Pickled Greens — Pickled Greens — crisp, refreshing, and a beloved Yunnan side dish with rice【Diān xī xiǎo gē】

Slow Living Pathways
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On deep winter mornings, the leaves are covered with frosty dew. They are cut before the first ray of sunlight reaches them, when the bitter greens are at their most tender and sweetest. These greens are the best ingredient for making pickled greens. After being sun-dried for two days, kneaded and rinsed in clean water, then mixed with seasonings and packed into an old clay jar to ferment for over a month, the moment the jar is opened, a rich sour aroma bursts out. They are delicious in every way — eaten as they are, stir-fried, added to soups, or cooked in hot pot. Gently sour, satisfyingly spicy, and wonderfully crisp.
Buying is like this I'll stock
up more now—smoked dishes
once I get to the back door
everything will be available
Don't fry small eggs when you get to those big sums you'
ll have to pay again What's
the matter haven't you already
The basket I sent over is the same as the stir-
fried cold dish you sent
send me a bit more to eat
No one's going to burn me
I can pull it out myself
I said other smoked dishes wouldn't work either
I pulled it back okay
Don't go breaking it apart
like that okay You say
I say it's just a mess a real mess I don't know what kind of
nonsense you're talking about but you only gain a pound
when you actually gain a pound
—then it's fine to knock it off
This bale isn't that
heavy—easy easy—don't lose
your cool stay calm—I've
got it I'm holding on—look
at what we
grew at home it's about the same as the
ones we have at home—just
cut it however you like
Rice porridge is delicious
If you don't
buy it I will If you
want to eat it'll
taste good I'm craving lamb chop rice
Is it good
for you too Yes it's delicious
I ate it you didn't get to eat it
I ate
it huge wool
the wool was icy cold
You could stir-fry for ten or twenty years and
still not match my thin
slices—just peel off those
little intestines already
you haven't even started
yet hurry up and fill me up properly eat well now
I see you're rushing to sell me some middleman
profit you're already putting on the big pancake
You eat the big wool I 'll
stir-fry it for you
Next nex
You're selling me big woolly garlic
with garlic
what kind of garlic is that
I said I'm afraid to go to class
I'm scared
Auntie you bought ice cream with money
You should buy properly
My little sister is too awesome
It's fine to keep it for a bit you can eat it
Move on check the next one
Don't look This
tree is huge
I said I'm afraid to go to class
Alei wait a moment let's stir-fry
This ham is so delicious
Mom bought it for you—Grandma
left it for you it's for you
to eat during the holiday
break Just have some roasted
sweet potatoes instead Try
some—it's not sweet at all
About fifteen bucks I think
Alei just can't grasp the
concept of expensive food so we have to pack her a meal
from the mall I'll serve it to you separately just for you to enjoy the gooey rice
Sour cabbage red da
The broth is delicious only when simmered with the sister's touch
Have a bite of cinnabar
this year's dish is a hot pot
try some mustard a little
chili makes it delicious
Go home and eat something delicious
You see this kind of scratch-off is the most
flavorful Da Bao you have the best treatment You
have the best treatment Auntie is even keeping
you company Just pinch
it and it comes off easily
You treat me well
I'm afraid of pain
You don't care about me
I'm afraid of
pain Nobody feels pain
Eat some roasted sweet
potatoes Eat ham
Roasted sweet potatoes
You're treating me so well
Fēimá
Juicy and ric
Try a bite
Deliciously rich and flavorful
Dried chili peppers
Eating Firebird Hot Pot — Got
it got it
let's have Firebird Hot Pot — Okay
we'll slaughter a
cow and buy some beef — You stay safe stay safe — Come on grab it — So this time let's eat wild vegetables
My little sister
wants the tenderloin
too Is there beef hot pot here
How come we can't eat a full meal
We're eating a full meal Hehehe
Second have you started simmering the
bone broth for me What
kind of broth You're still
planning to have
