Flower pig bone pot lotus root Li Xiaochun photo
Zhongxin Network Jiangmen August 15 Title: "Lotus" You go to Taishan, a hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangdong Province, to meet the taste of hometown
Author Li Xiaochun Guo Jun
In Taishan, Guangdong Province, which successfully created a national full-scale tourism demonstration zone in 2019, in recent years, more and more towns (streets) and villages have used idle ponds, low-lying land, waterfront land, etc. to plant lotus flowers, and the rural environment has been further beautified. Entering taishan in the hot summer, in Taicheng Artificial Lake, Taicheng Guishui Village, Shuibu Town Luxia Fengchao Village, Duanfen Town Tangtou Wenyang Village, Haiyan Town Sanxing Village, Wencun Town Ziyi Village and other places can be seen in the "endless blue of the lotus leaves, the lotus flowers of the day are different red" scenery, attracting many photography enthusiasts to go to collect wind and punch cards. Just as the so-called "lotus root is obtained because of the lotus", at present, the lotus root in Taishan has been listed in large quantities.
Lotus root stewed pig's foot Photo by Li Xiaochun
Taishan, known as the "first field in Guangdong", is "the hometown of China's high-quality silk and seedling rice". In addition to the abundant production of the national agricultural product geographical indication product "Taishan rice", all kinds of vegetable cultivation is also quite large-scale and good quality, lotus root is one of them. At present, the lotus root varieties planted in Taishan include Elian No. 6, Pearl Buck, Jumbo, Tiangong No. 1, etc., which are planted in two parts, with Haiyan, Wencun and other towns with the largest planting area.
Southern milk stir-fried lotus slices Photo by Li Xiaochun
Recently, more than 10,000 mu of lotus fields in Taishan Chongpu, Doosan, Chixi, Haiyan, Wencun and other towns have ushered in a busy scene of this year's first lotus root harvest. Lotus diggers from all over the world can determine the position and direction of the lotus under the water through the lotus stems on the water surface, use their feet to open the mud around the lotus, step on the connected lotus whip, and use the high-pressure water gun to flush out the lotus hidden in the silt, and a thick and long lotus root has surfaced one after another and is packed into a long rubber bucket. Compared with pure hand digging, the efficiency of harvesting with high-pressure water guns is significantly improved, and the integrity and appearance of the lotus branch are also better.
Recently, the lotus root in the morning market of Taishan Vegetable Market is very popular Li Xiaochun photo
"This year's first 'Big Mac' has been fully listed, with an output of about 2,000 kilograms per mu, mainly sold to Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan and other places, and has also attracted many buyers from Hubei, Jiangxi and other provinces to order." The small '3735' is the most popular variety in Jiangmen Wuyi area, which is fragrant and pink, with an output of about 1300 kilograms per mu. Today's digging is the 'Elian No. 6', which will be sold to Foshan at a purchase price of 5.4 yuan a kilogram. On August 14, Feng Senying, chairman of Taishan Baoshan Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., revealed that the company's lotus root planting area in Haiyan Town reached more than 4,000 mu, and they would adjust the planting variety and scale according to the sales situation in previous years, and the current fastest one from sowing to harvest only 70 days, and individual varieties have been able to achieve three plantings a year.
Taishan Qiao Xiang HeYun Li Xiaochun photo
In the stalls of major markets in Taicheng, the lotus roots produced in Taishan are placed in a conspicuous position for sale, attracting many citizens to buy. "Auntie, morning! These are the lotus roots produced by the sea feast, each one is selected, there are six or seven lotus knots in the thick and long point, and there are three or four lotus knots in the shorter one, which one you like to choose, 10 yuan per kilogram, pot, stir-fry, stew, boil can be. On August 14, the hostess of a vegetable stall in Fucheng Market, Taicheng Street, greeted guests in the morning market and introduced that there have been more local lotus roots on the market recently, the skin color, appearance and freshness are very good, and the soup cooked with lotus root is sweet and delicious.
A comprehensive rinse of lotus root is required before loading Li Xiaochun photographed
Lotus root is a relatively versatile ingredient in Taishan, in Taicheng and various townships of the tea house restaurant can find the dishes and soups cooked with it, there are lotus root (meat) pills, lotus slices fried kudzu (cold potato) slices, southern milk stir-fried lotus slices, stir-fried lotus roots, lotus slices fried eight treasures, lotus root stewed pig hand, oyster sauce (or oyster sauce) lotus root stewed pig hand, pig's foot peanut pot lotus root, pork belly pot lotus root, beef bone lotus root soup, pork rib lotus root soup, octopus dried peanut lotus root soup, oyster sauce pig bone lotus root soup and so on. These dishes, which are rich in the unique flavor of their hometown, are very popular with diners.
A harvest scene of Lotus Field in Haiyan Town, Taishan City, photographed by Li Xiaochun
"In the countryside of Taishan, most of the dishes such as cooking dishes, especially weddings and other happy events, most of them like to prepare a dish of lotus root stewed pig hands, which means 'good couple (lotus) tiancheng', which is a good blessing for the newlyweds during the banquet." Grandma Zhao, a citizen of Taishan who is over 80 years old, said. In Taishan folk, cooking dishes and setting up banquets pay attention to mouth color and meaning, and ingredients such as lotus root are often borrowed as metaphors for the beauty expected by the people's hearts, giving more happiness and gain to the feast on the tip of the tongue. (End)
Source: China News Network