My hometown is in Jiujiang City, northern Jiangxi, where the mountains are surrounded, there are a lot of bamboo shoots on the mountain, starting from the Qingming Festival, all kinds of bamboo shoots one after another, began to be on the table, but for the people in our hometown, bamboo shoots, generally refer to the kind of stout bamboo shoots, this because of the astringency, few people like to eat, but from mid-April to early May, water shoots, that is people's favorite.
The bamboo shoots are relatively fresh and tender, when you come close to smell it, you can also feel a faint fragrance, because there are bamboo shoots everywhere, all eyes are mountains, with "good bamboo and mountain bamboo shoots fragrance" to describe, it is also just right.
For as long as I can remember, people in my hometown rarely use the Gregorian calendar to express as long as they mention time, generally referring to the lunar calendar, in the lunar calendar, the beginning of summer, has become a very important solar term, it is also a traditional festival. Eating bamboo shoots in Lixia is a long-standing local custom. It is generally believed that eating bamboo shoots on this day can play a role in strengthening the foot pole.
As the old saying goes, "if you don't eat bamboo shoots in the beginning of summer, your legs and feet will not be stable", tomorrow in the beginning of summer, why do you want to eat bamboo shoots?
1. Why do you want to eat bamboo shoots tomorrow?
Eating bamboo shoots in Lixia is popular in many places, and for this matter, I also asked the elders in the family, and the reasons they gave are still understandable.
1. The bamboo shoots are knotted in the air, similar to the foot pole, but they grow up but are indomitable, the beginning of summer is the busiest time of the year, at this time, people want to farm, and they all hope that the foot pole is strong, so they use the way of eating bamboo shoots to reflect it.
2. At this time, the bamboo shoots are nearing the end, if you don't eat them, you will have to go out of the forest, and at this time there are fewer green leafy vegetables, and eating a little bamboo shoots on the mountain is also more in line with the season.
In fact, the custom of eating bamboo shoots in Lixia is not only popular in our hometown of Jiujiang, in Lu Xun's poem "Lixia", there is also "eating a bamboo shoot with healthy feet, more jumping and spirited", it can be seen that eating bamboo shoots in Lixia is the belief of people in most places.
Second, if you eat bamboo shoots in Lixia, why will you benefit more from eating?
The bamboo shoots in our hometown are relatively small, and according to their growth characteristics, they will generally cook them according to their growth to achieve the best taste.
Shoot tip
This part is the most tender part of the bamboo shoots, when people eat, they generally choose to boil oil noodles to eat, oil noodles are a kind of local handmade noodles, with the fresh fragrance of bamboo shoots, the whole noodles will become particularly delicious.
Method: Clean the tip of the bamboo shoots, cut them into minced pieces, then put a little vegetable oil in the pot, stir-fry it, add boiling water, boil, put in the oil noodles, cook it thoroughly, at this time to some chicken powder to improve the freshness, the oil noodles themselves are salty, so there is no need to add.
Shoot stalks
This is the bamboo shoots, the most tasteful place, and it will be particularly crispy when eaten, so this part of the bamboo shoots is the best way to stir-fry, which can completely show its taste.
Method: Clean the bamboo shoots, cut them into oblique knives, or cut them into strips, put vegetable oil in the pot, heat them, put them in the bacon and stir-fry, then add some minced garlic and chili peppers, put in the bamboo shoots and stir-fry, fry it until it tastes, put in salt and soy sauce, and finally add some monosodium glutamate.
Bottom of the water shoot
The bottom of the bamboo shoots, that is, the end stage of the bamboo shoots, the bamboo shoots in this place are slightly worse in taste, so people like to use it to cook soup and eat it, especially with fish or pork ribs at home.
Method: Cut the bottom of the bamboo shoots, then put vegetable oil in the pot, put the fish in it and fry it, after it is cooked thoroughly, add salt and cooking wine, some soy sauce, and finally put in ginger slices and bamboo shoots, then put in boiling water, boil, put in bamboo shoots, cook thoroughly, and add chicken essence.
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Lixia to eat bamboo shoots, different parts can use a different method, such as the most tender part, in my hometown is boiled oil noodles to eat, the middle part of the fried bacon, the tail, take the stewed soup, so that its umami, completely stimulated, tomorrow is the beginning of summer, everyone don't forget to eat some fresh bamboo shoots.
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