Why do so many people love and hate each other? Actually, it's not just friends in Wuhan who have this idea. It seems that there are very few people who like to eat ear root except Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou. Some people even list ear root as the most difficult food to swallow in China, and it is one of the most notorious food. Then why are people's views on ear roots so polarized?
As a matter of fact, China has a long record of eating his ears, which was mentioned in the ancient book "Wu Yue Chun Qiu" a long time ago, saying, "The King of Yue suffered from bad breath after he tasted evil dung. Fan Li just let everyone eat grass to confuse everyone's anger. " It means that Gou Jian, King of Wu, has left a bad breath in his mouth since he tasted the shit of Fu Cha, King of Wu. Fan Li asked the ministers around him to swallow the root of his ear, and the smell was just as bad.
However, in the book Qi Yaomin, which happened in the post-Wei period, people expounded the method of eating Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Take the roots of Houttuynia cordata out of the soil, wash them with tap water, boil them with tap water, and eat them with salt and onion roots. Salt is used as seasoning, while onion roots can mask the smell of broken ears.
Why do southwestern people linger so much that they miss them especially when they don't eat for a day? Because the roots of auricularia auricula are everywhere, almost all of them are in the southwest of China. Although it smells bad, the root of Cynanchum auriculatum has an irreplaceable mark in the history of China, and it can blend into poor soil.
Because Pulsatilla Cynanchum Bunge can promote the growth of bacteria in the soil and improve soil fertility by separating essential substances, you can often find other kinds of wild vegetables in the areas where Pulsatilla Cynanchum Bunge grows and develops. It is precisely because of this unique feature that the spike root has adapted to the new land in the southwest of China.
The eradication of auricularia auricula can grow and develop on the barren land in southwest China, and it has become one of the favorite vegetables and fruits of local people for political reasons. During several famines in the history of China, the local people all survived by eating houttuynia cordata roots. The most recent famine was during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and villagers in the southwest had to dig up wild vegetables such as broken ears and vegetables to spend the famine year.
However, now that everyone's living standard has improved, most people in southwest China have nothing to worry about, so why do they still like broken ears? Take a look at the dining tables in southwest China. There are "dark dishes" such as broken ear roots on mutton skewers, broken ear roots in water, broken ear roots in side dishes and even broken ear root drinks.
Up to now, many people think that the root of auricularia auricula has the function of clearing heat and detoxifying. However, if it really goes back to the historical time of the broken ear root, it will be full of twists and turns. In the Southern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing, a famous Chinese medicine practitioner, thought that eating too much broken ears would make people gasp, but now people have clearly pointed out that broken ears are harmful.
Whether it is really harmful to broken ears and how effective it is to clear away heat and toxic materials is a professional skill. For most people in southwest China, broken ears are just delicious. If you can accept the taste of broken ears, you can also accept the food in southwest China quickly, but it is not easy for such an open crowd. I don't know how many friends in Wuhan or Hubei dare to eat their ears.