In the countryside, this kind of wild vegetable grows wildly when it comes to lightning weather. People say that Lei Zhenzi pickled cabbage is a unique one.

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Spring and summer are the seasons in which all things grow, and they are also the seasons with the most wild vegetables. With the departure of spring, many wild vegetables have been off the market, and we have to wait another year if we want to eat them. However, in Hainan, China, there is a wild vegetable unique to the local countryside, which can be eaten from February to October and can be picked in all seasons except in winter. This kind of wild vegetable likes to grow in damp and cool places. Whenever it encounters thunderstorm and heavy rain, it will grow wildly, so people in Hainan call it "Lei Gong Bamboo shoot" and "Lei Zhenzi".

Lei Gong bamboo shoot is not actually a bamboo shoot, because its edible part is a tender stem, which grows like a bamboo shoot, so it is called Lei Gong bamboo shoot. Its scientific name is closed-sheathed ginger. The stem bamboo shoots are picked when the thumb is thick and chopsticks are long. When they grow up, they will grow old and have no edible value. Closed-sheathed ginger is a very common plant in Hainan, especially in Qiongnan mountain area. it is found everywhere in streams, ditches and at the foot of the mountains. it is a local wild vegetable, and there are also delicacies made by thunder bamboo shoots in some restaurants.

Lei Gong bamboo shoots can not be eaten raw, if eaten raw, the consequences are similar to string beans, because it has a small poison. However, there is no problem when it is cooked. Local farmers usually turn it into sauerkraut, which is also very simple. Cool with rice soup water (boiled rice water), add the right amount of salt, put in Lei Gong bamboo shoots, soak for a week or so, you can smell mouth-watering sour taste, at this time the Lei Gong bamboo shoots color is light yellow, can be eaten directly, can also make side dishes, cooking fish soup, stew meat are very delicious.

Lei Gong bamboo shoots are rich in beneficial substances, such as saponins and total flavonoids, which have certain dietotherapy effects on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes and other diseases. Its meat is crisp and tender and fragrant, so it is a natural pollution-free food. Eating Lei Gong bamboo shoots has the effects of heat-clearing and detoxification, appetizer, eyesight, diuresis and constipation. It is of high value for both medicine and food.

Readers, have you ever eaten this "Lei Zhenzi" wild vegetable peculiar to the southern countryside?

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