This Henan is limited, the foreigners are all looking at it

In the summer to relieve the heat, there is always a cup of sour and sweet lemon tea. Hand -made lemon tea has been played by the major new tea brands, and it is not uncommon to combine with various fruits. But there is a mix that you may not have heard of it yet, that is, the limited model of Henan -Nepeta Lemon Tea.

Some time ago, depending on the tea because of this tea. The young people in Zhengzhou "rushed to the same way" on Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and Douyin, and were amway. According to Nepeta's enthusiasts, the coolness of Nepeta and the taste of lemon are very good, very up.

△ Young people have a well -intensive jaishang lemon tea. / Little Red Book Screenshot

Of course, when some people see this green to glowing drink, they feel the dark dish: "Is it similar to the cream of coriander?"

As for foreigners, I may want to ask: "What is Neryo -mustard?"

As a spice, Nepeta can be said to be very niche. But it is extremely common in the Central Plains and is known as the soul of summer. There are nepeta from the table to the drink. How much does Henan people love it?

"Nepeta" loved by Henan people

In Henan, in the summer, don't want to avoid Nepeta.

Homemade dishes, nepeta mix everything. In the lower library, the shallots in the spicy soup and the stewed noodles were replaced by Nepeta. In the stalls, from time to time, someone will shout "the waiter, a plate of nepeo cucumber."

△ Nepeta, similar to mint, and the leaves are smoother. /Figure insect creativity

Henan people love to eat "nepeta", which is similar to mint, and the leaves are smoother. It has its own coolness and has a unique spicy fragrance. When you first enter the entrance, you will feel a little numb. When you chew it, you will make a slightly sweet, more of the spicy tongue, and the taste experience is very layered. It is very greasy to eat and treat the appetite in summer.

Nepeta's status in Henan's food industry is comparable to coriander, but it has more flavor than. People who like it are tired of eating, and can even eat a large plate directly. Those who hate it don't even want to smell, and they can't wait to pinch their nose and pick it out of the bowl.

Although nepeta is not exclusive to Henan, Hubei and Anhui are also eaten in some places in Henan dialect circles, but they can only be called popular in Henan. It can be said that only Henan people in China are good. Nepeta is from Henan, like Houttuynia cordata from Sichuan.

Some people in the southern people described themselves for the first time to eat nepeta, and they were similar to the reaction of Houtturaching for the first time in Henan people. They were a little unbearable. But many people can't forget that taste once, and it is easy to add addiction a few times.

Of course, local people in Henan also do not like to eat nepeta, mostly young people. Some people later slowly loved by parents. After all, they couldn't avoid it. They could not avoid it. They eat a few more nepeta mixing cucumber and adapt. Some people have always been unable to accept the numb taste, and vowed not to take a bite.

△ Henan people have a very different attitude towards nepeta. /Weibo screenshot

However, whether the "nepeta" that Henan people love to eat are the real nepeta in the sense of botanical sense, and there is still controversy.

The historian Pu Bo's master Shi Jun once wrote that the "nepeta" that Henan friends mixed noodles were actually sparse and soft, and also known as "fake nepeta" or "fake Soviet", and cat mint was the real Jingjing mustard. The public account of "Museum" magazine said that the "nepeta" that Henan people eat are a kind of Romel, that is, the nine -story tower. However, some netizens said that "Nepeta" smells the aroma of lemon mixed mint, and the smell of the nine -story tower is more like fennel, and the form of the two is slightly different.

△ Shi Jun said that Nepeta was Laul. /Weibo screenshot

What about Henan people's own opinions? According to the "Elephant News", Zhengzhou Hospital of Chinese Medicine Hospital's pharmaceutical experts According to the description of "Compendium of Materia Medica" and the main origin of the main origin, the nepeta that Henan people ate it was the eight -Jing mustard. Because nepeta, mint, and Laler are equivalent to the family lip -shaped family, it is easy to hybridize. It is not surprising that there is controversy about what kind of "nepeta" is.

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Why do people like to eat nepeta?

Economically, Nepeta is cheap and can support it. If you want to buy in the vegetable market, one or two dollars are enough to buy a small bag of seeds. Even if you do n’t need a seed, you buy the roots of the roots and eat the leaves. The rest of the roots can be buried in the soil.

△ Nepeta with roots in Henan Supermarket. / Author's picture confession

In the past rural Henan, every household often planted Nepeta, and it could be planted with seeds for a year. And you don't need to worry too much. Watering it at hand, Nepeta can grow well. Every time I cook, I will take a leaf, wait for it to continue to grow, and plant it for a summer at a time.

In terms of function, its coolness is particularly suitable for summer heat. The most important thing is that it is also versatile. If you say that big cakes can be rolled in some places in China, then Henan in summer is "nepeta with everything".

The noodle noodles can be said to be the best CP of Nepeta. After the noodles are over cold water, pour the garlic juice, sesame sauce, and add a handful of nepeta leaves that have just been washed off, stirred with chopsticks, and it is absolutely enjoyable to eat.

