"When the pine was a few inches old, it was lost to the grass. I did not see the cage cloud heart, who knew the negative frost bone", a poem by Wu Jun of the Southern and Northern Dynasties "Gift to the King Guiyang" describes the quality of pine trees to the fullest. Pine branches are proud and majestic, cypress trees are solemn and solemn, and the four seasons are evergreen, through the harsh winter, but also praised in the "Analects": "The cold years and then know the pine cypress after withering", and in modern times, pine trees are more symbolic of stoicism, tenacity, showing the spirit of high wind and bright festivals, so pine trees have been loved by people since ancient times.
In fact, putting aside these literary works, the pine tree itself is a plant with a treasure in its whole body, such as its young leaves (that is, pine needles) in spring can be eaten, and its fallen leaves can be used as firewood to burn, and so on. Of course, the value of pine trees is far more than this, the following author will share with you a treasure on the pine tree, the picking period is only 7 days, a pound of hundreds of yuan, but unfortunately often ignored.
(Pictured is the flower of the male branch of a pine tree)
Many friends may be guessing whether it is pine cones, not pine blossoms. Pine flowers are also known as pine yellow, pine pen head, pine powder, pine pollen friends who do not understand the characteristics of pine trees, often confuse the yellow cones of pine trees with pine flowers, in fact, pine flowers are the bones of pine trees when they draw new shoots in spring, which looks very similar to the pine cones in autumn, but if you look closely, you will find that they have a significant gap.
Pine flowers bloom in April and May, the flowering period is very short, generally in about 7 days will fall, many people think that pine flowers do not have much effect, so that it is often ignored, in fact, the value of pine flowers is very high.
(Pictured is the pine blossoms picked)
In the folk, pine flowers have been called "the magic medicine of immortal longevity", of course, there is an exaggeration, but many of the older generation of peasant friends are very agreeable, many old farmers who are familiar with pine flowers, often in the spring, go to the mountains to pick pine flowers back, for brewing wine to drink. So is pine blossom really that magical?
In the "Interpretation of Materia Medica", it is recorded: "In February and March, the flowers are drawn, four or five inches long, and the flower buds are picked as pine yellow." Pine yellow (pine flower), sweet taste and spleen, temperature can work, the spleen for the stomach to line its jin liquid, infused to the heart and lungs, so moisturize the heart and lungs also. Those who benefit qi, the yang qi of the liver is beneficial to the temperature, and the yin qi of the spleen is also sweet. The wind is through the liver, and the temperature is scattered through the liver, so the wind is removed. Spleen blood, sweet taste and spleen, so hemostasis also. Can be winemakers, fragrant and fragrant, suitable for wine also. ”
(The picture shows the pine pollen after processing)
Su Dongpo, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, also sang: "Jin pine flowers are indispensable, and eight or two pu huang should not be fried." Locust flowers and apricot blossoms are five dollars each, and two pounds of white honey are pounded together; eat or bath, and look red and white until old. "It can also be seen that pine flowers have been widely used as early as ancient China."
Nowadays, with the in-depth study of pine flower, pine flower itself is also a very high nutritional value of the food, it contains oil and fat and rich trace elements, contains more than 10 kinds of minerals needed by the human body, of which potassium, magnesium, sulfur, manganese, zinc, iron content is the most.
Therefore, people think that pine flowers are indeed valuable, coupled with the short picking period of pine flowers, only 7 days, making pine flowers a precious high-grade nutritional food raw materials today, generally a pound will cost hundreds of yuan.
(The picture shows the use of pine blossoms to make muffin cakes)
So when are the pine blossoms picked? How to use it?
The flowering period of pine flowers is in April and May, so if you want to pick pine flowers, you must harvest male flower spikes during this time period, and after picking them, you must do a simple treatment, dry them, rub off the pollen, sift them, collect fine powder, and then dry them, you can get the pine flowers that can be used.
(Pictured is a well-made muffin)
There are many uses of pine blossoms, which can be used to brew wine and wine, can be used as ingredients, such as using pine blossoms and sugar together as a filling, and then wrapped into noodles, flattened, fried, made into pine blossom cakes to eat, of course, can be wrapped into noodles to make pine blossom dumplings to eat, the taste is quite good.
Soon the pine tree will blossom, friends living in the countryside, if you go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, pick wild fruits, meet the pine flowers can no longer ignore it Oh, otherwise it is a pity.
Friends, do you know the value of pine blossoms? Do you know what other uses pine flowers are used? Welcome to leave a message to tell you your opinion!