Recipes tagged "broom seedlings"
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Steamed broom seedlings
That day, I was shopping for vegetables in the market and saw an old lady selling broom seedlings. I bought some for one yuan. Maybe it's because I'm getting older day by day. When I see the elderly, I often think, one day, we will be like this, and we will slowly grow old. I often feel pity for these elderly people, and I feel that it is really hard for these elderly people, so I always buy more of the food they buy. My mother is getting older day by day. Thinking about when I was young, or before today, I would often get into trouble with my mother over trivial matters. Now that I think about it, I really shouldn’t. Our qualities, our life skills, and everything we have are all given by our mother. We can say nothing more than gratitude. Harmonious life, how wonderful! I also learned the skill of steaming vegetables from my mother. With decades of cooking experience, I don’t need to experiment anymore. I can just use my mother’s method. For the steamed vegetables this time, the flour used was cornmeal. I sifted it from corn grits. It was a little rough, but the steamed vegetables were relatively loose and tasted good. It is recommended that you use half cornstarch and half fine cornmeal when cooking. The steamed dishes will taste very good.
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Steamed broom seedlings
Broom seedlings can be found along rivers and in fields. Basically no one would grow them specifically. They all grow wild. Therefore, they are not common in vegetable markets. Occasionally, they are sold by old ladies, who bundle them together in small handfuls. If you buy more, they will give you one or two as a gift. I don’t remember when I knew this was edible. Ever since I like steamed vegetables, I like to steam all kinds of green leafy vegetables. I have also tried the troublesome green-leaf amaranth that grows wildly in the fields. It is not bad, but the taste is far worse than the red-leaf amaranth, and it is very rough. I remember when I was picking this wild amaranth in someone’s bean field, many people were puzzled and asked me what I wanted it for. When I said it should be steamed and eaten, people were surprised. This broom seedling can really make a broom when it grows up. My grandfather can make it. I have this kind of broom at home now. The seeds of broom seedlings are a traditional Chinese medicine called kochia, which can treat cystitis and urethritis. The young stems and leaves are called Kochia seedlings, which have heat-clearing, detoxifying and diuretic effects. This one is easier to steam than chrysanthemum, and will not stick together. The broom seedlings have less water, so they can be easily picked apart with chopsticks after steaming.
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