the taste of spring

On weekends, take the kids for a hike in the countryside. Not only do we want to see the flowers and plants in spring and let our children experience the changes of the seasons, but we also want to dig some shepherd's purse along the way.

I have seen many photos posted by friends on the Internet. They use wild vegetables dug by their own hands to make delicious food. Among them, the most common one is shepherd's purse. Some friends commented that it is a bit late to dig shepherd's purse now because many have already bloomed and are not tender enough for cooking. I don't think so. In places where there is not enough sunlight, shepherd's purse should not grow so fast.

We rushed to a hillside and found a large area of tender shepherd's purse easily. I dug with a small shovel, and my children helped with bagging. I taught the children how to identify shepherd's purse, and the children observed it carefully. The children were even more excited when they heard that the wild vegetables they dug were edible. I asked them to smell the fragrance of shepherd's purse, and they nodded repeatedly and asked what dishes can be made from shepherd's purse.

In fact, I haven't eaten shepherd's purse a few times. Every time, my mother makes dumplings. But I have read in books that there are many ways to cook shepherd's purse, including making soup or cooking. While the children were helping, they asked how they were going to cook when they got home. Judging from their looks, they couldn't wait to taste the delicious taste of shepherd's purse.

Digging shepherd's purse is easy, but cleaning it up is still troublesome. After returning home, we sorted and washed them one by one. I prepared the dumpling fillings, kneaded the noodles, and made the dumplings based on the image of my mother in my memory.

If you go out to eat at a restaurant, you only have to wait for ten minutes. I did it myself and was busy for several hours. The children participated in every process responsibly. When the dumplings came out of the pan, I told the children that what they tasted was the taste of spring. The children were so happy that they couldn't express their joy. They tasted it carefully and praised the shepherd's purse for being so delicious.

There are shepherd's purses for sale in supermarkets, but if you buy them directly from the supermarket and take them home, they are still incomparable with today's shepherd's purses. We ran around on the hillside, smelling the fragrance of flowers and grass, looking for shepherd's purse everywhere, digging it with our own hands, and then bringing it home all the way, so the value of today's shepherd's purse was unusual. It's a little harder, but you can really bring the taste of spring home...