Text/Xiao Xing
Spring is here, the wind is warm, the spring grass is tender and green, and the wild vegetables are quietly poking their heads out of the ground, stretching, and It grew like crazy, swaying with a tranquil figure in the charming spring breeze, and its fragrance filled the spring fields. Unable to resist the temptation of greenery, everyone came to the fields one after another to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their appetites, so that they could taste this transcendent, spring-like taste gifted by nature.
In spring, we often walk outdoors. From time to time, we can encounter some familiar wild vegetables in the wilderness. We can’t help but pick some, take them home, wash them, or dry them and soak them. Drink the water and make it into dishes or snacks with a strong local flavor...
It has been a common practice in ancient times to eat wild vegetables. The Book of Songs, the earliest collection of poems in the history of our country, says: "Those thin words are used to collect water plants in the new field", "The water plants are mixed and flowed left and right, and the graceful ladies are longing for them". The words "芑" and "荇" in the poem are two kinds of wild vegetables, referring to the current bitter vegetables and water shield respectively. Bitter vegetables can be boiled with water and then mixed with minced meat to make "spring soup". After drinking the "spring soup", you can "spring soup to fill the internal organs and wash the liver and intestines. The whole family, young and old, is safe and healthy." Bitter vegetables are also good. It can be eaten raw with dipping sauce or stir-fried. Although the taste is a bit bitter, it tastes delicious. Water shield is a kind of aquatic wild vegetable. Because its young leaves and tender stems contain a kind of gelatinous mucus, it tastes smooth and cool, which can make the taste buds on the tip of the tongue smell delicious and make the lips and teeth fragrant.
Wild vegetables are a natural gift from nature to mankind. They always dot the vast fields of my hometown when spring comes and flowers bloom. In those days when materials were very scarce, especially during the most difficult period for villagers, families who did not have enough food to eat could only "make up sweet potatoes and wild vegetables". During the lean days of the year, life is extremely difficult. Fortunately, at this time, the spring breeze is warm, the spring grass is green, and the wild vegetables are fragrant. There is no need to mobilize. Every household, adults and children, come to the fields to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. , wild garlic, Houttuynia cordata, plantain, spring bamboo shoots, milkvetch, dandelion, toon, purslane, water celery, amaranth, milkvetch, bracken, water shield, etc. have all become the villagers' meals. Wild vegetables are delicious to eat, but because there was not much oil and water in the vegetables back then, it would be extremely difficult to swallow if you ate too much and for a long time, and you would feel weak all over, but you were just not that hungry for a while.
In the past, people ate wild vegetables to survive; now, wild vegetables have become the "new favorite" on people's dinner tables. This is because people are tired of eating big fish and meat, and are afraid of eating greenhouse vegetables poured with pesticides and fertilizers. A kind of return to nature. Nowadays, eating wild vegetables has become a new fashion. Wild vegetables are not only on the tables of high-end restaurants, but also become health food in people's daily life.
As winter turns to spring, wild vegetables grow cheaply. They are pure natural, pollution-free, nutritious, fresh and delicious, and have unique flavors. They are excellent ingredients. "Only a gift from the shepherd's purse, it is as green as the mausoleum", "the color is like jade bamboo shoots, and the taste is as good as the humpback oxtail civet." Stir-fried twice-cooked pork with wild garlic, scrambled eggs with Chinese toon, boiled meat slices with water celery, stir-fried bean drum with bracken, stir-fried spring bamboo shoots Sausage... Any plate of wild vegetables among them, just thinking about it, can bring out countless greedy insects in the stomach; smelling it will increase your appetite...
Wild vegetables are generally "medicine and food" Source", deeply favored by people. It is not only a delicious delicacy, but also has certain medicinal value. "March 3, shepherd's purse is the elixir." Most wild vegetables are cool in nature. Eating some can reduce internal heat, dispel dryness, and regulate the body. For example: Toona not only contains abundant calcium, phosphorus, vitamin C, etc. that are necessary for the human body, but also contains a lot of fat, iron, carotene, niacin and toonin. Toon vegetables are cold in nature and have the effects of astringent intestines and hemostasis, strengthening the stomach and regulating qi, killing insects and fixing essence. The wild leek in "Spring leeks are cut in the night rain, and the yellow sorghum in the new kitchen" can unblock yang and transform qi, disperse stagnation and siltation, treat dysentery, inhibit the increase in blood lipid concentration, and prevent arteriosclerosis. Dandelion can stimulate the body's immune function and has the effects of antibacterial, reducing swelling and diuresis, clearing away heat and detoxification, choleretic and protecting the liver...
Wild vegetables are of pure quality, coexist with human beings, and are closely related to their hometown. The indissoluble bond is deeply imprinted on the chests of many wanderers.
Whenever I encounter any kind of wild vegetables full of spirituality in the wild, I can't help but think of the childhood wild fun that was enriched by wild vegetables, and I will recall the real delicacies of the world, the best taste of life, and the strong flavor of hometown. , very long...