Of course, Yangcheng Lake is also being watched by people, with many pairs of eyes fixed on West Lake. As soon as summer begins, the lotus leaves | lotus pods | eyes
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At this season, the lotus flowers by West Lake bloomed without hesitation. I got up early and headed to Beishan Road. The summer breeze was already hot and dry, and there were cicadas chirping from the willow trees by the lake. With a loud and resounding sound, the sky was covered in emerald green. The June lotus of West Lake spread like pavilions, exuding a gentle and unrestrained atmosphere. In the middle of June, the West Lake is not the same as the four seasons. It is full of green lotus, deep forest springs, shady summer trees, and the sound of cicadas. It is also full of yellow in June, Sauteed Shrimps in oil, stickleback, and ice beer. The hairy crab is a beloved delicacy in Jiangnan. The autumn wind makes the crab feet itch. Let's have some Shaoxing flower sculptures and nibble on a few hairy crabs with green shells and thick flesh, which is a necessary ritual in autumn. If missed, the autumn of this year will be particularly messy. Suzhou people have reached new heights in eating crabs, and Suzhou has a snowflake crab bowl: using crab shells as containers, filling them with crab roe, covering them with thick egg whites, like thick winter snow, and garnishing them with ham cubes. Ten thousand years is too long, seize the day and night. Crabs are the only ones who are destined to eat. Before the autumn wind rises, let's have a few June yellows to taste fresh.
June yellow, is the puberty of hairy crabs, is the development of young green onions. Chinese mitten crabs need to go through multiple rounds of shelling from their fry to maturity, and only around the Mid Autumn Festival can they complete their final shelling. Around the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the lotus flowers by the West Lake are already in their prime. At this time, the hairy crab weighs only one or two, with a thin shell that is not yet hard, and its foot hair is not fully grown. The hair on the crab claws is brownish yellow, light, and soft, like the newly grown beard on a young man's lips. It looks a bit green and astringent, and with a flick, the crab claws are only symbolically kicked, not as powerful and powerful as the mature crab claws.
Experienced people will recognize crabs by their fur. If the crab's fur is light and soft, it is yellow in June of that year. If the crab's foot fur is black and hard, it is likely a small crab from the following year. The crab roe of the June crab has not yet formed a paste, but is only a semi flowing yellow fat, hence it is called June roe, which is also jokingly referred to as the boy crab. When the chrysanthemums bloom, the yellow inside will turn into cream, appearing in the martial arts world with the majesty of mature hairy crabs. With green backs, white bellies, thick shells, and strong crab legs, walking adds a bit of dominance and arrogance.
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"Keep busy, don't forget the yellow of June." This sentence is an alarm clock set in the hearts of foodies. At this point, the yellow of June will climb up in their hearts, making them itch. As soon as the beginning of summer passes, the fresh taste of green fava beans still lingers at the corner of the mouth, and many pairs of eyes stare at West Lake. "June yellow is about to water out, right?" "When will you be able to eat June yellow?" "Why hasn't it been sold yet this year? I've already eaten it in previous years." West Lake has clear water, dense water grass, and river shrimp and sea bass hide in the water grass, carefree, while crucian carp, snail green, and baotou fish play among the lotus leaves. Lake crabs lie under the water grass, taking off their thick coats and changing into soft new clothes. Every time it is shelled, its size and weight will increase slightly. When the soft shell becomes hard, it will strip again. It was finally hoped that the shrimp and crab soldiers from West Lake would come out of the water. In June, yellow appeared at the West Lake Fish Market in Dongshannong Farmers' Market. People from this group would drive from all corners of Hangzhou city to grab fresh food. The June Yellow in West Lake is a limited edition, weighing only a few pounds per day, and at most only around ten pounds. It will be sold out and sold out. As for whether you can buy it or not, it all depends on luck.
If you're not so picky, don't eat the June yellow in West Lake. You can also see the figure of June yellow in major markets in June, mostly from Jiangsu and Hubei. Compared to the towering hairy crabs during the Mid Autumn Festival, the price of June yellow is affordable.
In June, male crabs are more common in yellow, fresh and tender, with a lively and tender feeling, which is a little refreshing for young people. "No fresher than June yellow," although this statement may be a bit exaggerated, it also indicates that June yellow is praised for its freshness and tenderness. The newly matured June roe, with its crab shell easily broken by a gentle tap with its teeth, has a delicate and tender flesh. The crab roe is in a flowing fat like state, and even when cooked, it cannot clump, but flows like milk fat. The crab meat of June yellow is fresh, tender, and tender. The most wonderful thing is that it is yellow and flowing, like the quicksand wrapped in ink. Apart from steaming, stir frying, deep frying, soup, and getting drunk are all available. Adding fresh meat, salted meat, stir fried edamame, stir fried loofah, noodle crab, and drunken crab are all wonderful. Noodle dragging crab, half yellow in June, allowing cream to flow into the batter, making the batter fresh and the cream even more delicious.