hot pot Bone broth
Don't use the little
steamer to steam it
again just let him eat
it Re-steaming right
You're still young
do something else Try
this — I'm going to
feed it to
him in a bit
He could eat one
of those big buns
all by himself
and still be full
I'll steam it for
you okay Wow it 's
really windy You keep steaming
Number Two have you eaten that fire silver yet
It needs to be steamed a bit more
Go ahead and eat I'll go
get it myself I
cooked it outside everyone else is
helping out I'll eat you
cook outside You cook
outside I'll go I went and
bought it I planted on the
thirtieth These two bones
That's how it's cooked
Mmm Hey sell this—so
big and stinky Sell it Hang
the seeds the
buns are so
delicious
Grandpa grabs the Eight Precepts knife Hang
the seeds and cook them
fast He can't
finish it all
Bro get me some
Let him try selling
a little I want
to eat and I want
to eat until I'm full
Delicious This stir-
fried leeks are quite
tasty too crispy and perfectly cooked
I'm eating a steamed bun
You eat it give it to me
No the whole bun is delicious
What's tasty Grandpa eats it
Grandpa eats
everything
Brother buns
Good I'll eat There 's
one more Eat
it Hmm good Mom
eats it I think so
Haha I'm making buns
Here's a bun
Golden-haired lychee Next time eat it
raw—ripe not
fatty fatty not raw
You grow whatever new variety you want but
I won't eat the fattened ones—only the tasty ones
We've eaten buns
our whole lives—
eaten eaten stuffed
ourselves full
Leek
Brother
Sister can't eat that can't eat
the little bread
come on look Dad's
coming back with
rice you want meat
Yeah here's a
small piece
for you
Ah Ping also bought some fresh beef
Eat up—wait let me
finish stir-frying first
Sister sister
She went to have a little bit of food
Mom grab a bigger piece
Mom I'll go handle it
Got it
Your hand
is itching
so much switch hands
Have something
warm Alright
then grab
some ice cream
I'll get you some Zhu Bajie
Pigsy it's just
buns—eat some buns
like chive buns not
Pigsy eating that's
enough ginseng bones they're gone gone
my sister didn't give
me any today inside
She just
finished a small
portion brother—eat up
Mom prepared it Grandpa
fed you hurry
up come here
Sister give the phone to
Grandpa and tell him to eat
tell him to eat his stomach'
s hungry I'm
saying I didn 't
tell him to eat you today 's garlic greens are sweet
you didn't eat
any Mom isn 't
Grandpa's stomach hungry
Do you eat pork What kind of water
Give the phone to Grandpa
What kind of sweet are
you eating Wait I'll take the green onions over
I'm
coming sister come
on do you want to eat
Eat up eat up have
some fruit some greens
Mom the
scallions sister
bought are so sweet
Let me get you some
scallions Have a bite
Come on little sister
Little sister hurry up and eat eat
Come on all of you eat Are you eating or not
Want to eat just to satisfy your mouth I’ll eat it
I’ll buy it for you
Hurry up
I’m sweet now too
Should I eat or no
You can never get tired of eating you
should have a drink as well as some buns
The buns aren't being eaten anymore
You all stop eating
Come here
Mom Don't act
like that
I'll just have one more skewer
I don't want chili sauce
Sister your vegetables are tastier than your meat
Yes
A bit bigger than my meat
I'll grab the buns later
Come on sis
eat up—still
eating buns Brother add
her another dish and
more buns non -spicy ones
I'll help you fix it
I'll fix mine first
I'll serve you some
This chicken is specially for
you—uh-huh—because you don'
t eat beef—uh-
huh—here's a big
chicken leg big chicken leg
Sister come on brother
have some chicken
Delicious You eat
this—delicious
Sister I’ll pick
it out for you—I’
ll grab the hot pot
—here you go—grab
the hot pot—mmh
grab the hot pot—
The fish is delicious just
like my sister's cooking
I'm eating
um
I want to eat fish skin
it's delicious
I'm eating the
fish skin — this fish
meat is so tender — come on sister try a bite
Try a bite — your building's worth
could buy the looks of a two-faced guy
Bro we've already
eaten three buns all
the vegetables and
even the grapes—we've
had one piece of
chicken three
buns and
still have more grapes
left it's delicious
You eat the
grapes I'm not eating them
