The ancients were very particular about eating, and also summarized a set of recipes for the four seasons:
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There is also a saying that "the milky way in the sky pokes the horn, the underground chicken head diamond horn", when the upper milky way is facing the southwest and northeast directions, the summer solstice is coming, which is a good time to eat the diamond horn.
The story of "eight immortals crossing the sea" is familiar to us, legend has it that there are dragons in Jiangnan, and the eight immortals have joined forces to subdue the dragon in order to protect the people from its persecution, and left eight magic weapons to protect the peace of water and soil, and Lingjiao is one of the "Eight Immortals of Water".
The diamond horn is the most wonderful produced in Jiangnan, red like rouge, green like emerald, with a little chestnut powder glutinous, sweet without losing frankincense, more than other places have a sense of aura.
The water town has achieved the growth of Lingjiao, which retains the unique flavor of the water town and hides the memories of jiangnan people for a whole summer.
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The poet Li Yu once said that there are only three kinds of food in the world that are interesting by doing themselves, that is, crabs, melon seeds and diamond horns.
Although the diamond horn is a good taste unique to heaven and earth, it is not easy to taste, it is a rebellious teenager in the "Eight Immortals of Water", and it will never easily remove its hard shell and reveal its heart to you.
Diamond horns are often hidden under the dense leaves of lake swamps and silt ponds, and it is necessary to open the whole tree to see the true face of Lushan, and most of them have sharp "horns", of which the two corners are "diamonds" and the three corners and four corners are "qi".
And it is best to pick and eat, cook and sell, there is a saying called "fresh Rhododendron root", lotus root can be put for a few days and then eat, but the more fresh the diamond horn, the better the taste, often overnight on the old.
The most difficult thing to deal with when eating diamond horns is its sharp corners, and if you are not careful, you will prick your mouth, and you need to slowly use a knife to cut the opening along the diagonal line, and peel out the pink and tender diamond flesh with your hands slightly. In one bite, the powder is sticky, the aftertaste is sweet, and the fun of eating diamond horns lies in the process of taming this rebellious teenager.
There is also a beautiful legend behind the diamond horn.
Legend has it that there was a beautiful and lovely Cailing woman, one day when she was selling Lingjiao in the market, she was looked at by the local bullies and wanted to forcibly abduct her back as a concubine, and the Cailing woman did not want to submit to the bullies, and jumped into the lake in a fiery red wedding dress. The Zhenlie of the Lingling Women dyed the lake Qingling red, and since then the Red Ling has become the best in the Ling.
Therefore, the diamond horn has been synonymous with rebellion since ancient times, they are unwilling to compete with apples, pears and other popular fruits for market favor, and they yearn for the freedom of wild wild growth, out of the mud without staining, and have a brave and fearless purity.
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The diamond horn has an uninhibited shape, just like the warm summer solstice.
Clusters of lush and shiny diamond leaves spread perfectly and orderly on the surface of the water, and the spiral stretch contains the wisdom of the arrangement of Fibonacci sequences, so that each plant can absorb the essence of the sun and moon.
Under the diamond leaves, don't look at the two ends of the diamond horn, it looks like a raw person is not close, a bad look, but after removing its shell, it is as crystal clear as pearl jade, the sharp corners are also pleasing, and the whole shape is a cute and loving gold dollar treasure.
Sharp corners bend, one head plunged into the summer solstice night, the other drunk in the Jiangnan water town.
For thousands of years, Lingjiao has been favored by cultural people, and picking Lingjiao has a more poetic elegant name called "Picking Ling".
In the deep shade of the pond, one diamond pot after another is racing between the turquoise green and white diamond flowers. Wearing a bucket hat and carrying a bamboo basket, the woman sang a soft song while rolling up her sleeves and picking the diamond horn rhythmically. Occasionally, naughty little fish splash ripples, and the clear and bright scenery unfolds into a picture of water town style.
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Cai Ling swayed again and again under the pen and ink of the literati, it is Li Bai's "Pure Water Pure Moon, Moon Understands Heron Flying"; it is Wang Wei's "Cai Ling Dutou Wind Is Urgent, The Pole Lin Xi Ri Oblique"; it is Du Xunhe's "Night Market Selling Ling Lotus, Spring Boat Carrying QiLuo"...
At the same time, it is also one of the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou", Jin Nong's "Cai Ling Tu", and the "Cai Ling Qu" sung by everyone.
Angular diamond corners, with a pure and soft heart. After the diamond horn is shelled, the flesh is in the shape of a "heart", so it is considered to symbolize the heart-to-heart imprint between lovers.
In "Tianlong Eight Parts", Duan Yu and Abi met for the first time, Abi was picking Ling, and the song rippled above the blue waves, which could not help but make people feel enchanted. Fibrous hand-peeled Ling and handed it to Duan Hao, and Duan Yu praised: "Red Ling is clear and not greasy, just like a girl's little song." ”
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In addition to fresh cooked food, Ling also entered the dish, and the Qing Dynasty "Yang Xiaolu" called it blanchable or bad, and enshrined it as "the first product in wild vegetables".
Freshly picked tender diamond horns can be eaten raw, and the old diamonds are generally cooked as snacks, peeling off the shell, steaming, warm and sweet.
Tender diamond horns
Cooked diamond horns
It is also delicious if the diamond horns are crushed into flour and made into porridge and pastries.
In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is believed that the diamond horn can also be used in medicine, relieve heat and detoxification, and is of great benefit to the stomach and intestines. Often eat some diamond flour porridge and diamond flour cake, can supplement the spleen and stomach, "Dream of the Red Chamber" in the grandmother and girls also love to eat.
Suzhou Wen Zhenheng's "Chronicle of Long Things" also strongly recommends a kind of wonton ling, which tastes very delicious. It has no sharp horns, the shell is soft and crisp, it looks thick and cute, the cute appearance, naturally and easily captures the love of the majority of foodies, song people Fan Chengda once praised: "There are wontons, the sweetest fragrance." ”
In short, the diamond horns can be blanched, meaning that they can be eaten raw, boiled, ground into powder, etc., and there are countless benefits to the body.
Now, The Horn can proudly say that I have horns because I have the ability.
You may wish to come to the lotus pond small stir-fry, sweet and soft glutinous diamond horn, on the moon to drink together, it is a great pleasure of the summer solstice.
It is a unique mark of Jiangnan Water Town,
Southerners, no matter how far they go, the green lotus pond, the sharp diamond horns, accompanied by the summer breeze, have become the poems in their hearts...
Wontons are recorded, focusing on the world's strange things, the brain hole is very large, like to remember to pay attention to me.