There are many delicious foods in the Dream of Red Mansions, some of which are mouth-watering just by listening to their names. For example, Tanchun and Baochai ate "Fried Wolfberry Buds with Oil and Salt" in Sixty-one Li. What is this dish? From what the chef Liu Sister-in-law said, this dish is "a matter of thirty or twenty dollars", which shows that it is cheap and easy to get, and it is a home-cooked dish.

Liu Jia's busy way: "... even the three girls and Miss Bao happened to discuss that they wanted to eat a fried wolfberry bud with oil and salt, and now they sent a sister to give it to me with 511 yuan. I laughed and said,' Even if the two girls are Maitreya with a big belly, they can't eat 511 yuan. I can still afford this thirty or twenty dollars. "

With regard to Lycium barbarum, Lu Mingshan, an agronomist in Yuan Dynasty, recorded in A Summary of Agriculture, Mulberry and Food that "the leaves of tender buds can be used as food in spring". Therefore, it can be seen that fried Lycium barbarum buds are not invented by Cao Gong, but a real dish in life and have been passed down for hundreds of years.

Lycium barbarum is a common thing, and this Lycium barbarum bud is naturally easy to get. Lycium barbarum sprouts in spring, and the tender leaves are bitter, but there is sweetness in the bitterness, which should be similar to wild vegetables.

Young ladies living in Jiafu, such as Tanchun Baochai and others, are expensive as boudoir women, and their diets are naturally rich in delicacies and delicacies, and there will never be a shortage. Tanchun and Baochai discussed eating "fried wolfberry buds with oil and salt", and they are probably tired of eating delicious food, and want to eat something light and bitter for a change, just like Pinger asked Granny Liu to bring qianzi, a kind of dried food.

According to the cookbook, there is a dish called "stir-fried Lycium barbarum" in Suzhou. The red scientist Chen Zhao thinks that this means frying Lycium barbarum buds with oil and salt. Because it is simple, it is an ordinary home-cooked dish in the south of the Yangtze River.

As we know, Tanchun is a caring girl. Although she is Miss Jia's family, she doesn't advocate luxury in food and clothing, while Baochai is even more "simple" when she lives in Jia's family. She never wears rich makeup and naturally won't eat delicacies. The fact that they want to eat fried wolfberry buds with oil and salt not only reflects their close relationship, but also reflects their distinctive personality characteristics.