Lin Chaorong's family lives on the edge of the Tuojiang River, and the land near the river is moist, which is the favorite growth environment of the folded ear root.
"Go, take the sickle and the dustpan, and dig the root of the ear." On March 15, Lin Chaorong of Huangjue Village, Hushi Town, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, and his family went to find one of their favorite wild vegetables, the folded ear root.
"Fold the ear roots, grow on the slope, grow on the ridges, sell them on the streets, and use the scales." It can be found everywhere around farmland, with large areas of vines, like warmth and cold tolerance, mostly growing on lakes, rivers, watery roads, fields or wet places in mountains. And because of its special smell, there are very few insect pests.
"The main thing about folding the ear root is to eat its roots, and when digging, we must pay attention to the uprooting, and the force cannot be used too much, otherwise the root will be broken." Lin Chaorong skillfully picked while discussing the picking techniques with the people next to him.
"Wild folded ear roots can be picked and eaten all year round, and Luzhou people with different seasons of folded ear roots have different ways of eating, picking young stems and leaves in spring and summer, and digging underground stems in autumn and winter." For the eating method of folded ear root, Lin Chaorong told reporters that the tender folded ear root can be used as the main dish cold mix, the old one can be used as an accessory to stew chicken, stir-fried meat with root, and many hot pot shops have it in the seasoning. The older generation also likes to soak the folded ear root in water after drying, giving play to its role as a Chinese herbal medicine, clearing heat and detoxification. "Today's harvest is very tender, and the cold mix is the most comfortable." Lin Chaorong and his family returned home with a full harvest, talking and laughing, ready to make cold mix folded ear roots.
Han Mengjun
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