One side of the water and soil to raise one person, in the vast land of China, each different region is pregnant with the most unique food specialties, we in the Dabie Mountains of Western Anhui Province, Huoshan Mountain is no exception, today to give you a look at what gastronomic specialties we have in the Huoshan Mountains of Dabie Mountain, West Anhui Province.
1. Shiitake mushrooms
We in the Dabie Mountains of western Anhui Province, Huoshan has a long history of cultivating Duanmu shiitake mushrooms, in some of our mountainous villages, many people will use the right wood to cultivate Duanmu shiitake mushrooms, in the unique climatic conditions, the shiitake mushrooms here grow very thick, whether it is dried shiitake mushrooms or fresh shiitake mushrooms, it is particularly delicious to use to cook.
The practice of shiitake mushrooms in our mountainous countryside is also diverse, but the most common is to use fresh shiitake mushrooms to make soup, use dried shiitake mushrooms to burn meat, whether it is fresh shiitake mushrooms or dried shiitake mushrooms, are delicious in the world, delicious to the extreme.
2. Fungus
Like shiitake mushrooms, we mountain people have a long history of cultivating fungus, and the method of cultivating shiitake mushrooms and cultivating fungus is basically the same. The end wood fungus cultivated by our mountain people is naturally dried without any additives, and the naturally grown fungus is also very crisp to eat.
3. Micro-dishes
Micro vegetables, also known as purple cabbage, is a very valuable mountain treasure game. In Huoshan mountain in our Dabie Mountains, every year around March of the solar calendar, wild purple grass will break out of the soil, at this time the industrious mountain people will go to the wild to collect, de-hair, cook, rub and dry, make dried purple.
There are also many ways to eat purple, fresh purple water needs to be blanched, and then placed in the flowing mountain spring water to remove the bitter taste, generally soaked in water for 3-4 days to eat, fresh purple water to eat a bit like the taste of the four seasons beans, more crisp, rich in a lot of trace elements.
4. Dried bamboo shoots
Every other year in the solar calendar 4-5 months, it is time for us mountain people to make dried bamboo shoots, in our mountainous countryside, most people have their own bamboo forests, as long as it is the season of bamboo shoots, leisure rural people will go into the bamboo forest to dig up spring shoots and make dried bamboo shoots.
Dried bamboo shoots are also eaten in a variety of ways, which can be made into soup or paired with braised pork, and the taste is also very delicious.
5. Gastrodia
Gastrodia is actually a medicinal herb, but it is also a tonic, in our mountainous countryside, folk will use gastrodia stew chicken to nourish the body.
6. Yellow essence
Wild yellow essence, like tianma, is also a Chinese medicinal material, but it is also a tonic that can be used to cannon medicinal liquor, or nine steamed and nine sunburned yellow essence, which is also a medicinal and food homologous ingredient.
7. Dogwood
Like gastrodia and yellow essence, dogwood is also a medicinal herb, and it also has a certain tonic effect, in our mountains, there are also some people who use dogwood to brew wine, this wine is also very good to drink.
8. Wild kudzu powder
In the mountains of our mountainous countryside, there are many wild kudzu roots, and whenever the leaves begin to fall, there are mountain people who go into the mountains to dig kudzu roots, after washing, pounding, washing powder, precipitation, drying and other steps, and finally to the wild kudzu powder that is as white as snow.
The way to eat kudzu powder in our mountainous areas is generally to use boiling water, and the kudzu powder that comes out looks particularly like jelly.
9. Sweet potato flour
Sweet potato flour is a common condiment for our mountain people to cook, for example, our mountain people's favorite soup, we must use sweet potato flour, with sweet potato flour, the meat is more tender to eat.
Of course, in addition to being used as a condiment, sweet potato flour can also be used to make vermicelli, and it is also a delicious dish with pork belly.
10. Sweet potato vermicelli
In our Dabie Mountains, whenever the ice freezes in winter, there are rural people making handmade vermicelli, and the raw material used is sweet potato flour. Nowadays, there are not many people in our mountainous countryside who can handmade fans. Although the handmade vermicelli does not look very beautiful, it does not smell at all, and it is the best hot dish for our mountain people in winter.
11. All kinds of other dried vegetables
In the mountains, every household grows vegetables, whenever there are more vegetables to eat, it will be made into dried vegetables, common dried beans, dried cowpeas, dried cucumbers, dried cold lentils, dried radish slices, dried eggplant, etc., these dried vegetables are also very simple to eat, that is, to take meat to deal with it, because most of the dried vegetables are more oil-absorbing, so it is most suitable for pairing with fat meat.
12. Lilies
The lily mentioned here is actually not the medicinal lily of the Flood River, in our Dabie Mountains, there is also a wild lily, eating noodles and noodles, that kind of feeling is a bit like cooked garlic, it is also very delicious.
