Chapter 8 Good Bamboo Lianshan feels the fragrance of bamboo shoots

There is a kind of green bamboo in Yandang Mountain, the scientific name is Guangshe green bamboo, and the long shoots are called horseshoe shoots. Because the bamboo shoots are curved cones, just like the hoof of a galloping horse, they are called horseshoe shoots.Horseshoe shoots are produced in Wenzhou, Ruian, and Pingyang in Zhejiang, Fuan in Fujian, and Taiwan Province. Their growth conditions require a warm and humid climate. The annual average temperature is above 18°C ​​and the annual rainfall is above 1,400 mm. This may be bamboo. One of the factors that made the Northern Expedition difficult.I have lived on the banks of the Yangtze River for more than 20 years, and I was still amazed to see live bamboo shoots in autumn. At that time, I had an idea: these are premature winter shoots!After thinking about it, this logic is not valid, so the spring bamboo shoots are still late-growing winter bamboo shoots.

Eating fresh bamboo shoots was my hobby when I was young. When I was young, I stayed in the countryside in southern Jiangxi. My uncle opened a Chinese medicine shop, and there were always people coming to grab medicine, buy medicinal wine, or chat about hunting in winter.At that time, tigers were extremely rare to see. I only saw a beaten tiger once in total. Its mouth and four claws were wrapped in red cloth.When I met a village, I stopped at the entrance of the village to show it, put the door panel on a stool, and I was happy to move a stool for them, feeling that anyone who hit a tiger would be a sensational event.Of course, people must at least have the guts of a leopard to dare to fight a tiger. The courage of ordinary people is not enough to fight a tiger.Fortunately, there were wild boars, muntjacs and pheasants available for ordinary people to hunt at that time. I have seen the wild boars they hunted, with pointed and long snouts, and it is said that they are also experienced at eating bamboo shoots.There was a thin senior who claimed that he could dig winter bamboo shoots, which completely captured my admiration, because the winter bamboo shoots are not yet sprouting, and there is no burst on the surface, so the winter bamboo shoots can only be said to be bamboos that grow big. Some buds are all in the soil.The senior said that he judged which side the main root of the bamboo grows based on experience, and if he followed the root, he would not worry about not being able to find the bamboo shoots.At that time, I liked to eat fried cured duck with winter bamboo shoots. The preserved meat of the cured duck was very fragrant, and the bamboo green smell of the winter bamboo shoots was very fresh. When I smelled the fried cured duck with winter bamboo shoots, I couldn't move my legs.Even if you see freshly peeled bamboo shoots at the door of someone's house, you will have to imagine, even fried bacon with winter bamboo shoots.

So, when I went back to Wenzhou City from Yandang Mountain and went to the "small farmyard" in Nanbaixiang, I found bamboo shoots when I was looking at the samples before ordering. My eyes were attracted and I immediately had that illogical thought: yes Premature asparagus.At this time, it was just approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival.I want a bamboo shoot, and I hope to cook it according to the traditional method of Ou cuisine. This is a bamboo shoot from Pingyang, so of course I will cook it according to the method of Pingyang.The young and beautiful female boss said that the freshness of horseshoe bamboo shoots is four hours, and the taste will be ruined if it is out of date.But I think she ate it in Pingyang. Even if it was transported to Beijing 40 hours later, the southerners who are hungry and thirsty in the northern wind and sand will regard it as the best delicacy.

This time, we had a drink with Qu Wei, the director of the cultural department of "Wenzhou Evening News", a young poet, and Cheng Shaoguo, an essayist. The female owner of the "Farm House" introduced us to the pure classic Ou cuisine during the dinner.The horseshoe shoots mentioned in Pingyang are delicious when grown in red soil, but not as good when grown in black soil.This is the popular science of food. Don’t think that the soil will grow bamboo shoots. Acidic red soil grows bamboo shoots well, while alkaline black soil does not. A little bit, pieces of fishing sails, those are only in the dreams of the Northland, I don't know if the bamboo shoots in the yellow soil are good.

