flowers is the warmest love letter written about the fireworks in the world. You must have expectations and hope to live your life with vigor.