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Introduction to Pear Blossom

(1). The flowers of the pear tree, usually with pure white petals and purplish-red anthers. Southern Dynasty Liang Xiao Zixian 《燕歌行》:"The pear blossoms of Luoyang fall like snow, and the fine grass by the river is as fine as the grass."" Ming Gaoqi "Drinking in Chen Shanren's Garden in Rhyme of Nengweng": "Peach blossoms and pear blossoms have been woefully absent, and tramp blossoms blossom like fiery flames."

Pears are corymbose, bisexual flowers, petals suborbicular or broadly elliptic, cultivated species of styles 3-5, ovary inferior, 3-5 cells, each cell has 2 ovules. Opened for the first leaves.

(2). The name of a smaller wine cup. Song Hu Zai, "Campsis Fishing Hidden Series of Words after the collection - back to the immortal":" Lu Yuanguang "back to the immortal record" cloud: '...... back to the public said: drinking vessels, but the bell tripod for the big, Qu'ˉ, conch cups next, and the smallest of the ??? flower, banana leaves.' "

(3). Refers to the pear flower shot. Yao Xueyin Li Zicheng, Volume 2, Chapter 11: "You go to the old camp to live for a few days, please Liu Fangliang will master point to point, remove the flower gun, back to the Pear Blossom authentic." Note: "Pear Blossom, that is, Pear Blossom Gun, also known as the Yang family gun law." See "pear flower gun".

(4). Refers to the pear flower drum. Detailed "pear flower drum".

(5). Old weapon name. See "pear flower gun".

Alternative names of pear blossoms:

Jade Rain Flower, Yingzhou Jade Rain. Chinese flowers and bonsai, 1987, 05: "Pear flowers white as jade. Its alias is more elegant, called Jade Rain Flower." In the first half of this year, the Chinese government issued the following statement: "The first thing I did was to send a profit to the market, and I came up with a 'Venus Grass'." Jiang Lilou said, "The pear flower is a 'Jade Rain Flower'." Jin Yun said, "Use 'Jade' against 'Gold' and 'Rain' against 'Star'. , none of which is unstable."

Clear snow: Tang Wu Yuanheng's "Pear Blossoms at Zuoye": "A smile to welcome people, the fragrance of clear snow to be cherished." I expect the clouds to enter my dreams, and the green coverlet will be cold night after night."

Clear rain: the source has not been verified.

Tempered Guests: Song Yao Kuan's Xixi Series of Words, Volume 1: "In the past, Mr. Zhang Minshu had a picture of Ten Guests, but he forgot its name. My elder brother, Bo Sheng, had a taste of thirty guests: peony for the noble guest ...... pear for the light guest."

Tang Li flower: Yunnan wild shrub, Rosaceae; winter waxing month flowering, Lancang County, mainly in January to April of the flowering period of the Tong Li flower; flowers bloom all over the mountain, flower Xie results, not ripe bitter, ripe into a purple copper color, sweet and sour taste. Tang Li flower is rich in vitamins and amino acids and the human body needs more than a dozen kinds of mineral elements.

Folk commonly pick flowers and food, by blanching, rinsing, washing, remove the bitter and astringent flavor, to the fragrance and food. Nearly a hundred years to attract the attention of chefs, after continuous practice, gradually become a flower food traditional delicacies. Pear flowers can be fried, cold and make soup. Tang Li flower aroma is attractive, but bitter and astringent flavor is heavy. Therefore, before cooking, wash with water, blanch in boiling water, bleach in clear water, and then repeat, to eat it will taste better.

Making one of the methods

Preparation: 500 grams of fresh Tonglihua, a bowl of glutinous rice noodles, three lines of preserved pork two two, walnut oil, salt to taste.

Practice: put the picking of pear flowers soaked in cool water for 24 hours, take two or two three lines of bacon chopped; pear flowers, pork filling, glutinous rice noodles and the right amount of salt together and kneaded, pinched into a thickness of about 15 centimeters, as big as a tea cup of round cake, to be the frying pan in the walnut oil refining, will be put into the pan, frying over a moderate fire, and with a spoon to press the pressure uniformly, both sides of the pan frying, frying can be eaten.