Spring comes, the temperature warms up, the creatures on the land sprout and grow, and on the vitality, we can always think of the "barbarism" of the mushrooms after the rain. At the turn of summer, another kind of bamboo shoots gradually increased, and they rose from the mudflats, sprang out wildly, and finally appeared in the refrigerators of the shops, in the plastic bowls in the hands of each elderly child. This kind of bamboo shoot is...
The beaches in the Fujian region look mysterious when viewed from a distance
In fact, the earth shoot is not a "bamboo shoot", but a link mollusk that is wild on the tidal flat where the coastal rivers enter the sea and where the brackish water meets, and the scientific name is called "star worm". It contains gum, two or three inches long, its appearance is rough, the color is black and brown, the thick one is like an index finger, the thin one is like a rice stem, about the length of the thumb, and it also drags a "tail" that is one or two inches long, as thin as a matchstick, and stretches freely.
Although the appearance is not beautiful, the taste is very good
Earth shoots, also known as Tu Bamboo Shoots, according to the "Min Xiao Ji", "Yu often eats soil shoot jelly in Fujian, the taste is very rare, but it smells like an earthworm, that is, Sand Sunda." The "Min Miscellaneous Records" also contains: "Tu Shoot was born in the sand cave of the beach, and is now produced in the sea cliffs of Quanzhou." "Today Anhai produces the most. The jellyed bamboo shoots are gray and white, crystal clear, tender and crisp, elastic, and accompanied by other spices, especially flavorful, and are seasonal delicacies in the winter and spring seasons of Xiamen and Quanzhou.
There are two common ways to cook the bamboo shoots, one is to make the soil shoot soup, that is, the washed bamboo shoots are boiled in a pot of boiling water, and then sprinkled with simple spices after being fished out with water, which is a bowl of fresh and sweet soup. Another method is "earth shoot jelly", the authentic earth shoot jelly pays attention to the ancient method of production, and the earthen shoot soup made of firewood emits a unique fresh smell, which is the most primitive ancient essence. This is incomparable to the clay shoot jelly concocted by industrial methods.
Bowls of clay shoot jelly exude a seductive atmosphere
When boiling, the gum contained in the soil shoots is perfectly dissolved in the soup, making it rich in extremely highly nutritious collagen. The cooked bamboo shoots are fished out and put in small bowls for refrigeration, so that they cool and solidify, forming the so-called "soil shoot jelly".
In Guangdong, there is bowl cake, and in southern Fujian, there is soil shoot jelly, and people in Quanzhou and Xiamen areas regard it as the venerable of street food, which has a long history and high exposure, and is a delicacy that people will associate with when they come to southern Fujian. There are often shops for sale on the street, or scattered or monopoly forms presented in front of the public's eyes, although quanzhou Anhai's bamboo shoots are the most authentic, but Xiamen's economy is developed, enough to make the soil shoot jelly too large and wide, so those who visit Xiamen will be able to taste this taste.
Clay shoot jelly accounts for two-thirds of the storefront
Shops that specialize in clay shoot jelly
Slippery taste, with a hint of coolness, with the tip of the tongue refreshing together to resist the heat of early summer, placed on the side of the mustard and soy sauce, peanut butter, in vain to add to the beautiful taste of the bamboo shoot jelly, 10 yuan three of the bamboo shoot jelly, is not the customer's constant, desire dissatisfaction of them, often are six bottoms, a bite is a few bowls, after all, not a local, this delicious is not often eaten.
A simple bowl is a delicacy to hold in the palm of your hand
Heroes of the Reconquest of Taiwan: Statue of Qi Jiguang
There is a legend about the jelly of the earthen shoots has been circulating in Quanzhou, the legend is that when Zheng Chenggong was ordered to attack Taiwan, there was a shortage of grain and grass for a while, but he ruled the army strictly, never taking a needle and a thread from the common people, let alone grain, so the soldiers went to the sea to dig up a large number of soil shoots and boil them into soup. In order to recover Taiwan as soon as possible, Zheng Chenggong worked hard and often forgot to eat. One day, he felt that it was troublesome to reheat the soil shoot soup, so he directly took the frozen soil shoot jelly to eat, but he did not expect it to taste better. As a result, this way of eating has spread, and has been continuously improved by later generations, forming a widely known Anhai soil shoot jelly.
Anti-Wu Hero: Statue of Qi Jiguang
The protagonist of another theory is also a general. During the Ming Jiajing period, the Wukou invaded the southeast coast of China, and Qi Jiguang led his troops to resist the Wu. Because of the shortage of food, he ordered the jumping fish, shrimp, crabs, and snail shells on the beach to cook soup together, and when dragging crabs on the beach, he accidentally caught a sea earthworm, and the soldiers put it into the pot alone to cook soup. When Qi Jiguang finally dined, only the frozen sea earthworms were left, and he had to draw his sword to take a piece to taste, not expecting that this delicacy was more delicious than fish and crabs, and since then the frost of the earth shoots has spread.
Clay shoot jelly can also be eaten with dipping sauce
The earliest written record of the jelly of the earthen shoots is the "Min Xiao ji" written by Zhou Lianggong in the Qing Dynasty: "To eat the soil shoot jelly in Fujian. The taste is very rare, but it is born on the seashore, and it is shaped like an earthworm, and I don't know what it is. After reading Ningbo Zhi, sha fu, a block of a thing such as cattle and horses intestines, head length can be five or six inches, fat and soft like water worms without headless, no skin and bone, but can squirm, touch is shrunken, small as peach chestnut, Xu Fu bloated, its saliva, miscellaneous five spicy boiled, crisp beauty for the upper taste, is to know the rest of the food is sand, min people mistakenly called as bamboo shoots, to marry fat and boneless people, the son to sand call it, the beginning of the crowd did not understand, after seeing this salty as a hidden laugh, sandy cold, more food can make people violent, Xie in Hangzhou as mud shoots, Leqing people called it sand garlic. ”
There are also ways to eat dipped in chili peppers, but locals rarely eat this
It is impossible to study which statement is more accurate, but it is enough to find some fragmentary correlations from the historical records. It can also be seen that the name of the earth shoot in various regions is not uniform, some people say that the soil shoot is frozen, some people say that the soil shoot is frozen, and even the "mud shoots" and "sand garlic" are actually the same thing, because in the hearts of foodies, everything in the world is general, and the universe can be eaten.
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