Chen Hong picked the fruit non-stop, and in no time she had picked more than ten kilograms.
Daylilies are also called "forget-sorrow grass." Chen Hong didn't know where the name came from, nor did she know if eating this vegetable could really make people forget their worries.
However, in Jinan, the locals call it golden needle vegetable.
Chen Hong's family eats this vegetable quite often throughout the year, especially when they make spicy soup, which is inseparable from dried daylily.
Daylilies contain more than 20 times more iron than spinach, making them an excellent blood tonic.
It can clear the meridians and promote blood circulation, eliminate blood stasis and swelling, dispel wind and dampness, nourish blood and calm the liver, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and replenish deficiency and promote lactation.
These are absolutely the best food ingredients for therapeutic purposes!
Daylilies have very developed root systems and grow everywhere on the barren mountains in Chen Hong's hometown.
Without special management, they grow like weeds, abundant and dense, and when they bloom, the hillsides are covered with small yellow flowers.
Looking out from afar, the mountainside and valley are covered in patches of golden yellow!
This is a delicious treat that costs nothing. Daylilies have a long flowering period, and can be harvested from late spring to late summer.
Raw daylilies are poisonous and must be blanched and cooked before consumption. When daylilies are in abundant supply, people blanch the flower buds and dry them to make dried daylilies.
When there are no vegetables to eat in winter, whether it's stir-fried shredded meat, blanched meat, or mixed with other side dishes for a cold salad, it's all incredibly delicious.
Jinan locals love to use daylily to make spicy soup, adding shredded wood ear mushrooms, shredded tofu, shredded ham, chopped green onions and cilantro, a generous amount of pepper powder, and a generous amount of vinegar.
Thicken it with cornstarch slurry, and it becomes thick, sour, and spicy. A bowl of it is warming and appetizing, and it's absolutely wonderful to eat in winter!
There were still dried daylily buds at home, but looking at the delicate flower buds, Chen Hong wanted to eat fresh ones today.
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