Wild mountain delicacy was once thought to be poisonous and avoided, now it sells for 500 yuan per jin and is a rare delicacy

In rural areas there is an old saying, "The mountains are full of treasures." I believe many friends who have lived in rural areas have heard the village elders say this. Many young people today do not understand the meaning of this saying. In fact, in the past, living conditions in rural areas were not as good as they are now. Back then, when the older generation of farmer friends could not get enough to eat, most of them would go into the mountains to dig up some wild vegetables, pick some wild fruits and other wild foods to fill their stomachs, and that is how this saying came about.

Speaking of wild foods, in the past, some of them looked so strange that people once thought they were poisonous and dared not eat them. Now that people have discovered their value, the price of quite a few wild foods has soared. Below, the author introduces one of them.

It is already July now, and many wild vegetables in rural areas have grown old, though some are still edible. The one the author wants to introduce is one of them, but ordinary people rarely get to see it. This wild food is the "morel."

The author remembers often going into the mountains with his parents as a child to dig wild vegetables and pick wild fruits to eat, and occasionally they would find morels deep in the mountains. But at that time, his parents said this wild mushroom looked too strange and might be poisonous, so they should not casually pick it and bring it home to eat.

Later, as the author gradually grew up, he learned that what people once thought was poisonous and dared not eat was actually a rare and delicious delicacy. The morel is in fact fairly widely distributed in China, mainly in the provinces and cities of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Shanxi, Jilin, Jiangsu, Yunnan, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and others. However, ordinary people find it hard to see wild morels, because morels mostly grow on high mountains at an altitude of 2000 m to 3000 m, and they generally only grow in early spring and after the rainy season in June and July, so they are very hard to find.

In recent years, morels have suddenly become popular, and now they even sell for 500 yuan per jin, making them a veritable "luxury." The reason for this is actually related to their scarcity and high nutritional value.

The author also checked relevant materials. In fact, morels were first eaten in some North American countries, and later they were introduced to China, where people learned that this strangely shaped wild mushroom could be eaten and was also a very delicious wild mushroom.

How rich is the nutritional value of morels? According to records, morels contain 7 kinds of amino acids essential to the human body, and in rich amounts, and also contain 8 kinds of vitamins including vitamin B. Their nutritional content is even higher than that of cow's milk.

However, because morels grow in remote places and are scarce in number, this is why they are so expensive on today's market. So if you go traveling on high mountains, do not miss them if you see them. When the author went into the mountains this afternoon, he was lucky enough to see several morels and planned to pick them and bring them back to have a taste.

Dear friends, have you ever seen "morels" in the mountains? You are welcome to leave a message and share your thoughts!