The hometown of rural dishes is mountainous and rural, and there are many purslane beside the road and the ridge of vegetable fields in the village. Like my family, it grows near the vegetable field next to the canal. My mother didn't remove it as a weed when weeding, but it grew to the vegetable field. And there is a reason why mom didn't get rid of the purslane.
Because Portulaca oleracea is particularly easy to grow, drought-resistant and waterlogging-resistant, it may only grow a small root at first, and it will grow a large piece after a while, just like Sonchus oleracea, which grows vigorously; Portulaca oleracea can be used to feed pigs; When I was a child, my mother raised many pigs, and the vegetables in the vegetable field were not enough for pigs. My mother often cut purslane and other wild vegetables and cut them into small pieces to cook for pigs.
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Of course, purslane can not only be fed to pigs, but also eaten by people, which has certain benefits; The stems and leaves of Portulaca oleracea can be eaten as vegetables, and the taste is sour. If the appetite is not good in summer, it is very appetizing to eat cold. I have an aunt who usually likes to eat sour. She often cooks radish acid and papaya acid herself, and there is purslane beside the vegetable field. She often picks it and eats it cold: she takes it home, washes it, puts it in a pot with boiling water, then clips it out, and adds seasonings such as minced garlic to make a delicious pot of cold purslane.
Eating purslane often can clear away heat and promote diuresis, detoxify, reduce swelling and diminish inflammation; Like eating in summer, it is easier to get hot and get angry. People in rural areas don't make any herbal tea to drink, but they can pick purslane as a dish and cook it. In addition, you can also cook porridge or boil water to drink.
Like our side, some old people have a little cold and sore throat, so they directly boil water with purslane, and the effect is good; But I don't like the sour taste. I'd rather eat bitter Artemisia argyi or Bidens bipinnata.