Plantago grows everywhere in rural areas, especially beside roads, on ridges and in sparse woodlands. Plantago grows in most parts of China. In the past, we mainly picked plantain as green feed for pigs. The plantain along the road grew soft and big, so it can be cut into blue soon, cleaned in the ditch, taken home, chopped and cooked, and fed to pigs. Pigs who often eat plantain are not easy to get sick. Plantain is a clear fire, and pork tastes better than simply feeding compound feed.
Wild vegetables are pollution-free and have high nutritional value. Some wild vegetables have higher nutritional content than grain and cultivated vegetables, such as bracken and shepherd's purse, which have higher protein content than Chinese cabbage and spinach. There are many ways to eat wild vegetables. In addition, wild vegetables are mostly born in Shan Ye, and there is no fertilizer, pesticide and environmental pollution. They are paid more and more attention by consumers and are known as "natural food and healthy food".
There are many wild vegetable resources, which have been developed and utilized. In the 1980s, there were dozens of wild vegetables that people often ate, and some people developed and listed wild vegetables as pollution-free vegetables, which were favored by the market.
Plantain, a common roadside plant in rural areas, has now become a treasure. It is mainly used as a vegetable for people to eat, and plantain seedlings are edible. In April-May, young seedlings are collected, boiled in boiling water, then cold-mixed, dipped in sauce, fried, stuffed, made into soup or steamed with flour. In spring, plantain grows out, which is tender and tender. Plantain leaves are wide, and it is the main wild vegetable that people collect and eat now.
In recent years, wild vegetables have been favored by consumers, and the wild plants grown in Shan Ye have become treasures for a time. In the past, the wild green feed used to feed pigs and chickens suddenly doubled in value, and the demand in the market was in short supply, which attracted many people to cultivate artificially. Houttuynia cordata Thunb., Taraxacum mongolicum, Portulaca oleracea, Peucedanum peucedanum, Amaranthus amarum, shepherd's purse, buckwheat, mint, etc. Plantago is a kind of wild vegetable planted by people.
In order to cater to people's consumption, potherb restaurants have appeared in various places, and there are special cold plantain and other wild vegetable dishes in the restaurants, which are well received by consumers.