Rubbing Toon Buds

Name: Rubbing Toon Buds
Total time: 2 d
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500 Toon Bud; Some Refined salt

by Dance of wolf

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

48h

Serving

2

Toon Bud is a seasonal delicacy. It is generally best to eat toon in the period from Qingming to Gu Yu. After Gu Yu, toon buds appear lignified. After Gu Yu, toon buds move the fastest, and their mellow taste is lost. Fastest. Therefore, the few days after Qingming is the time when toon buds are the most flavorful and tender. I always buy some toon sprouts every year, wash them and knead them with salt, wait until they are slightly fermented and fragrant, or pack them into bags or bottles, and freeze them for winter consumption.

Toon buds are best to choose from the big farm trees; the leaf stems are fat, the leaves are green, and the new leaf buds are brown-red. This kind of toon is the tenderest and most fragrant, and the raw food is the most delicious.

When rubbing the toon buds, the word "kneading" is used, which shows people's love and dedication to toon buds, and only the rubbed toon buds can truly give out the toon flavor it deserves. Only by "kneading" can the salt spread evenly in the toon sprouts, and finally make delicious toon sprouts pickles. Some people like to be lazy and sprinkle coarse salt directly on the toon sprouts for pickling, so that the salt grains are scattered on the toon sprouts, and the toon sprouts have different taste and uneven salinity. The kneaded toon buds will only really come out after being sealed and allowed to stand for a week.

These kneaded toon sprouts become rare objects in winter. Each time they are eaten, they are kneaded out, or chopped up noodles, or used to scramble a few eggs...the house smells fragrant. "

Ingredients

500 Toon Bud
Some Refined Salt

Rubbing Toon Buds

1. Wash and remove the toon buds, and dry them in a cool place (do not expose them to direct sunlight, otherwise the toon buds will lose moisture and become soft and dark).

2. Place the dried toon buds in a clean, water- and oil-free basin, and do not put more at a time. Sprinkle with refined salt, and add more refined salt appropriately.

3. Rub the petiole of the toon bud a little harder.

4. Knead until the toon bud changes color and the petiole becomes soft.

5. Knead the prepared toon buds one by one and place them in the prepared container with a lid.

6. Put the container with toon sprouts in a cool place and let it stand for a week before taking it out for consumption. The kneaded toon sprouts can be bottled or sealed in a food bag, frozen and reserved for winter consumption.

7. Pork bone soup, hand-rolled noodles, toon buds, well, happiness is sometimes that simple.

Tips:
1. Do not scald the fresh toon buds with water, otherwise they will lose their proper aroma and taste.

2. To make toon sprouts pickles, use fine salt, and knead carefully until the petiole turns dark green.

3. The kneaded toon buds must be sealed and allowed to stand for a period of time before they can taste.