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The seventh month of the lunar calendar is the season when lotus roots are listed. At this time, the lotus has matured, but the content of lotus powder is not high, very tender, and the nutritional value is high, especially for women's face maintenance. Therefore, there is a saying that "autumn lotus race ginseng" has been spoken. However, the place where the country eats lotus the most can only be Baoying County in Yangzhou. Why? Listen to the editor slowly!
Yangzhou Baoying County, the water network is dense, there are 16 rivers in the county, 7 lakes, abundant rainfall, lotus ponds, lotus fields, lotus flowers, lotus roots everywhere. Since the Tang Dynasty, lotus has been planted here, so Baoying people have invented more than 50 kinds of lotus vegetables, which is the first in the country.
The lotus root at the beginning of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, because that is when the lotus flowers are in full bloom, is called "flower fragrant lotus". This kind of lotus color is white, sweet, crisp and slag-free, tender like Sydney, the most suitable for raw eating, some people wrote a poem praising it as: "Cold than snow frost Ganbi honey, a piece of the entrance to sink the disease and heal." "It's so apt.
Floral lotus
The lotus root around the Mid-Autumn Festival begins to have powder, whether it is stir-frying or making lotus cakes, it is very delicious.
Lotus cake
After the cold dew, the thick lotus branches are full of red spots, commonly known as erythematous lotus, which is the best material for making glutinous rice lotus and fried lotus clips.
Glutinous rice root
After the winter, the root has a high powder content, and it is most suitable to make lotus root and lotus powder.
Lotus root means "rich"
Eating lotus flour has many benefits! Especially women, it is beneficial to replenish blood and enhance physical fitness.
Lotus flour is left until the summer of the following year, which can be made into lotus flour balls and placed in the refrigerator to freeze, which can cool down and relieve the heat and have a unique flavor. In order to be able to eat lotus root all year round, Baoying people have now invented lotus root drinks, and their preference for lotus can be seen.
Lotus has eaten a lot, eaten for a long time, and the clever Baoying people have been passed down from generation to generation to form a unique full lotus feast. It is said that it can make more than 100 kinds of dishes from lotus root. The "whole lotus feast" includes: candied crisp lotus root, osmanthus root powder round, sugar water flower fragrant lotus, fried lotus clip, green onion lotus cake, lotus leaf chicken, lotus leaf powder steamed meat, golden lotus petals, amber lotus soup, lotus leaf eight treasure porridge, turtle lotus seed soup, lotus silk cake, glutinous rice rotten root, lotus vegetable eight treasure rice, centennial hehe crystal cake, lotus pond play duck, lotus flower golden needle fungus soup and other famous dishes.
Not only does the lotus root make a lot of tricks, such as lotus balls, lotus cakes, lotus powder, lotus whip, lotus puffs, etc., but also add fish, shrimp, meat, tofu, assortment and other materials, rectify the fresh, salty, spicy, sour and other flavors.
As for lotus seeds and lotus festivals, there are also pineapple lotus seeds and open lotus festivals.
"Lotus break silk" became the name of the dish - the root plucked silk and sugar are fried, similar to the practice of plucking apples, and the taste is sweet and crunchy.
The dish color of "Lotus Tofu", the material has nothing to do with lotus, it is to burn the diced meat and tofu together, and then make the green beans into a lotus fruit shape, put it in, and even eat the taste of lotus.
Finally, I would like to borrow the comments in the third season of "China on the Tip of the Tongue" to end: Baoying's full lotus feast, both tall and elegant, and has a grounded quality, is not only the beautiful feast of the People of Baoying, but also the feast of the people of the whole country, the whole Lotus Feast is more reflective of the harmony and beauty, truthfulness, goodness and beauty of Chinese folk banquet culture, and also means that people live a reunion, sweet and sweet.
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