Each of the matsutake mushroom dishes described above exudes an enticing aroma, making one's mouth water and leaving one in awe.
However, the reason why matsutake mushrooms are so precious and rare is not only because they are delicious.
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In the long-standing traditional Chinese medicine theory, matsutake mushrooms have always been regarded as an extremely rare and "precious" medicinal material.
It has a sweet taste and mild properties, and offers many benefits, including strengthening the body, nourishing the stomach and intestines, relieving pain, regulating qi and blood, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and expelling parasites. Its medicinal effects are significant and diverse.
Modern medical research has also revealed that matsutake mushrooms, a precious food ingredient, are rich in nutrients, including a variety of trace elements and bioactive substances that are beneficial to human health.
For example, polysaccharides, polypeptides, and various amino acids, etc.
These rare components give matsutake mushrooms unparalleled health benefits, producing excellent health effects on the human body.
Every year when the height of summer arrives, with the heat of July and the end of August, it is the time when matsutake mushrooms are most abundant and in peak production.
At that very moment, people flocked into the vast, boundless forest with great enthusiasm, embarking on a journey to find matsutake mushrooms with anticipation.
Just to meet it!
With light steps and agile movements, they moved through the dense, lush forest as if in their own water, intently and carefully searching for the matsutake mushrooms hidden beneath the pine trees.
Every time I accurately locate a matsutake mushroom, the joy that wells up inside me is like discovering a rare treasure, making me incredibly excited and overjoyed!
The satisfaction from this achievement is truly indescribable!
On this captivating matsutake mushroom picking trip, people rushed forward like wild horses.
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Now that we've talked about matsutake mushrooms, let's move on to white fungus!
To describe silver ear fungus more elegantly: it is like a pure white flower quietly blooming, with delicate and beautiful petals layered upon each other, as if it were a work of art carefully sculpted by nature.
Each petal is as thin as a cicada's wing, covered with fine folds, as smooth and soft as silk. From afar, this "flower" resembles an elegant and noble white peacock spreading its beautiful feathers; or a dazzling pearl, radiating a captivating luster.
The color of white fungus is light and refreshing, appearing milky white or beige, as warm and soft as mutton fat jade.
Its texture is soft and elastic, like a young girl's delicate skin, and you can feel the vitality it contains with a light touch.
This precious ingredient prefers damp, shady places and often hides on the decaying branches of broad-leaved trees.
Specifically, white fungus grows on dead wood, such as oak, tallow tree, poplar, etc., these broad-leaved trees.
When these trees die, they are corroded by microorganisms. If there is a suitable temperature and humidity, and there is also a strain of tremella fungus, tremella will grow.
Only under such favorable conditions can the white fungus thrive and display its most perfect form.
Otherwise... you know what I mean!
Those who know, know!
Not only does it have an enchanting appearance, but it is also highly regarded for its unique taste and rich nutrition.
Savoring a bite of white fungus, the silky smooth and tender texture instantly spreads across the tip of the tongue, leaving one completely captivated.
Take white fungus and lotus seed porridge as an example. It can be made cold or hot. Eating it cold in the hot summer is definitely a way to cool down and relieve heat; eating it hot in the cold winter is definitely a good way to warm the stomach.
I've heard it also has beauty benefits!
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