It’s early spring
It’s still snowing in the north.
Located in the southwest of Yunling land.
Flowers have already blossomed into the sea.
Full of the breath of spring.
△ Kunming Yiliang Sakura Valley. Yunnan Daily reporter Yang Zheng photo
△ Honghe Gejiu Jiajiazhai. Correspondent Hu Yanhui photo
△ Luoping rape flower sea. Correspondent Liu Jingwei Lu Yong Luo Xu photo
And this season
It is also the "flower season" for Yunnan people.
Others: Wow, I’m going to see the flowers.
Yunnan people: Wow, I want to eat flowers. …
for this reason
Yunnan people have long developed
A complete set of "recipes for eating flowers"
△ Source: A mobile phone tour guide for Yunnan penguins/Zhang Xiaodian
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Among many spring dishes, Yunnan people are most familiar with the "first fresh" Toona sinensis in spring. Toona sinensis head, which is not grass, is a "vegetable" growing on trees. It has unique fragrance and rich nutrition, and has the effects of invigorating spleen, appetizing and enhancing immunity. "Before the rain, the buds of Toona sinensis are tender, and after the rain, the buds of Toona sinensis grow into trees." Before and after Grain Rain, the buds of Toona sinensis are silky, which is a rare delicacy in a year.
Toona sinensis bract
The bud of Toona sinensis in Longling County, Baoshan City has developed. The scientific name of Toona sinensis bud is Toona sinensis, which is named after it grows on the branches of Toona sinensis. Toona sinensis is a deciduous tree, covered with sharp hooked thorns, and its primary branches and buds are phimosis, like the newly emerged antlers. After cutting the head of Toona sinensis, rinse it clean, cut it into filaments and cook it. It can also be cooked in boiling water and washed and cold-mixed. It tastes slightly bitter and has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.
Aloe flower
Have you ever eaten aloe flowers? There is only one season a year, which is the most "spring flavor" wild vegetable. However, it is not a wild vegetable that can be seen everywhere, and it is unique to Yuanjiang.
Do not need too many ingredients, wash, sprinkle with salt, sugar and pepper, and store a careful expectation in the pickle jar. After years of fermentation, aloe flowers give off a strange fragrance.
Coriaria flower
Coriaria flower alias Millennium Red, Saddle, Water Coriaria, King Hei Hu, Mulberry Flower; It has the effects of refreshing and improving eyesight, diminishing inflammation, expelling toxin and moistening stomach and intestines. Weishan people in Dali are used to frying coriaria flowers and bacon together.
broom
Gao Lian described an example of using broom as food and tea material in "Eight Notes for Zunsheng, Drinking and Taking Food": "In the early spring, golden finches are in the shape of flowers that can be picked, and soup is used for tea supply; Or mix it with icing, oil and vinegar, and it can be used as a dish, which is very clear. " Plantagenet, which looks like a bright yellow bird, is small and lovely. People in Yunnan often use it to fry eggs.
Tanglihua
The scientific name of Tangli is Douli, a deciduous tree of Rosaceae, and it is also called Gan Tang, Yeli and Duli. The name alone, with a strong antique and Shan Ye qi.
Tangli flower is beautiful and delicious, and it is a favorite food of most Yunnan people. In spring, pick a small basket of bud of Tangli pear in the suburbs, blanch it with boiling water, rinse it with clear water, soak it, and remove the bitter taste. When eating, stir-fry a plate with garlic slices and peppers, which is a delicious seasonal spring cake.
Loquat vegetable
In the eyes of Weishan people in Dali, loquat is also a good medicine. The entrance is slightly cool, but not bitter, accompanied by green beans to cook soup, full of spring flavor.
white flower
Every spring, when the azalea blooms in Cangshan, the most famous wild vegetable in Dali is the white azalea. People pick azaleas from the mountains, remove the stamens, boil them with clear water, rinse them, and then soak them in cold water. When eating, scoop it up from cold water and cook it with green bean rice, and a pot of green and white white cuckoo bean rice soup will pop up in front of you.
Panzhihua
Panzhihua is also known as kapok and hero flower, and its flower language is: hero. In the early spring, Yuanjiang is full of red and passionate.
Although Panzhihua can be eaten, not the whole flower is edible. Its edible part is only the stamen, which has the function of clearing heat and cooling blood.
Bacon, sour meat, tomatoes … can all be matched with Panzhihua.
Banana flower
Banana flower is delicious on the table of Yunnan people, and most home-cooked dishes are fried meat with banana flower. Its smooth taste is deeply loved by people. The plantain flower itself is bitter, and it needs to be rubbed manually and fried in water to remove the astringency.
In addition to fried meat with plantain flowers, crispy plantain flowers, fried eggs with plantain flowers, and baked plantain flowers are also some of the dishes that Yunnan people have to order.
△ Source: "Baoshan Radio and Television Station" WeChat WeChat official account
Taro flower
In the memory of most Yunnan people, taro flower is the favorite of the old people. As long as the season, it can be easily found in the vegetable market.
Taro flower can be said to be a home-cooked dish, which is mainly made with eggplant and green pepper, and fried bacon with taro flower is also a rare delicacy.
△ Source: "Baoshan Radio and Television Station" WeChat WeChat official account
pomegranate flowers
Pomegranate flower is a flower that is often seen but not eaten by many people. In fact, it tastes very special, refreshing and delicious.
The flowers used for frying pomegranate flowers are not fresh pomegranate flowers, but the stamens of fresh pomegranate flowers are removed, and the petals are mainly reserved. They are scalded with boiling water and soaked in clear water for 2 days before they can be eaten.
So many Shan Ye delicacies are coming.
Have you tasted it this year?
Tips for friends:
Most wild vegetables should be blanched before cooking.
Blanching water is actually for safety.
In the matter of eating wild vegetables and tasting flowers
Cooking methods such as frying, boiling, frying and mixing can be used.
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