Autumn is a season of harvest and ripening of grain, the fields are full of gold, and the faces of farmers are full of harvest joy. Rice and corn are the autumn harvest foods we are most familiar with. A large harvest of corn, the corresponding cuisine has also been "listed".
Guizhou has a kind of bud grain rice belongs to the category of rice dumplings, its soft and sweet, yellowish color, rich in nutrients, deeply loved by the locals, bud valley rice also refers to a kind of corn as raw materials, and this kind of rice is only served on the table in the autumn corn harvest.
A souvenir known for its local atmosphere
In fact, baogu refers to corn, which is the dialect of Shaanxi, and later Guizhou people also called corn baogu.
When the bud valley is ripe, the friends in the countryside like to roast the bud valley to eat. Children like to break it in the field and build a small fire next to the forest to roast, not to mention how happy.
Every year in July, the glutinous grain is ripe. Rice dumplings made from fresh grain are also on the market. In the villages in the countryside of Guizhou, guests from all over the world will come to listen to folk songs, watch folk dances, and pin bao gu shu.
Rich in calcium and vitamin C, "Bud Valley Rice" has the effect of enhancing metabolism, regulating nerves, and increasing longevity and beauty. Its form and taste exude a strong local atmosphere.
Guizhou Baogu Cang is well-known in the local area, and in Zhaotong, Kunming, Xichang and other places people have a high evaluation of Baogu Cang, every holiday, relatives and friends visit, Guizhou people will also give it as a good product to their relatives and friends, is a very special souvenir.
The production of bud valley rice is exquisite
The production of "bud valley rice" is very fine, first select high-quality corn into lime water to boil, until the hand rubbing corn, its skin can naturally fall off before the pot, the most critical part of the process is to determine how much quicklime to put according to the amount of corn, water, if not proportional, it will affect the quality of "bud valley rice".
Of course, when making buds in the countryside, the traditional hand grinding is used, and the grinding is a very exquisite work, and it is necessary to make good use of cleverness. To add the right amount of water to grind together, too hard to eat, too thin to wrap up.
Grind into a puree, add sugar and mix well, knead into a triangular shape or oval bracts, each weighing about 50 grams, wrapped in fresh bracts and leaves and steamed. Fresh bud leaves can be used to wrap fresh corn ground into a puree, which can mention the taste quality.
There are also some places where the buds are made into a salty flavor, grinded with stone into a clay-like raw rice paste, the raw rice paste is rubbed into a ball shape, and then flattened, the fried sprouts pork filling is placed in the center, wrapped and gently rubbed into a ball, then flattened, placed in a pot to steam.
Take out the freshly steamed buds and peel off the leaves, and the inside is golden and steaming. The fragrance of the bud valley comes to the nose, eat a bite, sweet, fragrant, it is estimated that not many people have eaten such a fresh, fragrant, green food.
Baogu Rice is actually a special snack hidden in the depths of the mountains and has a special memory. It was also because people who came to the city from the countryside were brought to the city. In the past, rural people used baogu to fill their hunger, but now it has become a gastronomic product in the streets and alleys, especially baogu.
The next issue will update more classic and delicious snacks in Guizhou, which one will make you remember?
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