Next, I will inquire again. In the land of Wenzhou, fresh bamboo shoots can be eaten all year round. I wonder if there will be pandas on Yandang Mountain. There are so many bamboos and so many bamboo shoots.I once saw in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River from Wulateqianqi to Jining that the two sides of the 300-kilometer Yellow River are covered with sunflowers, and the sunflowers that burn to the sky like flames rise and fall one after another, like golden waves.Therefore, even in Nanbaixiang, Wenzhou, you can feel the bamboo seas of Ruian and Pingyang in Yandang Mountain. They are emerald waves. Looking out from the door, I saw the bright moon shining in the sky.When the wind blows the bamboo leaves, it is like the sound of rain falling. The wind blows the bamboo leaves lightly or violently.In the dream, the mind is clean and dust-free.

The bamboos in Yandang Mountain include bitter bamboo, Ruo bamboo, osmanthus bamboo, swollen-jointed bamboo, chicken-feeding bamboo, hemp bamboo, red-shelled bamboo, knotted bamboo, arrow bamboo, carnation, square bamboo, just bamboo, Fujian sour bamboo, thunder bamboo, green Bamboo, yellow sweet bamboo, early bamboo, red chicken-feeding bamboo, bird-feeding chicken bamboo, flower-feeding chicken bamboo, high-section bamboo, solid bitter bamboo, moso bamboo, golden bamboo, water bamboo, and nanzhu are common bamboos. Many uncommon bamboos.Wenzhou people eat bamboo, and their personality is like bamboo, delicate, gentle, clean, elegant, hard and soft, and their speech is melodious like playing a bamboo flute.Eating bamboo is eating bamboo shoots. Wenzhou people have countless ways to eat bamboo shoots: dried bamboo shoots include winter magnolia, spring magnolia, yellow slices, Fujian bamboo shoots, black bamboo shoots, smoked bamboo shoots, dried bamboo shoots, golden silk bamboo shoots, white bamboo shoots, and black bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots include light dried bamboo shoots, salty dried bamboo shoots, wine stored bamboo shoots, soaked wine bamboo shoots, soy milk bamboo shoots, bean baby bamboo shoots, and wine bamboo shoots; Slices, fried meat bamboo shoots, clear water bamboo shoots.

All the methods are not as good as the simplest one: boil bamboo shoots in clear water.There are actually many processes in boiling bamboo shoots in clear water. First, put the fresh bamboo shoots in a pot under cold water, boil them, cut them into pieces, rinse them in clear water, drain them, return them to the pot, add a little salt, and cook again. The longer the bamboo shoots, the better.The water chestnut bamboo shoots I ate came to my table after going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers.Therefore, eating bamboo shoots is also a form of getting close to nature.The water chestnut bamboo shoots are crisp and sweet. The water chestnut bamboo shoots are solid bamboo shoots, and the soup is also clear and sweet, slightly like cane water, which is the sweetness of bamboo.Drinking a kind of rice wine unique to Wenzhou called Shengtou, I suddenly have the feeling of clearing my mind and eyesight. When I taste it carefully, there is a faint bitter taste near the tip of the bamboo shoots. If it is an ordinary day, rough chewing is a kind of sweetness, aftertaste A little bitter.After eating a pot of water chestnut bamboo shoots, I suddenly remembered Su Dongpo's "First Arrival in Huangzhou" written when he was assigned to Huangzhou. There are two sentences that are also suitable for Wenzhou: the Yangtze River surrounds Guo and knows the beauty of fish, and the bamboos and mountains feel the fragrance of bamboo shoots.Just change the Yangtze River to Oujiang River.

Bamboo shoots are beautiful. What they give me are the memories of spring, growth, and hazy mountains and rains. The sweet bamboo shoot soup drink can sober up alcohol, refresh the brain, and clear up turbid thoughts.Bamboo shoots absorb fat and help food fermentation and digestion. Eating bamboo shoots for a long time is especially beneficial for obese people.In the world, what substance can compete with bamboo for slimness?