The countryside is like a wild botanical garden, every spring and summer season comes, everywhere you go are strange flowers and plants, and these wild plants have a strong vitality, do not need artificial care, can grow naturally. Of course, among these many wild plants, some have medicinal value, and some have high ornamental value. However, for most of the people in the city, when they come to this treasure land, they may not know it at all, for people in the countryside, as long as they have rich life experience, they don't have to worry at all, there is no way to find food, because in the mountains and forests, they walk around randomly, all of which are hand-to-hand food materials.
The plant introduced to you today has a very high probability of appearing in the countryside, and it is also very valuable, called "tofu chai", "Guanyin chai", "stinky lady", of course, each different place for this plant name is different. In addition to the local name, this plant also has a professional scientific name, known as Rotten. This is an upright shrub, mainly appearing in the jungle on the side of the mountain, its rhizomes and leaves have medicinal value, because it can play a role in clearing heat and detoxification, so many people call it "fairy tree". Chinese medicine believes that this wild plant can also play the effect of Chinese herbal medicine and has the effect of treating diseases, but it must be used with caution and under the advice of a doctor.
It is a plant with a very strange name, and this plant is not bothered by mosquitoes, perhaps because mosquitoes cannot stand the smell emitted by this plant, and even wild boars, goats, and cows and horses will take detours when they encounter this type of plant when they go out, and do not want to go near. This is a wild plant with a very high probability of appearing in Shanxi, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, with tenacious vitality, if you do not choose to deliberately eliminate it, it is estimated that you can see it everywhere in the mountains. From May to June every year, brilliant flowers will bloom, with ornamental value, at this time it becomes the best season for picking, because it emits a strange taste, if it is not taught a correct way of eating by the elders in the village, I believe that no one will touch it at all, and after knowing its role, it is glad to choose to pick, and after picking, it can also be made into Guanyin tofu.
Many people may not know about Guanyin tofu, but they do not know that in the past famine, many people did not have enough to eat, and finally found that the original plant can still be made into a delicacy, so most people feel that this is simply a reward from God, so since then this dish has been called Guanyin tofu. This dish has a jadeite color and looks very beautiful, so some people will call it "emerald tofu".
When you are very young, you will often run to the mountains with your friends, pick this wild plant back, and then make tofu with your family, the whole process is full of fun, in fact, the method of making it is very simple, just need to clean the leaves, add water, and then squeeze into juice, filter out the grass and wood ash water, wait for half an hour will solidify into tofu. Of course, you can also combine personal preferences to make a sweet and sour feeling, not only has a soft and tender taste, but also has a very high nutritional value, which contains a large number of crude protein and trace elements.
Now that it's the hot summer, it's the best time to pick wild plants, and if you want to taste Guanyin tofu, this wild plant shouldn't be missed. If you are lucky enough to be born in the countryside, do not miss it when this spring and summer season comes, as long as you come to the village to walk around the hills at random, you will find many unexpected harvests, such a rural plant, although cattle and sheep do not want to touch, do not know, is a rare delicacy, but also has a high nutritional value.