China Overseas Chinese Network, May 9. According to the US "World Daily" report, after entering the spring, dandelion, purslane, locust flower, wild onion, wild garlic and plantain can be seen everywhere in parks, streets and houses in New York, USA. When waiting for wild vegetables, many Chinese people who are knowledgeable have turned wild vegetables into fillings for dumplings and steamed buns, made dough cakes or mixed them into cold dishes, and used delicious food to relieve their homesickness.
Ms. Zhang, who has traveled from Northeast China to the United States for more than 20 years, worked in a senior center in Flushing. After talking with colleagues and elderly people, she found that "wild" delicacies such as wormwood, dandelion, and shepherd's purse that are often eaten in her hometown can also be found on the streets of New York.
Ms. Zhang said that the most recognizable edible wild vegetable is dandelion. While the stamens of dandelion are still, the leaves are picked and can be mixed with tofu or made into cold dishes alone, or can be added to eggs, noodles or steamed buns and dumplings When making stuffing, "not only delicious, but also clearing heat and detoxifying."
Another Ms. Zhang's specialty is wormwood cake. She said that this green herb with white velvet on the back is first blanched in water, then put into a blender and broken, mixed with glutinous rice flour in proportion and kneaded into a cake. , you can eat it after steaming it in a pot. "Northerners generally like to eat sweet wormwood cakes, while southerners like to add winter bamboo shoots and mushrooms to eat salty."
Mrs. He, who immigrated to the United States from a city in northwest China 12 years ago, likes to make food with Sophora japonica.
She said that after taking off the stamens and cleaning them, they are then mixed with flour, cooking oil, five-spice powder, etc., and then steamed in a steamer for 15 minutes, and then topped with sauces prepared with minced garlic, soy sauce and vinegar, which are hometown snacks. "Huahua Maifan", even if people are in New York, they can taste the taste of their hometown.
Ms. Yang, a Chinese who loves farming, said that wild vegetables can be seen in New York City gardens, front yards of homes, or on the street. In the self-cultivated land of Evergreen Park in Flushing, Queens, in addition to the plants carefully planted by the public, they are also everywhere. Dandelion, plantain, wild mint and wild onions and wild garlic can be seen.
Ms. Yang said that 20 years ago, she heard that plantain can help her mother's condition, so she went to a park in Bayside to pick wild vegetables, which led to her becoming attached to farming. She said that common wild vegetables such as wild onions can be eaten. However, the public is urged to avoid eating unfamiliar wild vegetables when picking to avoid problems such as poisoning.
(Mu Lan)