This time is also the best season to eat wild vegetables.
Because at that time, his roots were still tender, and no thorns were found under his leaves.
People like to eat wild vegetables, not only because they are delicious, but also because they are good for health.
At this time, no matter in the field, in the ravine wasteland, or on the roadside of the river beach, many wild vegetables can be picked everywhere.
There are many kinds of wild vegetables, but I don't know if you have ever heard of a kind of wild vegetables called amaranth.
April is fresh and tender, you can eat it when you are old, and the soup is sweet and damp. It is an invasive species.
Where did amaranth come from?
Amaranth, like crayfish, is actually introduced from abroad and is a kind of weed that is difficult to eliminate.
However, there is a strange phenomenon, that is, these species can grow wantonly and flood abroad, but they have become extremely docile in China.
Amaranth is the panicum miliaceum of South America. It looks a bit like amaranth originated in China.
However, when it matures, amaranth will grow many spines under its armpits.
The history of Amaranthus spinosus in China from invasion to now is very short, only a few decades, but its reproductive ability is also amazing and its vitality is very strong, and it has been found all over China.
Eating Hunan cuisine destroys the ecological balance.
People are often afraid of things that invade from the outside, because they know nothing about them and are afraid that they pose a threat to their lives.
Amaranthus spinosus is an exotic species, but people don't know much about it. Allowing it to grow freely poses a great threat to the local ecological balance.
Amaranth spinosa grows and reproduces quickly, occupying a large number of local crops' living territory, robbing sunlight and nutrients in the soil, reducing crop yield and making the living space of other local plants smaller and smaller.
It brought a lot of losses to people's production and life at that time, because people didn't know amaranth was edible at first.
Therefore, I hate this kind of wild vegetables very much and can't wait to get rid of them.
Amaranth contains a lot of calcium.
Amaranth spinosa is a wild vegetable, and many farmers can see it everywhere in the field.
It contains a lot of calcium and tastes good, so people in the village like to pick it and eat it.
Amaranth can be eaten in cold water, fried with meat, or chopped into stuffing and eaten in buns.
There are many ways, and the villagers enjoy it.
Amaranth is not only rich in protein, fat and carbohydrates, but also contains many vitamins such as calcium, iron, zinc and selenium. Its nutrition is very rich, so it is also called high calcium vegetable.
Moreover, Amaranthus spinosus also has the effects of lowering blood pressure, preventing three highs, moistening large intestine, strengthening spleen and stomach, and more importantly, inhibiting cancer cells.
It is often called "longevity dish" by villagers.
Amaranth can be eaten when it is old.
In autumn, Amaranthus spinosa is old. Now it looks like a small tree, and its leaves are not so delicious.
At this time, people will pull the roots of amaranth out of the soil to cook soup.
Its roots are red, and it has many whiskers like ginseng, so it is nicknamed "talinum".
The roots of amaranth must be preserved, because the roots are the most nutritious at this time.
If there is mud on it, be sure to clean it up, then cut it in the middle and put the ingredients you want to cook together in the casserole. Only a slow stew will be delicious.
The soup boiled with amaranth root has a little bitterness and a faint fragrance.
If you can often drink the soup soaked in amaranth roots, it will also have the effect of eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen.
However, please note that not all amaranth roots can be used to make soup.
Be sure to look for that kind of amaranth with long thorns, whose roots are red and weak.
The kind with green skin and white roots is generally not needed because it has no nutritional value.
Summary:
People still don't know the local species in their daily life and production, let alone there are no alien species.
Many alien invasive species were discovered only when they caused some damage to our ecological environment.
We should always be vigilant. Once we find invasive species, we must get rid of them as soon as possible to avoid doing more harm to our environment.
Just like water hyacinth, white moth and street sweeper, it has caused harm to the ecological environment of our country.
But invasive species like crayfish and amaranth add delicacy to our table.