The cornmeal is kneaded into a nest head, which looks the same as the name, and the bottom of the conical cone has a concave opening. The basket drawer is steamed, and soon the air is filled with a sweet but not greasy fragrance.

"It smells so good!" The people on the farm sniffed, "It smells so good." "I'm wondering what to eat.

"Don't say it, I'm really hungry for the smell of corn." Grandma sniffed, "The smell of new corn is rich and good, and it is fragrant." ”

Breakfast is a porridge side dish, with golden, yellow-orange wowotou.

"Ahh The taste is so fragrant, I thought it was some kind of exquisite food, and it actually made us eat Wowotou. Huang Yilin muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Wowotou, I haven't eaten it for a long time, I thought I would 'loathe' it, but I didn't expect to miss it." Grandma Lin took a bite open, put it in her mouth and chewed slowly. His eyes lit up instantly, "Old man, you taste it, it tastes great!" ”

"Hmmm! Delicious, fragrant and sweet. Guan Dashan finished eating one and picked up the second one.

"Master, you won't mix cooked persimmons with cornmeal, right?" Chang Jiuchun smashed it, smashed it, and tasted it.

"Yes! How delicious is it! Fang Monan said with a smile. Absolutely natural whole grains. ”

"It tastes okay!" Although Huang Yilin said so, she didn't take it in her hand, and she ate fast enough.

"In the past, the staple food of the common people is not common now, and it is all white-flour steamed buns. I remember eating black rice wotou, sorghum wowotou, sweet potato wowotou, mung bean wowotou, and glutinous rice wowotou before. However, at that time, the head of the nest was stiff, dry and sloppy, not as soft and sweet as it is now. Old Man Lin said. He didn't eat slowly, and even Grandma Lin deliberately put another one on his plate.

"I haven't thought I've been able to eat wowotou for many years." Grandma Lin ate two in a row. "Eating coarse grains is advocated in foreign countries, which is good for health."

"Yes! Today's Wowotou is already a green, delicious, nutritious and healthy delicacy. Fang Menan said with a smile, "This is also reincarnation, it is really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi." ”

"Our northern grains are mainly corn, and corn flour is called cob noodles, also known as miscellaneous noodles. Because corn is commonly known as the cob, it gets this name. Southerners don't understand, so there is a misunderstanding. In old novels, it was said that poor women shed tears. Put the stick noodles into your mouth one by one. Cornmeal is mixed with bean flour. Therefore, it is called miscellaneous, in fact, this is like the mixing of the proportion of notoginseng, which is particularly sweet, so it is not a coarse grain. But make it into a nest head. but it is like black bread. Ordinary food for the poor. Old Man Lin continued, "Wowotou was originally the main food for the poor people in the imperial capital in the past, and it was made of cornmeal or heterozygous flour. The big ones weigh half a pound. The small ones also have two or three taels. The shape of the head of the fossa is small at the top and large at the bottom, hollow in the middle, and it is conical.

In order to make it steamed and easy to cook, there is a common saying called Wowo'er in the Imperial Capital at the bottom, and because it is the same staple food as steamed buns, the people of the imperial capital call this food Wowotou. ”

Grandma Lin said with a smile, "In the past, when describing a person's miserable fate, he often said: 'He, he has been hungry and toiled all his life, and he eats the head of the nest. There is also a post-break phrase 'Wo Wo Tou Flip - Show Big Eyes' refers to turning the Wo Tou over, and the Wo Er will show a big round eye (that is, a round hole) when it faces the sky, which is used as a metaphor for the limelight, but it is ugly, often with contempt and irony. She turned her head over, but she didn't show her big eyes!

"There is also a kind of wowotou eaten in the detention center, that is the authentic wowotou, although the shape is long, similar to a hair cake, but the ingredients are absolutely authentic, steamed with cornmeal and crushed corn leaves and corn cobs, it is called authentic wowotou. In the past, the old society referred to the nest head did this. ”

As soon as Fang Monan said, Grandma echoed, "Nannan is right, when we were children, we ate that kind of wowotou. ”

"Huh! How astringent is that! No wonder he pulled his throat. Huang Yilin pursed her lips in disgust when she thought about it, even if she couldn't eat enough, she had never been wronged.

As a result, while eating and chatting, Fang Monan's hard work in the morning was eaten up by everyone.

At noon, it is still a persimmon feast, persimmon cake, egg persimmon, persimmon jelly, beef and potato stewed persimmon, and mushu persimmon.

In addition to fresh persimmons, persimmons can be made into persimmons after drying them whole. There is a layer of white powder on the outside of the persimmon cake called persimmon cream. Persimmon cream is not starch, but is mainly composed of crystals formed by the condensation of glucose exuding from the inside. These crystals do not easily bind to moisture in the air, so the surface of the persimmon usually remains dry. This is also good for the preservation of persimmons.

The persimmon is gray and white, the section is golden and translucent, soft, sweet, sweet and moist, non-toxic, moisturizing the heart and lungs, relieving cough and phlegm, clearing heat and quenching thirst, strengthening the spleen and astringent intestines.

The dried persimmons can be completely preserved for the New Year, and throughout the autumn and winter, you can see the red persimmons that are strung together and dried on the farm with thread, and finally turned into persimmons.

