February 4 will be spring, the next spring is about half a month, we all know that as long as the spring is over, the rural plants will grow crazy, the temperature will slowly rise, and there will be no more fear. People are free to go to the wild and find wild vegetables to eat.
Spring is the season of wild vegetables, these wild plants in the countryside after a winter sting, encounter the spring wind and grow again, like cabbage, maran head, small root garlic, toon sprouts, etc., are our rural people often eat wild vegetables.
In fact, in addition to these commonly eaten wild vegetables in the countryside, there are some that are not often eaten, how much do you know? Today, Xiao Wu will introduce a wild vegetable that is common in the countryside but rarely eaten. After reading this article, friends in the countryside, do not miss, this wild vegetable edible value is high, especially its calcium content is higher than milk, per 100 grams of fresh young stems and leaves contain calcium 270 mg, it has more than 2,000 years of edible history, many people in the countryside do not know.
Friends, when you see this plant in the picture above, is it familiar? It looks very similar to the pea, a crop often grown in the countryside, but it is not a pea, it is just a bit of a "relative", the scientific name of this plant is called "big nest vegetable", and because it looks like a pea, it is called a wild pea.
It is a perennial herb of the legume family wild pea genus, the plant is not high, generally only 40 to 100 cm, it is no one planted in Xiaowu's hometown, it is mainly wild, it has a wide distribution range in the mainland, in Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan and other places are very common, in the forest, river beach, grass, shrubland, field and other places have grown.
We all know that pea seedlings can be eaten, in Guangxi pea seedlings in the market also sell 3 yuan a handful, someone specially grows pea seedlings to sell, this big nest vegetable (wild peas) can also be eaten. Its history of consumption is even earlier, and there is a record of wild peas in the Book of Verses, which reads: "Cevi Tsevi, Wei also stopped." The return is also the end of the year. The jingmu family, the reason for the badger. Not to mention the reason for the qiju, the cause of the badger. "Wei" here refers to the big nest dish, which has been eaten for more than 2,000 years.
According to Xiao Wu's mother, when they were young, there was a serious shortage of food at that time, and they could not eat enough every day, so at that time, the wild vegetables, roots, and wild grasses on the rural mountains were all eaten, of course, this wild peas were also among them.
In addition to edible value, wild peas also have medicinal value, it has the effect of clearing heat and dampness and blood stasis, and if it is eaten as a wild vegetable, it can also play a certain therapeutic role.
In the spring, go out into the wild to pick the young stems and leaves of wild peas and come back to clean them, stir-fry them or make soups that taste very good.
Friends in the countryside, if there are pigs at home, when playing pig grass in the wild, there should be this wild pea seedling to give pigs to eat, so the wild peas it is also a good grass feed for feeding livestock, its stems and leaves are tender, nutritious, palatability is good, plus it has a very high yield, loved by people, some places, but also artificially planted wild peas to feed livestock.
But one thing must be noted, wild peas this plant, when tender before flowering is edible, but after flowering, it is poisonous, do not go to pick to eat, the more to the back of the seed, its toxicity is stronger, so if you want to pick it to eat, you must be early, do not miss the time.
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