<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > duobao "biting tree" in the mountains of Guizhou</h1>
There is a tree in the mountains of Guizhou that "bites". But it is this kind of biting tree that has become a "cash cow" for some people, this kind of cash cow is the sumac tree, which grows in the mountains of Guizhou, and there are many in Yunnan and Sichuan.
The sumac tree is drought-tolerant and hardy, and after the valley rains, when the sumac tree begins to produce lacquer, the lacquer maker will start to prepare vines to make a "staircase" to paint on the sumac tree. However, since this kind of tree will be called a "biting tree", it is not accessible to everyone.
Sumac, not sure whose name it was
In the summer, if you cool down under the sumac tree, it is estimated that the next day you will have a rash on your body, of course, this is only for those who have not seen the sumac, this is the sumac to them "meet and greet".
For those who have seen the sumac tree, as well as those who have dealt with in the countryside, basically there is no big problem, not to eat its leaves and pick its "blood" is basically no problem, but if you are the kind of allergic skin, even the dry old sumac wood is burned to the fire, you better stay away, because it will also make your skin infected again, this tree is so powerful, but of course, this powerful tree is also a treasure.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > the first treasure of sumac: spring sumac sprouts are eaten as vegetables</h1>
The young buds of the sumac tree are very delicious, every time around the Qingming Festival, the countryside begins to plant corn, at this time the sumac tree begins to sprout, and the toon is also growing in this season, at this time, the sumac bud and the toon are the two indispensable delicacies on my family's dinner table.
The lacquer buds look special like toon, almost exactly the same. If you haven't seen it, you might confuse it with toon, because their rosiness is almost exactly the same, and when they are picked, except for children like us who grew up in the countryside, I guess everyone will admit it.
About 5 months or so sumac buds, this time can not eat
But there is still a difference, the first difference is in the taste, which is the most obvious point, the toon smells very fragrant, and the sumac bud smells a smell of paint. The second is the root, because the toon does not have much liquid flowing out, so their root changes are almost non-existent, at most it is yellowing. But the sumac bud is different, the biggest feature of the sumac is "lacquer", this thing in the sumac bud is picked the moment it flows out, and quickly formed a black "ass" at the root. So, looking at the roots, the "yellow ass" is the toon, and the "black ass" must be the sumac bud.
This is the red toon
Toon everyone can eat, but sumac buds can not, sumac buds and sumac, but also "bite" people, so if you are allergic to sumac or have not been exposed to sumac, it is best not to eat. But in fact, I can't eat it, and this thing is not sold.
Sumac buds are not the same as toon, and the toon can be blanched and eaten cold, or fried.
Sumac buds can only be fried to eat, because the hot sumac buds have a heavy lacquer taste, but if they are fried by high oil temperature, its own paint flavor is much lighter, and with the appropriate seasoning, it will become a fragrant dish. When we were young, we would pick it up and fry it with lacquer wax, especially the bacon fried with a little garlic, and the taste was really delicious.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > the second treasure of the sumac tree: cut out the paint to get rich</h1>
In general, the main value of the sumac tree is not to eat, but to produce economic income, and the economic value of the sumac tree mainly comes from its own paint.
Every year after the valley rain, it is the best time to start preparing for the painting, which must be in the valley rain. Before the valley rain comes, it is necessary to prepare the vines to start bundling the "stairs" to the trees, so that it is convenient for the painters to climb the trees to collect paint.
After tying up the "stairs", the next step is to use a scraper to scrape the bark thin, this step is very important, first of all, can not scrape too hard, because the scraping is too fierce if you accidentally hurt the tree, then the benefits of the tree will be greatly reduced, if the scraping is not in place, the skin is too thick the knife can not cut in, so the work efficiency is greatly reduced, so this is one of the most tested lacquer craftsman skills.
After scraping the skin is waiting for the valley rain, after a week of valley rain, immediately open the knife to release water, basically this period of paint will not be collected, the main role of this step is to release the excess water of the tree itself, only the paint tree water can be adjusted, the paint collected in the later period will be more high-quality.
The back is to cut every 15 days, until after the autumn, after the autumn, generally only cut once on the end, because the autumn has arrived, there is no paint, this time to raise trees, the normal tree raising time is 1 year, because too frequent cutting, will seriously shorten the life cycle of the sumac tree, and there is no benefit.
The level of lacquer craftsmanship depends most importantly on the control of the lacquer mouth, from the head knife paint all the way to the tail knife paint, if the lacquer mouth will not exceed 5 cm, it proves that the lacquer maker technology is very superb, if the lacquer mouth exceeds 5 cm or more, then the lacquer maker's technology must not work, those who will not cut the paint, but there are many lacquer trees the next quarter of the paint will not be cut to this person, even if he bids very high.