The home-dried persimmon cake is wrapped in thick hoarfrost on the surface, and when you bite into it, the pulp inside is still golden red, very sweet, silky, and the taste is tougher than the one bought outside. It's best to eat it after a meal.

Eating persimmons on an empty stomach may cause "gastrolithiasis", persimmons contain a large amount of persimmon gum, when eating persimmons on an empty stomach, persimmon gum and stomach acid secreted by the stomach will condense into a hard lump in the stomach; When the lump accumulates, it may lead to an inability to pass it, which is medically known as "gastric lithiasis".

Persimmon trees are highly adaptable and can grow in mountainous areas where conditions are poor and food crops are poorly grown. It is easy to manage, and the income period is long, and there is a saying that "one year of planting, one hundred years of income".

Persimmons are rich in signature nutrients, and compared to apples, persimmons are superior in other components, except for zinc and copper, which are higher than those of persimmons. As the saying goes, "An apple a day, the doctor stays away from me." "However, when it comes to preventing heart arteriosclerosis, persimmons are far more effective than apples, and they can be called the king of heart-healthy fruits. Therefore, "one apple a day is better than a persimmon a day".

Fang Monan remembered that his deceased grandmother's house was rich in persimmons, and there were many persimmon trees there. Pick some persimmons and come back. However, with the development of urbanization, those persimmon trees disappeared from memory and can no longer be found.

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Christmas Eve

The Claridge Hotel in England, Victorian style, strong British style, luxury, atmosphere, gorgeous, marble floors and crystal chandeliers, wide marble staircases covered with wool carpets, make every guest who walks here feel that he must be an important person.

The hotel is located in the heart of London's West End, in the exclusive residential area of Mayfair. The hotel is just a few minutes' walk from the famous Bond Street, Molton South Street and Oxford Street, and 10 minutes from Hyde Park. To know. All of the world's most prestigious hotels have one characteristic: they must be located in the most expensive prime location in the city. Of course, for the most prestigious hotels, the history of the hotel is almost as important as the location.

It often hosts dignitaries from all over the world, and former Prime Minister Winston Churchill used to be a regular visitor to the cigar bar here.

The banquet hall was furnished as a ballroom, spacious and luxurious. The waiter holds the tray. On top of the tray are 30s-inspired cocktails. Weave between the crowd and be polite.

Hundreds of people were noisy, but not crowded.

A Christmas tree. High to the ceiling, it's hung with glittering gifts.

"Snowflakes" fall, one after another, and fall on people's shoulders.

On the ground, it was pure white.

All kinds of Christmas props are hung in every corner.

Pirates, Spider-Man, Vampires, Magic Princesses, Snow White, ......

Exaggerated costumes and peculiar shapes make people dizzy.

A Christmas masquerade party is being held here, and political and business celebrities from all over the world are gathered here, and those who can get invitations are not mortals.

Looking around, you can see that the guests here are well-dressed and speak elegantly. Holding all kinds of wine glasses in his hand, he took a sip between talking and laughing, revealing satisfaction and enjoyment from the corners of his eyebrows.

Although the financial turmoil in September caused huge losses to the UK, for the upper class, it is still necessary to enjoy it, and still enjoy the life of a drunken gold addict.

"How long are you going to stay here?" Batman sat lazily by the window, sipping his glass, casually looking at the center of the dance floor, and asked with his senses.

"San'er, I'm still so anxious." A playful voice rang out.

"Uh......" Batman was stunned and held back the wine in his mouth, although he choked badly and his face was red, he didn't embarrass in public.

"Tsk...... It's a good thing to wear a mask, otherwise your monkey butt wouldn't have been visited. It's still Zorro who is calm! San'er still has to go through it! Captain Hook said. Captain Hook's brown curly hair is long in a shawl. Dressed up very fashionably and elegantly, wearing a noble hat, wearing a fashionable dress, and the makeup is very exaggerated.

Batman looked around quietly, "In the direction of three o'clock on your left." Zorro, who was beside him, said.

Batman looked in his direction at three o'clock, and when he saw who was coming, he couldn't speak in surprise. "Little four, you ...... You...... How in the UK. ”

"Look, can't I come?" Captain Hook held his glass lightly in his palm, shaking it nonchalantly.

"Little Four, I didn't mean that, wait, you will also communicate with your senses." Batman was taken aback again.

"It seems that our three sons also have adventures!" Captain Hook said with a smile.

Batman finally stabilized his emotions and looked at the two-meter-tall Russian man standing behind Captain Hook, with a huge tonnage, standing like a mountain. He wears a red turban, braided pigtails, and exaggerated smoky eyes, and wears deerskin boots and tattered denim outfits.

Just standing there, no one will enter, and no one will dare to come near.

"Little Four, who is the pirate standing behind you?" Batman asked, another outfit he knew was also a pirate, Hua Tengfei.

"Big Bear, my bodyguard." Captain Hook said lightly.

"Instructors of the Siberian training camp!" Zorro said.

"What?" Batman was surprised, and then his qi engine was released, and he observed, "It's really tough!" ”

"Boss, good eyesight, skills have improved a lot." Captain Hook's eyes flashed.

"Each other! Each other! Zorro gracefully raised his glass and took a sip. (To be continued......)

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