Talking about salt and honey

? ——Talk about ancient and modern flavors, talk about the delicacies of heaven and earth

Now is the season when peaches are ripe, including sweet peaches, crisp peaches, Sweet peaches, bitter peaches, soft or hard, local or imported, no matter what the variety is, Quanzhou people always feel that the ones they grow on the mountain are the best no matter how ugly, bitter, hard or astringent they are.

I have never thought that the peaches in Quanzhou are delicious. I remember when I was a child, my father was on a business trip and brought back a peach, a big powder puff. Tiao, that sweetness is so amazing that I will never forget it.

The peaches in Quanzhou are small and ugly, with green and red colors, and are so astringent that they don’t even feel pink and tender. One bite can break your teeth.

In order to eat the delicious food that matches the peach, the simple Quanzhou people work hard.

Whenever peaches are on the market, the peach aunts will prepare a big wooden bucket, wash the peaches, put them into the big wooden bucket, add a little salt, a little sugar, a little plum powder, and then shake, shake hard, and put them into the big wooden bucket. The peaches shake out the crunchy, sweet flavor.

Therefore, the peaches in Quanzhou are called "shaking peaches".

"Smelly peaches and rotten plums will lead to death if there is no food." This is a Quanzhou proverb.

Meaning: Smelly peaches and rotten plums are the most delicious. If you don’t eat them, you will be terribly uncomfortable.

Poor old Quanzhou people, there were no peaches in those days. Bitter peaches had to wait until they were ripe and almost smelly, so they were soft and delicious.

Do people today feel incredible?

Because the peaches you are eating now are all improved varieties, so sweet that you doubt your life.

But shaken peach is still a specialty of Quanzhou. Of course, the peach aunties have also improved the taste. You may not be able to taste the same taste as when you were a child, but there is no doubt that it is delicious.

"Peach three and plum four" refers to the common sense believed by ancient people that it takes three years to plant a peach tree to bear fruit, and four years to produce a plum.

Today’s agricultural science is very advanced and nothing is impossible, so I don’t know if this common sense is still useful?

"Peach is fat and plum is thin" is the mantra of my mother, Mr. Xu. She believes that peaches are a good thing and will make you gain weight if you eat them, while plums are very hot and humid, and people will not like them if they eat too much. If you eat, you will become thinner.

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Bayberry is not popular, and it is hot and humid. If you eat too much, you will "sleep on the birthday plate", that is, die.

Mr. Xu’s statement is not without reason. Peaches are a good thing and have been since ancient times.

The Queen Mother was about to hold a peach banquet to entertain all kinds of gods, but Sun Wukong secretly ate the peaches, causing trouble for the Queen Mother.

The peach garden guarded by seven fairies has always been the most beautiful symbol in the hearts of all Chinese people.

Peach is in the sky, and it is valued as "fairy peach".

In the human world, it is the "longevity peach" that symbolizes longevity.

Dongfang Shuo's "Shenyi Jing" of the Han Dynasty wrote -

Since then, the saying that eating peaches can lead to longevity has been passed down, and peaches have become the most popular food when celebrating birthdays. A fruit with a beautiful meaning.

Peach’s status can be said to be unshakable in heaven and earth, from ancient times to the present.

Traditional Chinese medicine has proven that peaches are particularly friendly to patients with lung diseases and are known as the "fruit of the lungs".

However, no matter how much you praise it, peaches are a hot fruit and are not suitable for everyone to eat. If some people eat too much, they will develop internal heat, erythema, and carbuncle.

Does this make people want to eat peaches?

Of course, if you try to do it in moderation, you will lose if you are greedy for too much!

There is a method and a step that can combine the heat of peaches, and that is the "Peach Rice" we are going to make today.

The recipe for flat peach rice comes from "Shan Jia Qing Gong" of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is actually stewed mountain peach rice.

This recipe is very interesting. The peaches must be boiled in swill before cooking. This step may seem unnecessary, but it has a hidden truth.

Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica·Guyi·Dao" specifically states: Rice juice is sweet, cool and non-toxic.

In other words, boiling peaches with swill (rice water) can cool the heat and neutralize the heat of the peaches.

What’s even more amazing is that when the peaches are boiled in rice washing water, they actually bring out all their sweetness. When simmered in rice, the rice will become softer and more delicious.

This summer, you might as well try this peach stewed rice.

Moreover, it has a nice name, "Peach Rice".

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