The king of mountain treasures - bamboo thorns

Text┃Pan Chunhua

Bamboo, is a valuable edible mushroom, also known as bamboo ginseng, bamboo sheng, bamboo calyx, mesh sun, monk Zhu mushroom, etc., is a wild in the root of the bamboo fungus a cryptophyllus plant, belongs to the basider fungus ghost pen family precious edible mushroom, mostly produced in Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei and other places in the mountainous areas of the humid bamboo forest, wild collection, production is not much, the existing artificial cultivation. Among them, The bamboo shoots produced in Sanming and Nanping in Fujian, Zhaotong in Yunnan, Zhijin in Guizhou and Changning County in Sichuan are the most famous. Because of its beautiful appearance, delicious taste, rich aroma, crisp and tender and delicious, and rich in nutrition, it has an outstanding therapeutic effect, and has been listed as one of the "Eight Treasures of Grass" since ancient times, listed as a "palace tribute", so it has the reputation of "flower of fungi", "queen of fungi" and "king of mountain treasures".

Chinese medicine believes that bamboo thorns taste slightly sweet, cold, has the effect of nourishing the body, nourishing the brain, calming the body, can reduce the accumulation of abdominal wall fat, treat fatigue, weakness and cough and other symptoms. At the same time, it has a certain effect on hypertension, high cholesterol, and neurasthenia, especially for obesity, and has obvious weight loss effect.

The nutritional value of bamboo thorn is very high, and it is a good food therapy. Each 100 grams of dried bamboo sun contains 18.5 grams of protein, 2.5 grams of crude fat, 4.2 grams of bacterial sugar, 62 grams of soluble carbohydrates, 8.8 grams of crude fiber, up to 20 kinds of amino acids, including 8 kinds of essential amino acids, and the glutamic acid content is as high as 1.76%. It is also rich in carotene, a variety of vitamins and calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium, selenium and other minerals, so the flavor is particularly mellow and delicious. Edible bamboo thorns, which have a similar effect to ginseng, can improve the body's immune resistance to diseases, protect the liver, and inhibit the occurrence of tumors.

Bamboo thorns are also rare mountain treasures, which can be cooked alone or matched with other things. The "Vegetarian Diet" says: "Boiling water, drink salt, cooking wine, simmer in broth, crisp and beautiful." Or simmer with tender tofu and magnolia slices of white vegetables. "Before cooking, fresh bamboo shoots need to be washed and cut with cold water, blanched in water and then quickly fished out to cool; dried bamboo shoots are only washed with cold water before cooking, and soaked in warm water to be soft. The soaked juice precipitates and then cooks, and the taste is also very beautiful. Beijing has a "bamboo thorn" dish, is the mushroom, winter shoots, carrots and other cut into thin wires, into a frying pan with spices sautéed into a vegetarian filling, filled with milky white mesh bag of bamboo thorns, steamed, with water starch to thicken the original juice soup, poured on the bamboo, its taste is salty and fresh and fragrant. Shanghai's "Double Mushroom Bamboo Sun" is made of mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms as ingredients, which are fresh and smooth. Bamboo is also suitable for roasting, stir-frying, stewing, grilling, brewing, braising, shabu and other cooking methods, suitable for meat and vegetarian, always able to maintain crunchy and delicious characteristics. Home-style bamboo dishes include: "bamboo sun stir-fried meat slices", "crispy bamboo sun fish", "crab meat bamboo asparagus", "bamboo sun stewed chicken loin", "bamboo ball soup", "bamboo hen soup", "bamboo thorn cabbage yuanzi soup", "chicken mushroom soup" and so on.

When former US Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger visited China, Premier Zhou Enlai entertained guests with "bamboo and hibiscus soup.", and Kissinger actually wrote this matter in his memoirs, which shows how impressed he was. Folk also often include the auspicious dish of bamboo soup with bamboo soup as "zhu (bamboo) jun gao sheng (sun)".

When eating fresh, due to the odor and toxicity of the bamboo, the fungus cap and the mushroom tray need to be removed. Bamboo thorn has a characteristic, is a special antiseptic function, can prevent food fermentation and deterioration. Put some bamboo when cooking soup in the high temperature season, so that the dish can still be delicious for several days, not dirty or bad.