The most basic equipment of a painter
And in this line, my dad is definitely the best lacquer maker, I remember my dad showed me how high his painting technique is, I deliberately took the ruler to measure it, the smallest paint mouth 3 cm, the largest 4 cm more, and 4 cm paint mouth is very small, a tree to cut at least a dozen or so, and his 4 cm mouth must not exceed 3.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > the third treasure of the sumac tree: seeds are eaten in oil, and the residue can be used as feed</h1>
To talk about the most popular sumac, in addition to the paint itself has industrial value, it is a number of paint oil, this thing is everyone can eat, will not be "bitten", will not pick people, but there is a disadvantage, that is, the temperature can not be lower than 30 degrees, if it is lower than 30 degrees, it will condense into a block. And one thing I can't stand is that the inside of the mouth will quickly congeal, and it will still congeal in the palate, and then the whole mouth is super uncomfortable.
Lacquer wax
Regarding lacquer oil, I guess most people don't know it, it is the cooking oil of the older generation of our side, the childhood memory of our generation of rural children. However, our hometown is called lacquer oil, but it is called lacquer wax, and for its taste, it really just stays in the memory of childhood.
In autumn, when the leaves of the lacquer tree have fallen out, we will climb up the "stairs" left by the lacquer maker to the lacquer tree, use the end of the bamboo pole to tie the sickle upside down on the bamboo pole, and then use the sickle to cut off the seeds on the lacquer tree, basically collecting dozens of pounds every year.
Unripe lacquer seeds
Collected lacquer seeds with a wooden stick to photograph its seeds, and then put into sacks, sent to the neighbor who can squeeze paint wax for lacquer wax, I remember when we were young was 3 pounds of lacquer seeds 1 pound of paint wax, my family's lacquer tree every year in addition to dad cut the paint can sell for hundreds of dollars, but also to return 30 pounds of paint wax, our family's cooking oil for half a year is this 30 pounds of paint wax
But when I was a child, due to poor family conditions, almost all of them are provincial, 30 pounds of paint wax generally we will eat to the New Year when killing pigs, then basically will not eat this, even if there is also a deposit to eat in the next year, because lard is indeed more fragrant than lacquer wax, the key is that it does not stick to the mouth.
Mature lacquer seeds
I remember when I was a child, I thought that people changed us less, but then found out that we did not lose at all, because its workmanship is very complicated, first of all, we sent the past lacquer seeds he wanted to grind, let the grease and seeds separate, and finally filter out the seeds with a sieve, after filtering out the seeds, and then steam the grease with a high fire for about 30 minutes, so that the steamed grease can produce oil, at this time the steamed grease is pressed on top, and then the filter gauze is put on the oil outlet, and then it is squeezed by hand with a lever. The oil is fried out, during which it must be done before the temperature is cooled to 30 degrees, otherwise once it is cooled to 30 degrees, the oil will condense into a lump and will not come out. The remaining oil residue is then made into feed and fed to the pigs.
Lacquer seeds that are already ready to be picked
Although the oil yield of paint wax is very high, the steps in the middle are very complicated. In fact, when people used lacquer wax to exchange lacquer seeds, the main thing was to use lacquer seeds as feed to feed pigs.
Because after the separation of the sumac oil and seeds, the seeds will be collected and fried crisp, and then used to grind the stone into powder to feed the pigs, and the oil after squeezing the oil is also a very good feed, the fat of the sumac tree and the powder made of seeds are added to the bowl when cooking pig food, the pigs are very fond of eating, and it is easy to grow fat when eating, which is the favorite of farmers, but it is very troublesome to deal with. I remember when I was farming in my hometown a few years ago, my dad would collect the seeds of the sumac trees in the autumn to feed the pigs.
Lacquer wax, also known as lacquer oil
Lacquer wax is mainly eaten as edible oil, the taste is very fragrant, more fragrant than vegetable oil, of course, I think there is no lard aroma, but there are many people who say that it is more fragrant than lard. When my family was poor, we relied on it to stir-fry vegetables to eat, and our childhood stir-fry was fried sour soup, and then when we ate it, we found that even drinking soup was stained with mouth.
The usage is also very simple, that is, the pieces of lacquer wax are hammered into small pieces, and then when the pot is hot, take a piece of lacquer wax in the pot and rinse it, and then look at the melted oil in the pot, pick it up and put it on a clean plate for next use. Then the oil pan is hot and you can add the dish.
A piece of lacquer wax weighs about seven or eight pounds
I especially like to use lacquer wax to fry potatoes to eat, I feel that the potatoes fried by lacquer wax are really special fragrant, I remember that occasionally my father would buy some rapeseed oil, and then I would secretly take it to fry potatoes to eat, but I still felt that there was no lacquer wax fried incense.
Lacquer wax and lard have their special fragrance, but also quite long, this is rapeseed oil can not be compared, rapeseed oil in the raw oil is very fragrant, but the fried rapeseed oil does not have such a long fragrance, feel that the aroma of rapeseed oil is very volatile, and lacquer wax and lard is not so easy to volatilize, of course, in my opinion, the nutritional value of lard is always much higher than lacquer wax and rapeseed oil.