A fellow selling wild vegetables
◎ Guo Zhibo
I miss my hometown, full of wild vegetables that grow naturally in the mountains. Especially in spring, when the vegetables are green and yellow, Laishan grows a wild vegetable called "mountain grasshopper" is quite loved, the more tender the "mountain grasshopper" dish, the better, old can not eat, the tender "mountain grasshopper" dish, from the slope of Lai Mountain pinched home, remove the old leaves and old stems, blanched with boiling water, repeatedly soaked in cool water, remove the astringency, and then, both hands squeeze hard to remove the moisture, chop into fine powder, can be wrapped in buns to eat, can also be cold mixed to eat, can also be fried to eat, according to their own hobbies and cooking, here is a brief introduction to several ways to eat, FYI. First, wrap the buns, choose pork belly and cut into small cubes, chop the processed mountain grasshoppers, add minced green onion and ginger, peppercorn oil, peanut oil, salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, sesame oil, very fresh taste, etc. Stir well, use bread, then feed for half an hour, and steam for 40 minutes in the upper drawer. The second is cold mixing, blanching and draining the cleaned grasshoppers in boiling water, chopping, adding salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, minced green onion and ginger, and you can also add chili oil or sesame paste to mix well and eat. The third is to eat cooked, mountain grasshoppers are washed, blanched, cooled and soaked, drained, minced fried meat, scrambled eggs, etc. can be used. All in all, the mountain grasshopper is an authentic wild vegetable that has been featured in the elegant hall of hotels and guesthouses many years ago and is very popular with diners.
Of course, there are a lot of edible wild vegetables in Laishan, as well as wild mushrooms, wild garlic seedlings, pear mushrooms, etc. can be processed and eaten, not analyzed one by one here, it should be noted that when digging wild vegetables, you must be familiar with it, if you dig up toxic wild vegetables, it is quite dangerous. Especially the wild mushroom on the mountain has many varieties, edible and inedible, when picking, you must be careful, it is best to invite experienced farmers to accompany the picking, in order to be foolproof, by the way, almost forgot, pick wild vegetables, don't forget the natural growth of camelina, bitter vegetables, this is the story of spring, camelina dumplings are a must, of course, there are many ways to eat, such as camelina hook eggs, etc., bitter vegetables are so named, sweet and bitter, but dipping noodle sauce to eat is the best quality, every spring, In city-sized hotels, camelin, bitter vegetables and grasshoppers are essential dishes to satisfy the tastes of city people, and every spring, summer and autumn, I will let my old family bring some wild vegetables to satisfy my greed for wild vegetables.
Climbing Lai Mountain to pick wild vegetables can be spring, summer and autumn, different seasons to pick wild vegetables varieties are different, especially in spring, when all things are revived and spring blossoms, invite a few friends to Lai Shan while digging wild vegetables while enjoying the scenery and discussing the history of Laishan, wouldn't it be beautiful, happy!
In winter, digging wild vegetables is almost a luxury, and the mountains are covered with snow, and wild vegetables are sleeping, and they cannot be found at all. This season, if you are hungry, you must go to the supermarket or the farmer's market to buy, I live only a hundred steps away from the community farmers market, every day from the countryside people sell wild vegetables, each of them carries very little, there are only three or four varieties, mainly camelin, mountain grasshoppers, etc., because of storage in the cold air warehouse, so, still maintain a certain degree of freshness, but the price is very expensive, much more expensive than eggs, I sometimes bear to cut love to buy some home to eat.
Once when I came home from work, I went to the market to pick out a few wild vegetables, a total of 21 yuan and six dimes, and the vegetable vendor said to give 21 yuan, I chatted with him while paying, and learned that his surname was Wang, the Wang family in Qijia Town, Longkou City, and my village is a neighboring village. Since then, I often go to Lao Wang's vegetable stall to buy vegetables, probably because of the hometown, every time I go to his stall to buy wild vegetables (of course, I also piggyback to buy other vegetables), he tries to pick me well, fresh, the price is slightly lower than other vegetable vendors, and full of two, very honest, sometimes, can't find money, he always smiled and said: It's okay, next time together. He did this not only to me, but also to other customers. I remember once when I went to work in the morning, I told Lao Wang on WeChat: Treat at home at night, let him leave some wild vegetables, wait for me to pick it up after work, because there are temporary tasks before work, need to work overtime, helpless, so I canceled the invitation, changed it to the weekend, due to my own negligence, forgot to tell Lao Wang that the dishes ordered were not wanted, until eight o'clock in the evening, when I went home and passed the market, I found that the market was almost empty, and I saw Lao Wang waiting for me with the dishes that I had ordered, seeing this scene, I was grateful and complained that Lao Wang was waiting for me for such a order, Why bother, the old Wang said humbly: It's okay, integrity in doing business comes first, since you agree, you must keep your promises. Listening to Lao Wang's simple words, I was full of admiration in my heart.
No wonder Lao Wang dishes sell more, sell fast, this may be related to his honesty, talk about credit, over time, we have become good friends, sometimes I take off work, I go to his stall to chat, talk about some things in his hometown, and when he sells the vegetables and closes the stall, I will pull him to a nearby barbecue restaurant to drink two tricks, Lao Wang is a kind person, worth dating, unconsciously more than half a year has passed, at the beginning of this year, due to home decoration, my family moved to the development zone to live temporarily, because of that busy time, did not go to the farmer's market, I don't know anything about Lao Wang's situation, some days ago, I moved back to the first day, hurried to the community farmers market, looking for Lao Wang to buy wild vegetables, I haven't eaten for months, I am indeed a little hungry, I can't find him in the market, inquire about the neighboring vegetable vendor, the neighboring vegetable vendor took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to me, I hurriedly opened it and looked at it, and there were a few crooked big words written on the paper:
Brother of the fellow, my mother is sick in my hometown, I have to go back to serve my mother, I can't sell wild vegetables to you, and I can't drink with you, thank you for taking care of you, you will tell me when you go back to Longkou City, I will give you a lot of wild vegetables, drink with you, goodbye.
Wang bing
After reading the letter, I was already in tears, and I silently blessed him in my heart: Good brother, your mother will definitely recover soon, and I am still waiting to buy your wild vegetables and drink with you.
I love the wild vegetables in my hometown, and I love the villagers in my hometown who are affectionate and honest.
(Photo by Liang Yuhao)
About the author
Guo Zhibo is a member of Shandong Prose Literature Association, Yantai Prose Literature Association, and Longkou City Writers Association. Since writing poems and novels in 91, the poem "Porter" won the winner of the cute hometown cup competition held by Yantai Daily in the same year, and the poem "Love in the Mountains and Seas" was hired by Yantai TV, and was recited by Huang Wei, a famous host of Yantai TV Station, and the poetry author in the food competition held by Yantai TV. Winner of the 3rd National Confucius Literature Award. In 2018, Jilin Province held the special prize of the "Love Lantern Festival" poetry competition. The fourth place in the 2nd National Top Ten Filial Piety Poetry Grand Prix. In the 2017 "Sycamore Tree" Cup Poetry Grand Prix, his work "Old Husband and Old Wife" won the second prize. Poems, novels, and essays have been published many times in the national publication "Hotel World", provincial and municipal publications "Yantai Daily", "Yantai Evening News", "Yantai Hotel", "Safety and Production", etc.
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