Spring returns to the earth, and plants and trees germinate. Ingenious people make use of nature's bounty to create a variety of seasonal dishes. At present, spring bamboo shoots, grass heads, maran heads, camellia, lettuce and other "spring vegetables" have become people's "new favorites" on the table.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, a pastry shop in Zhangyan Town was bustling with activity, welcoming the first customers one after another. Accompanied by the sweet glutinous rice aroma and hot oil aroma, the "popular" bamboo shoots and meat cakes of the season are freshly baked.
"The bamboo shoots and pork cakes that have just come out of the pot are the most fragrant and delicious. What makes customers talk about it is that the cake is fried on both sides until golden brown and crispy, and the filling fills the belly of the cake, and after tasting it, the taste buds and mood are greatly satisfied.
According to reports, in order to allow customers to eat fragrant and hot cakes in the morning, the owner Yu Juwen generally starts to be busy at more than 3 o'clock in the morning, opening pancakes at about 6 o'clock, and serving nearly 150 flat cakes every day. She moves skillfully and methodically, and after the main steps such as adding water to simmer and turn the dough, it can be out of the pot in about 10 minutes. The crust she made was thin and filling, which was particularly pleasing to people.
Fresh ingredients are essential for tass to be delicious. After finishing the work in the store in the morning, Yu Juwen began to prepare the ingredients for tomorrow morning in the afternoon. In her own small bamboo forest, the bamboo is scattered, the spring bamboo shoots emerge "little heads", and the planted Malan head grows luxuriantly. Under the light of the spring sun, the "spring vegetables" appear more tender.
Yu Juwen bent over to pick the maran head in the field, while his family took a hoe, first digging away the soil around the spring bamboo shoots, then digging up the roots of the bamboo shoots, and putting the well-proportioned bamboo shoots with fresh leaves into the basket.
"Fresh spring bamboo shoots are peeled, blanched, chopped and other processes, and the processed minced pork leg meat is evenly stirred, and simple condiments such as salt and monosodium glutamate are put to retain the original umami of spring bamboo shoots. Yu Juwen said. In addition, she replaces hot water with porridge cooked until it is sticky, adds glutinous rice flour and kneads it into a dough that makes the cake softer and smoother.
Because the store also sells pastries, lunch boxes, rice dumplings and other foods, the daily bamboo shoots and meat cakes are limited in supply. According to reports, the offline price of bamboo shoots and meat cakes is 2.5 yuan each, and online reservations are supported, 25 yuan per copy, a total of 10.
Spring eating wild vegetables is at the right time, and it is fresh in April. From the Malan Tou dumplings to the seasonal bamboo shoots and lettuce leaf cakes, and then to the edamame meat cakes that will be launched in season, Yu Juwen wraps home-cooked "spring vegetables" into the dough, allowing customers to taste the seasonal food in the countryside. The "taste of spring" jumped on the table, and people also felt the strong spring feeling of green and new life.
Correspondents | Gu Lingli
Edit | Yang Li
Editor-in-charge | Liu Jiayuan