What food is used to cook eggs on March 3? The grass that boiled eggs on March 3 is actually a kind of dish called shepherd's purse, and some people call it "local dish". Shepherd's shepherd's purse is panicum miliaceum, which is widely distributed in the south, along roadsides, ponds and rivers. Shepherd's purse is rich in protein, carotene, vitamins and various minerals. The tender leaves and stems of shepherd's purse can be used for cooking, generally for cooking, and also for wrapping jiaozi and making soup.
Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, people will pick fresh shepherd's purse on the mountain, uproot it and take it home, wash it, then put it in a pot with eggs with shells, add water to cook it, and add red dates and ginger. The boiled eggs have obvious shepherd's purse fragrance and are very delicious.
The origin of eating eggs on March 3rd is said to be in the State of Chu (referring to the place under the jurisdiction of the ancient State of Chu, that is, the area near Hunan and Hubei today). ), people have a headache because of the wind and rain. On March 3, Shennong passed Yunmengze (now Xiaogan, Hubei) and saw the villagers have a splitting headache. He found wild eggs and vegetables and cooked them to satisfy people's hunger. When people eat it, their heads will not hurt, so there is a custom of "eating vegetables and boiling eggs on March 3, and not having a headache for a year", which has continued to this day.
In fact, it is early spring at this time of March 3 every year. The so-called "warm and cold at first sight", especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, is still relatively windy, with frequent spring rains and high humidity. This is the high season for colds. Affected by the cold air in the north, there is even the possibility of rain and snow. The climate is very unstable, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, which is easy to induce headaches.
As we all know, eggs have high nutritional value, and they are undoubtedly the first-class nutritious food in the era of food shortage. Many diseases may be related to malnutrition, especially the lack of fat in protein.
Shepherd's purse shepherd's purse, called cabbage, is also a dish that many people like. It tastes delicious, especially for boiling eggs. It tastes delicious and thirsty. In addition, shepherd's purse is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which has many functions. Interested people may wish to know about it. So it is good to eat shepherd's purse at this time. Especially boiled eggs with shepherd's purse, has the effects of health care.
The practice of boiling eggs on March 3, 6 ingredients and eggs
1 Accessories, 100g black beans, 20 red dates, 20 longan trees, 1 roadside thorns, 6 maple sugar balls.
Seasoning rock sugar or sugar is appropriate.
1. Soak black beans in cold water 1 hour, peel longan, wash red dates, wash vegetables, roadside thorns, maple sugar balls, etc.
2. Wash the fresh eggs. The place where chicken manure sticks to the shell can be cleaned with a door cleaning steel ball and boiled in clean water for 15 minutes;
3. Peel off the eggshell and find that the bad eggs are discarded. Unfortunately, Xiaoya found a bad egg in six eggs, or a green shell egg;
4. Pour the soaked black beans into the pot, add more than half of the pot of water, and cook for 20 minutes on medium heat;
5. Add the ground vegetables, maple balls, roadside thorns, eggs and longan in turn, and continue to cook for 20 minutes;
6. add red dates. If rock sugar is added at this time, cook for 10 minute on medium fire, and turn off the fire;
7. Finally, take out the chopped vegetables, maple sugar balls and roadside thorns, add appropriate amount of sugar and mix well. There is a sweet smell of broken vegetables. Eat soup and eggs while it is hot.
Warm little notice:
1. Boil the eggs first, and then you will know which ones are bad after shelling, so as to pick out the bad guys;
2. The roadside acacia is a zingiberaceae plant, so it must have roots. The thicker the root, the better. Has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind, clearing heat, warming channels and relieving pain. The key function of maple leaf ball is to dispel wind and relieve pain, promote diuresis and dredge collaterals.
What's the custom on March 3rd? Han nationality: Eating vegetables and boiling eggs on March 3rd, in addition to offering sacrifices, has gradually developed into folk activities such as playing by the river, meeting men and women and enjoying flowers. Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote "on the third day of the Third-month in the freshening weather, Chang 'an has many beauties by the water". In the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu also wrote: "The West Lake Tomb-Sweeping Day is beautiful and full of prosperity. Who is fighting for the way? Green willows and bamboos push the cart. Tourists must go at dusk and wake up drunk. " All these show that the custom of March 3 was still popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
She nationality: It is said that every family eats black rice. Lei Wanxing, a hero of the She nationality in the Tang Dynasty, led the rebel army to fight against the encirclement and suppression of the government troops, and its military strength was greatly boosted by the fruit of Hei Barn. On March 3, the breakthrough was successful and Lien Chan won. In order to commemorate this event, she people eat black rice on March 3 every year and get together to sing. Among the She people, March 3rd is an important festival that can be compared with the Spring Festival. On this day, every household will slaughter animals and sacrifice to their ancestors. Many families often choose this day for their wedding. Eat black rice on holidays. When night falls, there will be a bonfire party to compete for songs. She nationality is good at singing. On this day, she singers from all over the province are often invited to perform on stage, and the scene is very warm. During the festival, we should catch up with the dance floor and dance with torches, wood blade, bamboo poles, dragon lanterns, lion dances and fish lanterns. At the same time, there are She folk competitions such as asking for stools, making stone drills, sticking belly stickers, holding poles and driving wild boar.