Some friends and relatives came from their hometown and brought some fresh roots, so my mother was extremely happy. At dinner Time, a pot of fresh root and pork ribs Soup was made, and before the pot was opened, a fresh smell filled the whole room. Mother could not help but feel: “This is the taste, or the old house is good ah. “Hearing this, I do not know how to read many things.
My hometown, Tianmen, in the hinterland of the Jianghan Plain, has been the Home of fish and rice, and the aquatic products are also extremely abundant. The root is one of the most important parts, and every year in June and July, it is the season of fresh roots on the market. At this time, when other vegetables have just aged, the lotus root takes over as the top item on the table. At this time, the older children in the Family are instructed to go to the fields or lakes and pick some for lunch or dinner. This is one of the most popular things for children to do. Eider
Water. Secondly, they can pick lotus. Picking roots requires some skills, but children in the water village, who have been dealing with water since they were young, are not a problem. First of all, you have to follow the he rod with your hands into the mud, the rod in the mud to divide the underground stems of two, find the thick one, and then slowly explore the past with your feet, following the direction of the thick root to find, about 3, 4 meters away, more than 1 meter deep, you will be able to find the root (if you can not distinguish between the thick and thin, following the thin, no matter how far, you can not find), and then, you dive in, picking up the mud, slowly Dig it out, wash the sludge on the surface, and a bright lotus root will be in front of you. This season’s lotus root is usually only three or four sections, very short and not thick enough. But they are tender enough. It is extremely sweet when eaten raw. The first lotus root you pick is usually the first to treat yourself. Enjoy the shade of the pond and the fragrance of lotus blossoms as you slowly taste the roots. When you are done with the water, you can bring home three or four roots, and your mother will stir-fry them or choke them, slice them, shred them or dice them, all of which make an excellent bowl of rice. When guests come to the house, stewed pork ribs with roots is an excellent welcome dish.
Speaking of lotus root, I can’t help but think of another dish – salted duck eggs, because they are both childhood memories of the summer Food. This salted duck egg is also very delicate, need to take March new eggs pickled most delicious. In March, it is the beginning of spring, the farmers are raising ducks are free-range. At this time they also eat the best. They eat the earthworms, small fish and snails in the fields and lakes after the snow and ice have melted. So the eggs are rich in nutrients. At this time, each family more or less weighs some from the duck breeder, washes them one by one, and then takes the yellow mud from the river (you must use yellow mud to get good eggs), wraps them in grass and wood ashes, and spreads them evenly on each egg. Then put them into an old jar, add a bag or two of salt depending on the size of the jar, seal it, tie it up with a straw rope and put it in a cool place. When the heat of July, you can open the jar and eat. When you slowly cut open one, you will see the crystal butter coming out, and the whole egg is crystal clear, which makes people sigh. Accompanied by the congee, you can see the bowl full of oil and flowers. Just looking at it makes people’s appetite increase. I always thought this was the best way to eat. Not just for the taste, but also for the visual beauty. Pickled salted duck eggs are also a test of craftsmanship, focusing on the process of pickling. We call it “hand”, good hand, will pickled good eggs, bad hand, there will be too salty eggs, all the labor, are ruined.
I once heard a paragraph about salted duck eggs: there are two Xiucai, in a restaurant, a plate of salted duck eggs, one of the Xiucai asked: “Duck eggs are born of ducks, what is the salted duck eggs born? Another person said: “Idiot, of course, is the salted duck. “After reading can not help but Wan Er. I lament the reading people do not know Life, but also heard of Mr. Wang Zengqi, it is said that every time someone in his side mentioned the salted duck eggs in Gaoyou, Wang Lao could not help but sulk: “Do we only produce salted duck eggs in that place? “Wang Lao is a man of nature, think about yourself, in front of outsiders, is not also trying to sell their hometown is the hometown of the tea sage Lu Yu, the hometown of the scholar? Probably people have some kind of nostalgia it. From time to time, because of certain things, and remember the good there. From the country food to the countryside, in the blood seems to have dissolved a melting sentiment. Perhaps there is a root there that cannot be broken.
No matter where I go, what I miss is always my hometown.
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