"Autumn rain is pouring, everywhere is gold", autumn is a harvest season, has passed the autumn, officially entered the autumn, everywhere a thriving scene. At this time, if you come to the foot of Mount Tai in Shandong, after the morning dew, you can see many people digging a mushroom in the pine forest at the foot of the mountain, and take a closer look, this mushroom is yellow-brown in color, it does not look conspicuous, and it is not so appetizing. But it is said that this mushroom is very popular, in short supply in the local market, this mushroom is the pine moth we usually eat, also called pine mushroom.
Pine moths are only found in the pine forest at the foot of Mount Taishan in Shandong, and cannot be artificially farmed anywhere, so as long as they are bought, they are wild pine moths. Locals like to use it to make wood-fired stewed chicken to entertain guests, take the local mountain free-range old hens, slaughtered and cut into small pieces into an iron pot, and then stewed with pine moths, with wood fire, low fire slow stew, the food made is full of flavor, pine moths also absorb the fresh aroma of chicken, eat more fragrant than meat.
This kind of pine mushroom is especially abundant in autumn, if you encounter it, you can buy five pounds at a time, store it at home, and eat it for a year without deterioration. The pine moths that have just been picked are still relatively wet and cannot be stored directly. Because it grows in the wild, so its umbrella handle will store a lot of dust impurities, when eating to remove the umbrella handle and then cook, just take back the pine mushroom to clean it, soak in water for 15 minutes and then scrub, so that the pine mushroom can be cleaned very clean, including the dust inside the folds can also be cleaned out, if the soak can not be cleaned, the dust in the folds inside is not easy to come out, and then cooking is easy to cause eating with the smell of sediment.
Washed pine mushrooms neatly placed on the balcony, can be directly in the sun, after two or three days of drying, the pine mushrooms are very hard, as long as the weather is sunny, you have to take it out to dry it, the pine mushrooms themselves have a strong taste, this taste is not good, but after drying this taste will be much smaller, and does not affect the consumption.
Pine moths are generally more after the rain, so take advantage of the wet environment after the rain to go to the pine forest to dig, there are also many local farmers will go to the pine forest to dig pine mushrooms to sell money, everywhere in the local market can be seen selling such pine moths farmers, it seems that its yield is still not small, in the local easy to buy, the price ranges from 30 to 80 yuan a pound, the drier the drier the lighter the price is higher, it seems that the price of fresh selling is higher, the price of selling some difference is lower, you can buy five pounds at a time, After returning home, dry and store, a year's pine moths do not have to buy, you can eat at any time, very flavorful, stewed chicken is very fragrant.
The cooking method of this pine mushroom is very simple, that is, when stewing meat, stewing chicken or stewing soup, it can absorb the essence of the soup, suck the soft and tender mushrooms, and eat very delicious. The only drawback is that the wild pine moth is relatively easy to get dirty, and it must be cleaned to be able to put it in the pot to stew, otherwise the pine mushroom that sucks up the water is particularly toothy.
Autumn is a season suitable for sticking autumn fat, so it is indispensable to eat some meaty meat, in the stew may wish to grab a handful of pine mushrooms, so that the stewed meat will be more fragrant, the taste of pine mushrooms is mellow, the aftertaste is endless.