The grass grows and the warbler flies, and the warm sun shines.

The last time I visited, it was a desolate embankment of the Yellow River, but this time the wildflowers are in full bloom, and the young leaves are hanging on the branches, which is full of life.

Occasionally, a few birds chirp low at a low altitude, adding a bit of poetry.

It's just a pity that such a beautiful picture was ruined by a stupid cat in the car.

When the bear saw the birds passing by, he immediately jumped behind the windshield, scratched forward with his two paws, and meowed angrily at the distant birds.

Driving to a willow forest, Xu Zhuo got out of the car and followed the old lady with a bag to see how the willow spike should be brought down.

And Yu Keke continued to exercise her duty: follow the bear cub, lest the goods immediately run over and chase the bird when they see it.

Xu Zhuo was not worried that the bear cub would run away, but worried that the goods were depressed because they were too fat to catch birds.

For stray cats, catching a low-flying bird is like playing, and people can easily fly more than a meter high in place.

And the bear cub ......

Ten centimeters in situ is enough to choke.

Don't be embarrassed about it.

Yu Coco puts a leash on the bear cub and takes it around the grass on the embankment.

"In the past, when I picked up the willow ears, I even took off the willow ears together, and the willow leaves were mixed with them and eaten together, but now there is no need to do that, just pinch the willow ears down, and the leaves continue to remain. ”

After the old lady finished speaking, she raised her hand and pinched a willow spike growing behind a willow leaf, and gently and forcefully, the willow spike fell off completely.

After stuffing it into the bag, the old lady continued to pick.

Xu Zhuo also started to operate, he didn't worry about low efficiency, anyway, there was enough time, so he just came out to relax, and he didn't have to worry too much.

The willow ears are not large, about two centimeters in length, short and thick, tender green in color, and are full of protrusions like ears of grain.

These bumps are the flower bones on the willow spikes, and after a while, these bumps will bloom one after another, growing catkins that countless people avoid.

When he first started picking, Xu Zhuo was a little slow because he was not used to it.

But after a long time and getting used to it, the efficiency of picking has improved a lot.

There are all weeping willows here, you can pick them as soon as you reach out, you don't need to climb high or low, and when it was more than three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Zhuo actually picked five or six catties, plus the old lady picked it, almost ten catties or so.

The entire willow forest has been picked almost all the willow ears in the lower layer, and if you want to pick them, you have to climb to the branches and pick them.

Xu Zhuo didn't continue, he decided to go back and taste it first, if it was delicious, it was not too late to pick it again, anyway, the Yellow River embankment was full of weeping willows, and it was enough to find a random forest to pick and eat.

And when Xu Zhuo was picking, he would unconsciously think of the four words that the old man said.

If it doesn't taste good, it's not in vain.

So Xu Zhuo didn't stay here for long, called Yu Keke and Xiong Cub back, and then drove away directly.

Driving to the old lady's house, I happened to meet the old man who came back from a walk at the gate of the community, and when I saw the catkins picked by Xu Zhuo and the old lady, the old man was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

"So much, then let's have a good meal tonight, so that you can taste how delicious the willow ears are. ”

When he returned home, the old man began to get busy.

He first poured out the willow ears in the bag, picked out the willow leaves and other impurities, and then put them in the pool and washed them repeatedly.

After all, this is a plant that grows next to the embankment of the Yellow River, and the embankment is full of dust and traffic, so it really needs to be cleaned well.

After washing several times, you can blanch.

Fresh willow ears will taste astringent, so no matter how you eat them, you need to blanch them first to remove the flavor before processing.

Because there are more willow ears, the old man directly boiled a large pot of water.

After the water boils, add two spoonfuls of salt to the pot, then pour in some cooking oil, stir a few times, wait for the water to boil again, and then pour the willow ears into it.

The purpose of adding cooking oil to the pot is to make the blanched willow ears more green, and sprinkling salt in the pot can better remove the astringency of the willow ears and make the taste better.

After pouring the willow ears into the pot, stir them with a spoon a few times to let the willow ears all submerge in the hot water.

Then wait for a minute or two, don't wait for the water to boil, as long as the water in the pot turns light green and the willow spikes are more emerald green, you can fish them out.

The fire power of the family toy is too small, and there are more willow ears in the pot, so it can't be boiled for a while.

The willow spike is an extremely tender ingredient, and it is easy to cook old, so the water in the pot has to be fished out after it changes color.

The blanched willow ears should be fished into cold water for cooling, one is to cool the willow ears, to prevent the residual temperature from making the willow ears old, and the other point is that soaking in cold water can make the willow ears taste better.

After the willow spike soaked in cold water, the old man began to make noodles.

This made Xu Zhuo a little incomprehensible: "Grandpa, what are you doing with noodles?"

The old man smiled and said, "Make willow spike pie, wait to eat it, it tastes super good." ”

"Can this thing make pies?"

Xu Zhuo was a little surprised, he checked it just now, and it seemed that it was good to eat it cold, but the old man directly played with a big one.

"Willow Spike can not only be eaten cold, but also can make pies, pancakes, and scrambled eggs...... There are a lot of willow ears anyway today, and this thing can't be put out much, so I'll make a few more things for you to taste. ”

After speaking, the old man began to make peace.

Stir the flour into a dough, then knead it into a smooth dough and place it in a basin for proofing.

Taking advantage of this time, the old man burned some hot oil and poured it on the flour sprinkled with five-spice powder and salt, making five-spice puff pastry.

When he was done, he stirred some more batter, put salt pepper and pepper in it, and beat in two eggs.

After stirring, grab some from the soaked willow spikes, dry the water and cut it slightly, then put it in the batter.

After doing this, the old man cut some chopped green onions and sprinkled them in, stirred well, and made the batter for the pancakes.

Xu Zhuo didn't have anything to do at this time, and rushed to do the rest of the work.

Put the pan on the stove, grease the bottom of the pan, scoop a spoonful of batter and pour it in, scrape it flat with a wooden spatula, wait for the batter to solidify and pour cooking oil, and then turn over.

When the two sides are fried until golden brown, Xu Zhuo will put out the pancakes.

Because the willow ears have been chopped, there is nothing unusual in appearance.

As he spoke, he tore off the side of the pancake, blew it, and put it in his mouth.

In the mouth, there is a unique aroma of egg pancakes, but when you chew it gently, this egg-flavored pancake suddenly has a special flavor.

The taste is very fresh, with a faint sweetness and the freshness of the plant, like the smell of dewy flowers in the morning.

And under chewing, there is a taste of eating meat.

This willow spike ......

It's amazing, right?