Remember to pick wild vegetables from these four trees in the countryside in April, which are life-saving food in famine years.

In the spring of March, everything recovers. After April, the temperature gradually rose, and all kinds of wild plants in rural areas also entered the peak season of growth, germination and flowering. It's a pity not to enjoy the scenery in the wild in such a beautiful season. And while enjoying the scenery, you can also pick some wild vegetables to eat, because this season is also the season when many wild vegetables have just grown. If you miss it, you will have to wait for next year.

Remember to pick wild vegetables from these four trees in the countryside in April. They are all life-saving food in famine years, delicious and nutritious, and they also nourish the liver and stomach.

There are many edible wild vegetables in our country, and there are many wild vegetables growing on trees, but several of them have to be admitted, because they are not only widely distributed, but also delicious and nutritious, and also have the therapeutic effect of nourishing the liver and stomach.

The first type: elm money

Friends in the south may not be familiar with Yuqian, but friends in the north should be quite familiar with it. In the northern rural areas, elm money is a life-saving food for many elderly people, especially in famine years. This is really a treasure. Not only Elaeagnus mollis can be eaten as a delicious wild vegetable, but also the bark, that is, elm bark, can be processed into elm skin noodles to eat. Its fruit can also be eaten as wild fruit, and its fruit, bark and leaves can also be used as medicinal materials. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the life-saving food for the poor in famine years.

Nowadays, fewer people eat elm bark, but elm money is still very popular with people, because it is so delicious that it is sweet and refreshing whether eaten raw, steamed on it or cooked with rice.

In fact, elm is not only delicious, but also very nutritious. Modern research shows that elm is rich in various nutrients and has a good effect on human body.

In addition, elm is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which has the functions of calming the nerves, helping sleep, benefiting qi and nourishing the stomach, so eating it in spring can play a good role in dietotherapy.

The second kind: Sophora japonica

Among the wild vegetables on the trees in April, there is a flower that you have to eat. As far as the author's personal experience is concerned, it is really fragrant. It's Sophora japonica. Sophora japonica is the flower of Sophora japonica. The Sophora japonica here is not the native Sophora japonica in China, but the Sophora japonica, which is called Robinia pseudoacacia by the people. Its branches have long thorns.

Sophora japonica usually blooms in the first half of April (note: it may be a little later in the north). Its color is white and the flowers are small. The whole inflorescence hangs upside down on the branches of Sophora japonica, which is very beautiful and smells particularly fragrant.

But it would be a pity to just watch and smell without eating. As a kind of wild vegetable, Sophora japonica also tastes delicious. There is a unique flower fragrance of Sophora japonica, especially used to make Sophora japonica soup, which makes people swallow their saliva when they smell it.

Besides making soup, Sophora japonica can also be used for scrambled eggs, fried Sophora japonica, fried Sophora japonica pancakes, Sophora japonica porridge, Sophora japonica jiaozi and so on. And it can also be dried and made into Sophora japonica tea, which is very good.

Sophora japonica is also widely distributed in China, basically in the north and south, and it is also very common in rural areas, so it used to be a very common wild vegetable in rural areas.

However, in recent years, Sophora japonica has become a characteristic spring wild vegetable. Besides being delicious, it also has good nutritional value. At the same time, Sophora japonica is also a Chinese herbal medicine, which has the functions of clearing away heat, cooling blood, stopping bleeding, lowering blood pressure and nourishing liver, and is very suitable for elderly friends to eat. But remember, Sophora japonica is cool, and friends with spleen and stomach deficiency are not suitable for eating.

The third kind: walnut flower

Many friends have eaten walnuts, which are very good health food, but when it comes to walnut flowers, only friends living in rural areas may have seen them. Walnut flower is actually a very delicious wild vegetable, and its nutritional value is not worse than walnut. Basically, walnuts have some functions, and so do walnut flowers. The most important thing is that walnut flowers are more delicious than walnuts.

Walnut flowers are mainly eaten by male inflorescences. Generally, the inflorescence of the male flower of walnut is picked, cleaned and only one flower stalk is left, and then it can be used for cooking.

There are many ways to eat walnut flowers, but to say which is the most classic, I personally think that fried bacon with walnut flowers is the most classic. Walnut flower itself absorbs oil and has the unique fragrance of walnut flower. Used for frying bacon, it can not only absorb the oil squeezed from bacon, but also make bacon have the fragrance of walnut flowers, making bacon fat but not greasy and very refreshing.

As mentioned earlier, the nutrition of walnut flower is not worse than its fruit walnut. In fact, the nutritional value of walnut flower is extremely rich, especially its nutrient elements such as potassium, calcium, iron and zinc are several times higher than other vegetables. At the same time, walnut flower also has a good dietotherapy effect of nourishing stomach and liver, so it is also called "longevity dish" among the people.

The flowering period of walnut flowers is usually in March and April (note: the climate is different in different places, please take the local flowering time as the standard), so you have to hurry if you want to eat walnut flowers. In addition, there is no need to worry that picking walnut flowers will have an impact on the fruiting of walnuts. The male flowers are picked and the female flowers are the result.

The fourth kind: Broussonetia papyrifera ear

When it comes to tree construction, everyone should be familiar with it. Whether in rural areas or in urban green belts or parks, it is the most common tree. Especially in rural areas, it often grows in fields, which makes many farmers' friends hate it. But in fact, tree construction is mainly because of its strong vitality and adaptability. It is harmless in itself, but it is also a treasure. The flower it blooms around April is a kind of flower.

The flower of Broussonetia papyrifera is not very beautiful, because its flower is spike-shaped, its color is green, and it looks like a green caterpillar, but although its face value is not high, it tastes good.

Broussonetia papyrifera mainly eats male inflorescences. After picking, it can be used to make food. There are many ways to eat. They can be used to steam noodles, cold salad, wheat rice, stir-fry and make soup. As for the taste, I personally feel that it is not bad. Interested friends can also choose some to taste. However, one thing to remember here is that if you want to pick it, you should pick it in rural mountainous areas, not in urban green belts, parks and other places.