March 21, Society's Day! I believe that everyone ate the fragrant social meal for the first time, right? She's rice is a representative food of the Society's Day, and it is also a must-have food for honoring ancestors! In many villages in Huaihua, there is a saying that 'the society day does not eat the community meal, and the land father does not appreciate it', that is to say, this day is the day of sacrifice to the land bodhisattva! Because it is a sacrifice to the bodhisattva of the land, it is easy to understand that artemisia grass from the soil is chosen as the protagonist to create the staple food of the day!
The company has a long history! The Tang Dynasty poet Wang Chao had a poem "Sheri" circulated, which said: "The rice grain under the goose lake mountain is fertile, and the guinea pig is half hidden." Mulberry shadow oblique spring society scattered, the family supported intoxicated. ”
In addition to eating social meals, many places are also popular to hang social paper! That is, on the day of the festival or three days before the festival, the new grave (no more than 3 years old) is sacrificed! It is said that if no one hangs up the paper, the land father-in-law and the mother-in-law will beat the soul of the owner of the new grave!
Of course, the social day is also combined with a year of farming! It is said that if it is after the spring equinox, the harvest will be good! According to the villagers, "Divide first and then scatter (dialect pronunciation of the same society, the meaning of losing), and then there will be sprinkling (losing)"! If it is the spring equinox after the spring equinox, the year is certainly not very ideal! There are no points, where is the sprinkling (dialect pronunciation of the same society, the meaning of loss)?
Therefore, in the countryside, it is often heard that the elderly look at the annual harvest with the Spring Society!
Now, let's take a look at how the community meal is made!
▲Steamed rice
The main ingredient of the rice, artemisia! In spring, on the fields, by the creek, and on the hillsides, there are traces of artemisia everywhere, and many artemisia pickers will also appear here! In the countryside, artemisia is divided into two kinds, one is artemisia annua, the other is red artemisia, artemisia annua with bitter taste, red artemisia with fragrance, so, cook the rice to pick red artemisia!
▲Artemisia annua
▲Washed artemisia
Artemisia annua is best eaten only in the spring, so authentic communal meals can be eaten once a year. So, today we will explore this mysterious cuisine.
Preparation Method:
steam. Cut the bacon into small cubes, the bitter garlic should be cut into short knots, the artemisia should be washed (only with young leaves), cut into short knots, and kneaded out of the bitter water agent to dry the water. Stir-fry in tea oil until artemisia turn yellow to remove bitter water and set aside. Glutinous rice and rice are washed and soaked in water; rice is first boiled in a pot of boiling water for a while, and the rice soup is filtered out; glutinous rice is filtered out and mixed with the boiled rice, and diced bacon, bitter garlic, artemisia, salt, and MONOS glutamate are mixed well, put into the koshiki, and steamed over high heat.
Flavor Features:
Artemisia annua wild onion flavor, bacon flavor is strong, rice oil is not greasy, popular in the Xiangxi region.
Production key:
1. Artemisia annua should produce bitter water twice to reduce the bitter taste. Non-seasonal or old onion artemisia, strong astringency, should not be used.
2. Cook indica rice to be steamed to just the right amount, not raw or cooked, slightly harder than the usual boiled rice.
3. During the steaming process, it should be hot and vigorous, and it should be made in one go.
peculiarity:
Artemisia annua and wild onion have a special fragrance, and adhere to the rice table, the smell penetrates into it, the bacon has a strong aroma, the fat is glossy, the two kinds of rice are comprehensive, the color is crystal clear, and the oil is not greasy.
It is made by steaming and boiling glutinous rice, indica rice, wild artemisia, wild shallots, bacon, lard, vegetable oil, peanut rice, etc. It can be eaten fresh or fried afterwards. The rice will only become more and more fragrant.
Xiangxi Miao family
Eating community meals, it is the mid-spring March season, and the carambola air is fresh. Although every family cooks a communal meal, there are always different times when neighbors have to give each other a tasting. This simple rural customs and folk customs are still continued from generation to generation. At the same time, Artemisia annua rice has the effect of dispelling swelling and qi, removing malaria (Note: dàn, Chinese medicine refers to fever), dispelling poison, and strengthening bile, and is also a traditional medicinal food of the Miao family, with the reform and opening up of the society rice also to the market. So if you go to the Spring Society and don't eat a delicious "community meal", it is also a pity.
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