The weather in the north is really autumn high, today to go back to the hometown in the countryside, with the cool autumn breeze, I held the child with my lover, got on the bus home, every year this day I have to go home, because this day is My father's birthday.
I looked out the window, the bus gradually drove away from the noisy city, into the country road, I opened the window, fresh air greeted me, looking out the window is about to mature the dealer, the distant rolling peaks, really in a good mood.
With the construction of new rural areas, the villages and villages here have built asphalt roads. There are no bumps in the car in the past.
I put on my headphones and listened to the music, looked at the beautiful scenery outside the car window, the baby did not know when to fall asleep, the car finally arrived at the station, we got off the car, at this time Dad had been waiting here for a long time, I: Why didn't Mom come? Dad: She's at home busy cooking for you. So didn't come.
We put what we brought with us on the electric car that Dad was riding. After walking for about fifteen or six minutes, I came to the door.
Outside the courtyard, there was a large stack of firewood on the side of the road, which was crawling with pumpkin vines, and I vaguely saw several large pumpkins on it. There was a farm tricycle parked in the courtyard, and a small dog on a leash not far from the car was wagging its tail.
At this time, the mother saw us, hurriedly put down the work in her hand, wiped her hands with a towel, greeted us, took the baby in her lover's arms, and walked into the house together.
I put the contents of the electric car in the West House, and saw that the house was full of cocoons wrapped in leaves, and there were a few bugs crawling on it, which were silkworms.
Me: "Mom", you are so old, what silkworms do you keep? Mom: Your dad can still do it now, and if he can get some money, he can get some money. Listening to my mother's words, my heart was very unhappy.
After all, Dad is a 70-year-old man this year, still working hard, and I can't do anything about it.
The northern silkworms are raised on the mountain, and the leaves on this mountain are eaten to move to the mountain over there, which is a very hard job. Don't say let you take a basket of silkworms, let you empty the average person can't stand it.
At this time, Dad came in and said: When the meals are ready, let's eat quickly.
We came to the east house, by which time the baby was awake, playing over there, leaning against the edge of the kang and placing a table with a few dishes and a bottle of beer and drinks.
There are two dishes that attract my attention, one is a stir-fried cocoon pupae, and the other is a male silkworm moth, these two are my favorite dishes, and they are also my father's specialty dishes. So are you familiar with these two dishes? Will it be done?
If not I will do it I will hand it over to you below.
The making of cocoon pupae
Cocoon pupae are not unfamiliar to everyone, and they are often seen in the world. Its practices are common, mixing, stir-frying, frying, dry sautéing and so on. Its nutritional value is particularly high, but it should be noted that this thing must not be eaten when it deteriorates.
My dad did this: the cocoon pupae was blanched in water, cooled thoroughly, the purpose was to make the cocoon pupae set the pulp, put a little cooking oil in the pot, put the cocoon pupae at the temperature of the oil, sauté it over low heat, (this is very time-consuming) until the cocoon pupae skin is crisp and poured out for later.
Prepare a green onion cut into chopped green onions, two garlic cloves sliced, Sichuan pepper cut into segments, two celery washed and leafed into sections.
Then add a little oil, add the green onion, garlic slices, Sichuan pepper, celery and sauté until fragrant. Then pour in the cocoon pupae sprinkle with a little salt, sauté evenly and plate.
National treasure-level male silkworm moth
"Male silkworm moth" It is transformed from the "cocoon pupa", but its nutritional value can not be underestimated, it appears in the national pharmacopoeia "Compendium of Materia Medica", since the Tang Dynasty has been regarded as a royal tonic treasure.
Modern scientific research has shown that the male silkworm moth is rich in active substances, rich in male hormones, and has a significant effect on enhancing human immunity and sexual function. It is rich in cytochrome C, vitamin B12, niacin, a metapsitone and B-metasequone and other components, of which brain hormones have an excellent health care effect on the elderly, taking a certain amount of brain hormones can promote cell growth, stimulate dermal cell division, control specific protein synthesis, and achieve the effect of delaying aging.
The male silkworm moth is quite rich in minerals and trace elements, the most prominent of which is selenium content of up to 7 μg/g, which is 41 times that of eggs, 106 times that of pig lean meat, and 10,000 times that of tomatoes, which exceeds any of the foods in the Food Ingredient List [9]. The vitamin content of the male silkworm moth is also extremely rich, containing 0.04 mg of thiamine, 0.06 mg of riboflavin, 94.5 μg of retinol, and 14 mg of vitamin E per 100 g of male silkworm moth, which is equivalent to the content of bovine milk [6]. In addition, the male silkworm moth body also contains cytochrome C, silkworm mothin, prostaglandin, cyclic acid (CAMP) and other physiologically active substances.
Manufacture of male silkworm moths
My family does this: cut off the legs and wings of the male silkworm moth, put a little oil in the pot and sauté over low heat, stir-fry to cook, sprinkle with green onions and garlic slices, sprinkle a little salt, and sauté and plate.
Often good ingredients do not have to let go of too many spices.
I opened the beer on the table and poured a drink for my dad, and poured a drink for mom and lover.
I took the wine, and after wishing my father a happy birthday, I began a pleasant meal, and when I saw my father's hand holding up the wine glass, I couldn't help but feel a pang of bitterness in my heart...
I quickly finished eating, so I went to the West House to peel the cocoon, (the cocoon is wrapped in leaves, remove it to sell). Unconsciously, it was peeled to the middle of the night, and it was not finished, and Dad said that he would not peel it, and tomorrow you would have to do an early train to go back to work.
So I returned to the East House, and by this time the child's lover had already entered the dream.
I looked out the window at the stars in the sky and fell asleep unconsciously. In sleep, it seems to be back to childhood, lying in the warm arms of my mother, riding on my father's broad shoulders to watch open-air movies, chasing and playing with my friends...
I really want to never wake up in my sleep, where there is no real life pressure, conflict of interests,......