When the rain is full, the hundred grains are climbing. As the last solar term of spring, the rain is the last solar term of spring, just as the ancients said that "rain gives birth to a hundred grains", the rain gradually increases, and the newly planted crops are also being moistened. With the rain in late spring, the valley rain comes, the plants sprout and sprout, and everything is full of vitality in preparation for summer.
Valley rain is not only essential for farming, but also for people's health, when the temperature is changeable, we must pay more attention to our health to avoid getting sick in the summer.
The rainy season means that spring is coming to an end, and the hot summer days are coming, and the temperature will gradually rise after that. During the change of seasons in spring and summer, it is especially easy to catch fire, and you can also eat more seasonal fruits to supplement vitamins to alleviate these conditions. When we say goodbye to spring, the limited edition "Spring Vegetables" are about to leave the table, so we might as well grab the tail of spring and taste its last freshness while it is raining.
1. Perfume camellia
For the northern region, it is known as the habit of eating toon in the rainy season, and it is the main dish for spring tasting, both inside and outside. Not only are the green leaves and red edges very distinctive, exuding a rich aroma, but also rich in dietary fiber, vitamins and a variety of minerals. In the rainy season, whether you buy a toon or pick it yourself, mix it with tofu, the fragrance is fragrant, and it makes people have a great appetite.
Recommended dish: Toon tofu puree
Ingredients: toon, tofu, wolfberry, black sesame, garlic, cooked peanuts, sesame oil, light soy sauce, sugar, mustard oil, salt
1. Wash the toon and cut the tofu into pieces for later use.
2. Blanch the tofu in the pot for about 2 minutes and then remove it, and blanch the toon for about 30 seconds.
3. Puree the tofu with a spoon, chop the toon into small pieces for later use, press and pound the garlic into minced garlic, grind the peanuts into crushed peanuts, wash the sesame seeds and wolfberries and set aside.
4. Add chopped peanuts, sesame seeds, minced garlic, 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of mustard oil, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, and appropriate amount of salt to stir.
5. Add the chopped toon and wolfberry and continue to stir until the stirring is smooth.
6. Scoop the mixed tofu into a small bowl, compact it upside down on the plate, and remove the small bowl. A plate of toon tofu puree will do.
2. Spring bamboo shoots
Spring bamboo shoots are white and fresh, delicious and refreshing, it should be "born in time", if not harvested in time, it will turn from delicious to bamboo, and you can never find the freshness of this spring. Spring bamboo shoots are hard to find after the valley rain, so we might as well seize the time at the end of this spring to taste a few more bites of spring bamboo shoots.
Vegetable Product: Silkworm Oil Roasted
Ingredients: spring bamboo shoots, shallots, garlic, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, salt
1. Peel off the outer skin of the spring shoots, cut off the roots, and divide them in half from the middle.
2. Press the garlic (about 5 cloves) into minced garlic and cut the shallots into sections for later use.
3. Add water to the pot, add 1 tablespoon of salt, half a tablespoon of oil, boil the water and blanch the spring bamboo shoots for about 2 minutes, remove the water and set aside.
4. Put a little oil in the pot, add the shallots and stir-fry until the oil is hot, then add the blanched spring bamboo shoots and stir-fry over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
5. Add 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, half a bowl of water to a pot and simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
6. Add minced garlic, appropriate amount of salt, stir-fry evenly over high heat.
3. Mulberries
Mulberries were picked and eaten during the Yin Shang period, and we still like this small black and red fruit today. Mulberries have a sweet taste, full of juice, high nutritional value, and are rich in nutrients such as dietary fiber and vitamins. During spring and summer socialization, eat more mulberries to replenish vitamins for the body.
So when we buy mulberries, we should keep in mind two key points: one is to look at the shape, good mulberry particles are full, big and thick; second, look at the surface, the mature mulberry has an oily appearance, black translucent, red and bright. And there is no breakage, and there is no juice seepage.
There are three steps when cleaning, first rinse with running water to remove dust and impurities on the surface, then put the rinsed mulberries into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of flour, salt, and water and soak for 5 minutes, and finally take out the mulberries and rinse them again with running water, and then you can eat.
Fourth, strawberries
As a kind of fruit that everyone prefers, strawberries have a sweet and sour taste, rich in nutrition, and are known as the "Queen of Fruits". The vitamin C content is 7-10 times higher than that of apples and grapes, and it is a fruit with both beauty and connotation.
So we choose strawberries to see if they are intact, fresh, not rotten, and not broken. You can check the color of the strawberry to judge the ripeness, when the whole fruit is evenly colored, it means that it is ripe, do not buy half green and half red strawberries, the taste is not sweet enough. Fresh strawberries have a strong fruity aroma, smell them when you buy them, and abandon them if they have a bad smell. You can also check the fruit pedicle, the fresh strawberry stalk should be green or light green, and do not buy the yellowed or dry ones, at this time the strawberries are no longer fresh.
- Lao Jing said -
Mulberries and strawberries are eaten as much as you want, and the rest is washed the next time you eat them, otherwise the moisture from the washing will accelerate the decay of the fruit. And do not remove the sepals from the fruits that you don't eat, otherwise it will be easier for the fruit to be contaminated by microorganisms. If you don't eat it temporarily, you must store it scientifically, and you can cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate it, and the appropriate temperature is about 4 °C. It is best to eat it within three days after buying it to avoid rotting and spoiling the fruit.
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