These 3 wild vegetables are often treated as waste; only old farmers have eaten them, while city dwellers scramble to buy them at high prices
Many things in the suburbs are gradually forgotten by people; if I didn't bring them up, they would surely have faded from your memory long ago! They are actually wonderful, delicious dishes, and even some rural friends may not necessarily know about them; as more and more food appears on our dining tables, they have gradually been removed from our tables!
Below, I will introduce 3 common wild vegetables in rural areas. These 3 wild vegetables are often thrown away as waste, but little do people know their value is extremely high. Only veteran farmer friends have eaten them, and many city dwellers, not getting enough, have to pay high prices to buy them. Let's take a look below.
1. Pumpkin flowers and pumpkin vine tips
Pumpkin flowers are both a vegetable and a medicinal herb. As a vegetable, use them to make soup, add a little oil and salt, and a bowl of clear pumpkin flower soup is ready! Take a sip on a hot summer day, and the whole summer's heat cools away with this sip of pumpkin flower soup. As a medicinal herb, it relieves heat, reduces internal fire, and dissolves phlegm; facts have shown that pumpkin flower pollen can make a person's mind clear and refresh the spirit, is somewhat helpful for the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health of the elderly, and promotes intellectual and physical growth in young children.
However, pumpkin vine tips may be something you have never eaten. After washing the tender pumpkin vine tips clean, coat them in starch and stir-fry them together with lean meat; they are crisp and smooth, full of natural flavor! Of course, they can also be used in soup, and they taste quite good too!
2. Sesame leaves
I believe everyone has eaten sesame seeds, but you probably didn't know that sesame leaves can be eaten too. Sesame leaves are especially fragrant, so cold dishes made with sesame leaves are very popular; they can also be made into a seasoning and added to dishes to enhance the flavor. In addition, sesame leaves also have dietary therapeutic value, with functions of nourishing the liver, tonifying the kidneys, and moistening dryness and lubricating the intestines. They can help treat various conditions such as liver and kidney deficiency, dizziness, hair loss after illness, depletion of body fluids and dry blood, and constipation. In the city near my hometown, sesame leaves sell for 15 yuan per jin, which counts as quite expensive.
3. Chili leaves
Many people, after picking chilies, simply lay the plants down in the soil and let them serve as fertilizer to enrich the land. Yet they do not know that chili leaves can be used as a dish to eat. Previously, on a business trip to the home of a friend in the north, this dish was used to entertain me. At the time, I even asked what it was made of, and it felt pretty good. My friend said it was a pickled dish made from dried chili seedlings, which can usually be eaten with steamed buns and such, and it is very good.
Dear friends, have you ever eaten these 3 wild vegetables? You are welcome to leave a message and share!