I am an authentic foodie in the hearts of my friends, and eating is a pleasure for me. This is inseparable from the living environment when I was a child and the pampering of my father.
Children growing up in the countryside have a natural affinity for the natural environment, when the children in the city begin to eat spinach in the spring, the children in the countryside have taken advantage of the first spring rain to pick up a basket or a basket of soft ground from the land that has not yet revealed the tender grass sprouts, the mother will often wash the lichen several times to make the soft bun, the soft and glutinous taste is incomparable to any vegetables, the soft ground also has a name called lichen, probably after a rain the earth is covered with a layer of dark brown or dark green clothes and got its name. This earthy garment, with both large pieces and crumbs, is generally layered on top of each other, and the shape is a bit similar to that of the fungus.
After eating the soft ground, I quietly waited to eat the elm money rice, the elm tree from dry to the elm money climbed all over the branches, the flowers of the elm tree are tender green, similar to the copper money used in ancient times, and the elm money rice probably got its name from this. I don't like to eat elm money rice, and when the locust flowers are in full bloom, I am happy, there is a huge locust tree on the right side of the cave, the locust tree is also the first to bloom and then grow leaves, the locust flowers are in full bloom for ten miles, the first thing to do when I go home in the afternoon every day is to run to the locust tree and pick a handful of locust flowers and eagerly put them in the mouth, crisp and sweet mixed with the taste, sometimes the bees buzz and fly by, hurriedly dodge, and then come to grab a handful of locust flowers and put them in the mouth immediately after the bees fly away. The acacia flowers can also be steamed and eaten, the fresh acacia flowers are cleaned and mixed with flour and steamed in the pot, and the sweet acacia rice has made me unforgettable. The locust flower is shaped like a string of small white bells, semi-oval crescent-shaped, and has a green lid connecting the branches of the locust tree.
Spring is just getting tired of eating, and summer is here, and in the summer the countryside is the most soft and sweet rhubarb apricots, crisp and sweet peaches, sweet and sour plums, and mulberries with their own dye. In summer, whether you climb the apricot tree to pick apricots, or look around for the peach that has been bitten by the little squirrel, or climb the plum tree to pick the purple-red plum, or climb the mulberry tree to eat the mulberry tree and not get off the tree. It is a child's great happiness, from the care of nature, eating happily, and eating happily.
The first rays of the autumn morning sun have not yet risen, the morning dew has not dispersed, I have climbed the slippery jujube tree, the jujube on the jujube tree is reddish-brown, reach out and pick a red jujube with dewdrops, put it in your mouth and take a bite, the water is crisp and sweet, the red jujube at this time is the most delicious. Picking a basket and cooking it in a pot can not only prevent children with bad stomach from having a stomachache, but also satisfy the cravings of snacks.
In the afternoon, go to the orchard to pick pears, green-skinned, yellow-skinned pears, the taste is good, the leaves of the pear tree in early autumn have not been dyed yellow, the pears at this time are not peeled and still have a little astringency, and the peeled pears taste much better, and the rest is only juicy and sweet.
In the afternoon, go to the small vegetable garden at home to pick a few corn, there are often cabbage worms on the corn leaves or there are black and dense sweat worms, this insect is different from cabbage worms, it has wings and will fly, and the corn silk in autumn has changed from purple brown to brown, corn silk has also changed from fresh to dry, the corn at this time is sweet and delicious, compared with eating corn, I am more willing to eat corn and drink a bowl of corn soup, sweet and thirsty, this habit has been maintained to this day.
In winter, the natural environment is quiet in a piece of snow or has been asleep, the sweet potatoes bought in autumn appear at this time, after dinner in the evening, the remaining stove fire is only used for heating is wasted, put a few sweet potatoes and potatoes under the stove, sweet potatoes are sweet and juicy, the potatoes are sticky, the skin is burnt, and the inside is dripping juice, but the baked potatoes are lumpy or large grains. Take a bite of a freshly roasted sweet potato, it's the harvest of autumn and the fun of winter. Take a bite of a baked potato, and that's the most rustic happiness that the earth gives back.
In winter, my father would buy some persimmons, which were also sweet and glutinous. Many years later, in addition to my father carrying food for me and satisfying my taste buds, I found that most of the food I liked was not only a gift from nature, but also a sweetness.
There is my father's love, the attributes of the food itself, and my attachment to that small mountain village. I am serious about eating, eating allows me to experience happiness that can continue, and sweet taste is the simplest happiness.