Guangning three bamboo shoots
Now is a good time to eat bamboo shoots. It is not Guangning if you don't taste three kinds of bamboo shoots.
Bitter bamboo shoots-Guangning people's favorite. Bamboo shoots are white in color, slightly bitter in fragrance, fresh and sweet in mouth, but you may not be used to eating them at first bite. But after swallowing, there is a refreshing aftertaste, leaving only a refreshing and sweet aftertaste.
Sun Wen, which enjoys the reputation of "the first vegetarian diet", contains 17 kinds of amino acids, which has high nutritional value. Guangning County Records once recorded: "When there are bamboo shoots to eat, the best is bamboo shoots." Sun Wen is the business card of Quang Ninh people. Hong Kong and Macao compatriots returning from other places always take Sun Wen with them before they leave. Asparagus is tender and sweet.
Sweet bamboo shoots-sweet bamboo shoots are not very eye-catching, but they are very delicate, and their appearance is as slender as garlic shoots. Sweet bamboo shoots taste more delicate. In addition to sweetness, they also have a unique taste, which is better than any seasoning. Generally, sweet bamboo shoots are only fried with lobster sauce, just to bring out the original flavor of food.
Fresh bracken
Red bracken is a native of Guangning. It is bracken itself and is known as the king of mountain vegetables. It is rich in nutrition and medicinal value, and it is a healthy food with weight loss function. Red bracken can be used for cold salad, soup, stir-frying, fried shredded chicken, fried shrimps, fried mushrooms and so on. Boiling bracken generally requires boiling water, so the taste is not so crisp, but the taste of wild vegetables is relatively strong, and chopped green onion is usually mixed to remove the earthy smell.
Fat bamboo worm
The season for eating bamboo worms is late summer and early autumn. Locals call bamboo worms "bamboo maggots", which are actually larvae produced by weevils in bamboo shoots. In a week or so, bamboo worms that eat bamboo shoots grow from the size of rice grains to the size of fingers. When they are mature, they bite off the hidden bamboo shoots and fall to the ground with them. Bamboo worm is rich in nutrition, crispy and delicious, with high content of protein, which has anti-aging and beauty effects. You can fry bamboo worms, braise bamboo worms, salt and pepper bamboo worms and so on. And the taste is sweet and crisp. Because bamboo worms are full of fat, they can be roasted without extra oil. Local people eat bamboo worms, both cooked and raw. Some caught fat bamboo shoots maggots in the mountains, unscrewed their heads and put them in their mouths, saying that the more they chew, the better they taste. Although the market price is as high as 40 yuan a kilogram, it is still a hot commodity.
Deep pit snail
Pit snail is famous for its tender meat, crisp and delicious taste, and its aftertaste is endless after tasting. In addition to steaming, the most common way to eat is to fry snails. In addition, according to the introduction of experienced old people, cooking porridge with fresh stone snails is sweet and has the effects of clearing away heat and reducing fire, detoxifying and relaxing bowels. Oncomelania snails live in stone walls or crevices of rivers and streams in mountainous areas with clean water quality, and come out at night to feed on microorganisms in the water. Pit snails are generally as big as fingers, and their bodies are slender and black or dark yellow. One of them was born without a snail's tail, which makes people wonder that cooking saves a lot of trouble. All the year round, except winter, spring, summer and autumn are the peak seasons for snail fishing. Guangning is located in the mountainous area, with criss-crossing streams and abundant water resources. It is rich in stone snails, especially in Shenkeng Township at the northern end, which has the best meat quality and the largest output, and has become a famous local specialty.