Perhaps because the standard of living has improved significantly, I feel bored eating now, and I can't think of what is the best food in my mind. In my spare time, I can't help but think of the scene when I ate pumpkin flower pancakes in my hometown when I was a child.
In July and August of the lunar calendar in Yanyugou, the trees are lush and the grass is lush, attracting birds and finches to "chirp and flutter"; the crops in the four fields are yellow and green, hiding many small animals. It became a mythical world, and my children and I became the protagonists of this world. On the path of the mountain village, we are busy cutting grass for cattle with baskets on our backs, carrying baskets to find grass for pigs and collecting firewood...
At that time, the most conspicuous pumpkin flowers will bloom vigorously, yellow and green, and the ravines and ridges will be brightly decorated, and there will be a different scenery. Every morning at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the children and I would carry small baskets together, haunting a cluster of pumpkin vines, competing to pick the small umbrella-like pumpkin flowers, one, two... The more I picked, the happier I became, and I was so happy that I had to hum a few out-of-tune Qin tones.
At this time, it is the season for bees to collect honey, and they inhabit the flower buds in pairs, sucking the nectar selflessly. Just when they are obsessed with collecting honey, the fast-handed partner can often quickly grasp the flared flower rim and block the bee in it. Then pluck off the flower branch and put it close to your ear to listen to its "buzzing" "song". Occasionally, someone can still block the hateful big female bee, which is the most proud thing to do, and whoever completes this feat is excited to win the envy of his companions. However, it is difficult to predict that the pumpkin flower is extremely soft and brittle, a little careless, the petals are broken, the big female bee will suddenly fly out, and it may also be stung by the unlucky person's nose and blue face, crying and screaming in pain. At that time, I was very timid, and whenever the big female bee landed on the flower bud, I always crawled to the ground, shake the pumpkin vine, and then started to pinch the flower after it flew away, although I was ridiculed by my companions, but I was safe.
When the pinched pumpkin is brought home, the petals are plucked and torn into thin strips, washed and mixed with the mother into the mixed black batter, and mixed with a few simple spices. Seeing that I was impatient, my mother had long mixed salt, pepper and vinegar into a soup and then spread out pancakes. At this moment, I was so anxious that I always did not want to leave the stove room, greedily watching my mother make me pumpkin flower pancakes: I saw my mother pour the thin batter mixed with melon shreds into the hot pot, spread it out, and after a while, the batter slowly dried out, and after flipping it back and forth a few times, the batter became a pancake with a little dark spots. Wait a bit, then use a shovel to scoop it out and put it on the dish. At this time, just roll up the pancakes and dip them in the seasonings to enjoy. At that time, I had already picked up a large piece of hot pancake with chopsticks and put it in my mouth... yes! Although the pancake was a little hot, the taste was soft, moist, sweet, and delicious, and it was indescribable. At that time, I really hated that I couldn't have more mouths...
I haven't eaten pumpkin flower pancakes for more than decades, and whenever I think about it, I always miss it. Mentioning this to his wife, his wife did not think so: "This is a problem, wasn't you the most annoyed with eating wild vegetables when you were a child?" Now I have to let you buy it to eat, really let you eat pumpkin flower pancakes a few times, I am afraid you will be even more disappointed. ”
I was afraid of being hit by her, and I didn't bring it up again. Let that beautiful pumpkin flower pancake in your heart remain in your memory forever!
Jin Bai'an's personal resume:
Jin Bai'an, male, born on March 18, 1954 in Yecun Town, Shangzhou, Shaanxi Province, graduated from Shangluo Normal College in July 1980, a member of the Communist Party of China, was sent to China Tenth Metallurgical Construction Company in August 1980 (reorganized and renamed Zhongshiye Group Co., Ltd. in 2008), successively served as a middle school teacher, deputy director of the Office of the Discipline Inspection Commission, chief of the Discipline Inspection Section, deputy director of the Audit and Supervision Department, deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and director of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Department, etc., and has retired since January 2015.
Literary works: The newsletter "Anonymous Letter To Tell a Good Cadre" was published in The China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily in May 1997; the essays "Pancakes with Pumpkin Flowers" and "Wife Loves Nagging" were published in Shougang Daily in 1993 and 1994. He has published dozens of articles in the unit newspapers "Erjian Communications", "China Ten Metallurgical News" and "Zhongshi Metallurgical Newspaper". He has compiled and printed five "literary works" on the top, middle, bottom, continuation 1 and continuation of "Out of Yanyu Ditch".
Excerpt from: Sun Dan Feng, copyright belongs to the author.