13. Tofu skin
When rural people make tofu, they will always pick a few pieces of tofu skin, tofu skin is also a specialty of our mountainous areas, most of the way to eat tofu skin is used to make soup, whether it is with pounded meat, or tomatoes or eggs with, the taste is particularly good.
14. Tofu stick
Roll the tofu skin together, you can get the tofu stick, but the tofu stick is much harder than the tofu skin, its way of eating is generally to take the stew soup, such as when stewing ribs, when stewing the chicken, you can cut the tofu stick into sections, add to the ingredients to stew together, the taste is particularly good.
15. Wild rubber powder
The first time I ate acorn powder, I actually ate not wild acorn powder, but a delicacy called acorn tofu, which is made of wild acorn powder, the color is darker, dark brown, but it has a cool and fire-removing effect.
Wild acorns
16, "bad tofu residue"
When making tofu, tofu residue can actually be used to make food, and people in the mountainous areas who are well versed in this way will always use various methods to make tofu residue into very delicious food, and the process of making food is fermentation, and when the tofu residue grows white mold, it is its most delicious time.
Bad tofu residue in our mountainous area is very simple to eat, that is, with green vegetables, just like tofu greens, and finally cooked in a charcoal pot to eat, the more cooked the more delicious.
17. Dried fish from wild small rivers
I believe that many people have eaten wild small river fish dried, take me, when I went to Huangshan Mountain to travel, I have eaten, but after eating, I really found that our wild small river fish dried in the Dabie Mountains is really delicious, but now for the protection of wild fish resources, this kind of wild dried river fish has been difficult to eat.
18. Bacon
In the past, when the people in the mountains killed pigs, they would make bacon, because in the past, there was no refrigerator in the countryside, and pork could only be pickled or fried, and over time, people liked the taste of bacon.
I think the best way to eat bacon is not to cook, but to steam directly, the marinated bacon is cleaned, cooked, sliced when eating, put into the pot to steam, the aroma can make you salivate.
19. Smoky bacon
If the bacon is smoked, it will get another taste, in our mountainous countryside, some people will use the skin of poria to smoke the bacon, and the smoked bacon is also steamed out of a different flavor.
20. Sausage
I believe that many people like to eat sausages, but in our mountainous countryside, the taste of sausages made by each household is different, some put a lot of condiments, some put a variety of ingredients, each family tastes different, sausage eating method is basically one, clean and steamed, sliced, when eating sausages, special rice.
21. Smoked pork head meat
Many parts of the pig's body can be pickled, the pig's head is no exception, in our Huoshan, the pickled pig's head is finally smoked, and finally cleaned, cooked, and steamed, the taste is also a must!
22. Artemisia annua
I don't want to say more about artemisia, and I have been on the food program of the tip of the tongue.
23. Pickled peppers
Mountain people eat without pickles, pickled pepper is the most common one, when eating, looking at the bright red pickled pepper, the appetite is naturally very easy to open.
24. Farmhouse tofu milk
There are many ways to eat tofu, in the autumn and winter, the most suitable for making tofu milk, when eating noodles in the morning, use chopsticks to pick a little tofu milk, eat noodles will feel more fragrant.
25. Salted fish
This season, the mountain people began to make salted fish, the production of salted fish is generally made of grass carp, after salting and drying, you can eat directly, or fried, or with radish shreds, the taste is also a must.
26. Farmhouse chili sauce
One of the most favorite foods of mountain people is chili sauce, which is made in every household in our mountainous areas, and even people who do not grow chili peppers will buy more than ten pounds of chili peppers and grind chili sauce.
27. Farmhouse stuffy sauce (soybean sauce)
In addition to chili sauce, mountain people will also use soybeans to make soybean sauce, and the soybean sauce made by mountain people is also called stuffy sauce, the color is black and black, and it is best to steam shrimp skin.
28. Wax duck
In our mountainous areas, some people will raise ducks, in addition to stewing soup, stir-frying, you can also dry to make salted duck, salted duck to stew soup, or steaming is also very good.
29. Wax goose
Geese are actually rare in our mountainous countryside, but the most favorite food of goose farmers is pickled salted goose, cooked, steamed, even if it is cold, you can also eat it directly.
30. Soaked cowpeas
The last specialty, I still promote the pickled cowpea, also known as pickled cowpeas. The cowpeas that the mountain people grow themselves, pickled by hand, and eaten safely and securely, are also a very good appetizer.
In fact, in our Dabie Mountain Huoshan, there are many food specialties, some of these specialties can be bought, some are difficult to buy, only to the farmhouse as a guest can eat, we will come to our mountainous countryside as a guest, may wish to try the above 30 special foods.