△ Nepeta noodles. /Top news

Nepeta's classic partner, cucumber and egg change. Egg change is a kind of pine eggs specialty in Henan. The principle of making is the same as the black preserved eggs made from duck eggs in the Northeast. Henan's egg whites are smooth, and the egg yolks are delicious and glutinous. It is also a must -have food in summer. And the cold cucumber becomes an egg, add a handful of Nepeta, which is sweet and cool, which is almost the taste of the world.

△ Cucumber eggs and nepeta. / Food blogger@ / / / If the above cold foods have some challenges for the stomach and intestines, then put Nepeta directly into the hot noodle soup, which is delicious and digested.

For example, powder noodles, such noodles, should be soaked with pea and expand, grind into thick mash, and then use gauze to remove the residue. After fermentation, it can be used for cooking noodles. The noodles boiled with pulp are very soft, with sesame salt, celery, soybeans, peanuts, etc., and the sour is salty, which is delicious enough. If you add Nepeta, the taste will be more abundant, and there will be a little summer atmosphere. Another example is stewed noodles, sprinkled with a layer of nepetae on it, which can neutralize the greasy taste and make people appetite more. It is no wonder that Jinean must be jointly collaborated with Nepeta Lemon Tea.

△ Putting fresh nepeta leaves in pasta is a common practice in Henan. / Figure insect creativity

In addition, nepeta can also be used for cooking, soup, etc. Nepeta fried eggs, the aroma is fragrant, it is amazing like Huoxiang fried eggs. Tomato Nepetae Egg Soup, Nepeta is the essence of it, adding a hint of umami and refreshing to the hot soup.

Nepeta can be flexed and stretched. It can not only be a supporting role for other foods, but also "beautiful alone." Wash the nepeta, take only the leaves, mix it with the flour and put it in the steamer. After three or five minutes, it is a sharp and refreshing "steamed nepeo". Or, mixes and flour are mixed with flour to make pancakes, or directly involved in the baake, dipped in sesame oil, old soy sauce, and garlic, very happy.

△ Nepeta pancakes, you can dip your favorite sauce. /Figure insect creativity

Nepeta engraved in Henan DNA

As a kind of Raul, Jineei may not be native to Henan, but as time passes, it seems to engrave the DNA of Henan people. When Henan people reached the weather, they did not eat Nepeta, as if they had not been in summer.

Henan people can go back to the Song Dynasty. It is said that during the Northern Song Dynasty, local officials went to Jingjing (now Kaifeng) to write about their duties every year. By the way, they would visit the Beijing officials. It also derived a saying "have eaten a large market nepeo" to describe people who have seen the world.

Many of Henan also have the shadow of Nepeta. If you eat something, you can say that "the large market Nepeta is really strong." It seems that nepeta can be comparable to any food. When the work is not smooth, Henan people will say "really don't eat nepeta is nepeta." It can be seen that they also know that some people do not like to eat nepeta.

Nepeta can best evoke the native feelings of Henan people. As mentioned earlier, many people have planted Nepeta at home. Since childhood, Henan people have been accustomed to it. When they grow up, they only found out that Nepeta was considered to be a specialty of Henan. So when I was stinging, a nostalgic nostalgia was born.

Therefore, when I go to work in a foreign country, some people bring the seeds of the mustard and plant it near the new home. "Authentic Wind" states: "There is a place with Nepeta, there are Henan people." Whether it is domestic or abroad, if you see a piece of nepeta in a piece of land, it is likely to live nearby. Of course, most people do not have the conditions to plant themselves. When they arrive in the field, if they are rare to buy nepeta, they must be excited to send a circle of friends.

△ Netizens are looking for Nepeta around the world. / Little Red Book Screenshot

How much does Henan people love nepeta? Take a look at Nepeta Lemon Tea. Who would have thought that no one in a foreign country and a very ordinary vegetable in Henan, a very ordinary vegetable in Henan, even shook a day when they appeared in the tea. Many foreign netizens raised Jinelon Lemon Tea, and even went to Henan to drink.

If Jelling becomes "foreign", it doesn't need to be. In fact, it represents the most grounded side of Henan people to some extent. Even in the promotional video of Nepeta Lemon Tea, the actors who invited were ordinary people in life. Nepeta is always simple, just like the bones of Henan people.

△ Nepeta Lemon Tea Promotional Movie Staff table. /Family tea official Weibo

In addition to Henan's nepeta lemon tea, more and more new tea drinks combined with regional characteristics are emerging. Sichuan's folding -eared lemon tea, Fujian's stone flower ointment milk tea, Xinjiang's nut salty milk tea ... "Ning family's hometown of tea, Mo loves other villages," we put our eyes back to the grass and trees of our hometown, I will always find things that can most evoke our feelings at that moment.

Reference materials:

In the summer, have you eaten Nepeta? Mengye News

Without Jilling, how should Henan people live in summer? Authentic style

Only Henan people, have eaten such a large market Nepeta | Yuji

Henan people love to eat nepeta? What you eat is not Nepeta!

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