Steamed June yellow with salted meat, spread a layer of salted meat underneath, and spread the half opened June yellow on top of it. It is salty and delicious, and it is best to serve rice. After eating the salted crab roe and braised noodles with soup, they are even fresher than the three fresh noodles. Stir fried mung beans with June yellow are also very delicious. The peeled mung beans are light green like jade, full and tender, and are best accompanied by June yellow. When stir frying, add some shredded ginger and ham. The red shells of mung beans are very eye friendly. June yellow stir fried rice cake, soft, sticky, and delicious. June yellow is everything. After cutting the edge, crab yellow flows out. Hurry to seal the cut with starch to avoid the loss of essence. After stir frying with rice cake, it turns red and white, fresh and glutinous, and has a wonderful taste. Crab roe is rich and fragrant, blending with every taste bud to dance happily. The bit of yellow left on my fingers, I don't want to waste it, I must suck it clean. Hu Su people stir fry rice cakes and enjoy strong oil and red sauce. I have always been a white braised crab. No matter where the crab comes from, whether in the sea, lakes, or fields, it comes with a natural and fresh taste. White braised can produce fresh June yellow juice.
Zhang Yong from Xin Rong Ji also highly praises June yellow. He said in his social circle, "Little June yellow, Taizhou people call it" Stone Crab. ". If June yellow is compared to the virgin of a hairy crab, then the stone crab is the virgin. Ginger soup noodles made with stone crabs and some small seafood, the color, smell and taste of the soup were completely robbed by stone crabs. "
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It is said that June is yellow, not only during this season. June yellow can be eaten until August. At the end of May and beginning of June, June Huang climbed up from the lake to the dining table. In early July, on the West Lake boat at the Broken Bridge Hetian, West Lake lotus pods and leaves were sold. Hangzhou people cannot do without the fresh taste of West Lake. The elderly get up at three or four o'clock, stroll around West Lake, finish a set of Tai Chi and fitness exercises, and quickly line up by the lake. At around 5 o'clock in the morning, there is a queue of more than ten meters by the broken bridge, eagerly waiting to buy green and spacious lotus leaves and small fresh lotus pods. Enthusiastic people will automatically maintain order, write the number on a piece of paper, send one to each person, and purchase based on the number. When the small boat carrying lotus leaves and lotus pods slowly docks, it means that the lotus city by the lake officially opens. Lotus leaves cost two yuan and three pieces, lotus pods come in different sizes, with four large ones costing ten yuan and six small ones costing ten yuan. There is also a combination of lotus pods, consisting of three lotus pods and four lotus leaves, for ten yuan each. Buy lotus leaf and cook lotus leaf Congee, make glutinous rice chicken with lotus leaf, Steamed Pork with Rice Flour in Lotus Leaf with lotus leaf flour, and wrap rice with lotus leaf. If you can't finish it, dry it and make tea. Peel off the lotus pod, take out the lotus seeds and eat them directly. They are sweet and refreshing, with the moist moisture of West Lake, making them delicious. I couldn't bear to throw away even a little lotus core, so I used it to brew with Longjing tea and cool it down.
For office workers, queuing up by the lake at three or four o'clock in the morning is not enough. It doesn't matter if they can't catch up with the Dutch market on West Lake. After work, they often come across vendors selling lotus seeds at the subway entrance. I often buy four or five on the way home. The old ones are set aside and naturally dried in the shade. After a week, they will become dried lotus pods, which are decorations in the study. Tender, peel out green lotus seeds and eat them as fruits. In the summer of Jiangnan, the June yellow steamed in a bamboo steamer is placed on a celadon plate, surrounded by a circle of lotus seeds. The June yellow and green lotus seeds are beautiful and together, beautiful beyond words. Yuan Kai, a poet from the Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem on bamboo branches, "Wrap the lotus leaves around fish and crabs, and die old in Jiangnan without blaming heaven." Every year in June, the lotus leaves turn blue, and every year the lotus canopy turns green. The lotus leaves wrap around fish, and the lotus canopy accompanies crabs. Let's live our lives in Jiangnan like this.
