Food of the past Collected vegetables is a concept that includes the synthesis of vegetables that grow in the garden. Basically, cook whatever you want. A few sprigs of spinach, a few tops of amaranth, amaranth, a little water spinach, spinach, jute, purslane, especially when there are a few handfuls of chili leaves… Many people call it the soup of memories. and it is absolutely a “solution” soup when other vegetables are not available. According to the Vietnamese dictionary, the meaning of the word “collection” is only found in the combination of “vegetable collection”. In the North, collected vegetables are usually amaranth, purslane, centella asiatica, spinach, jute… In the South, sage is the common name of a collection of vegetables such as gotu kola, spiny amaranth, purslane, plantain, plantain, coriander, guava leaves, clams, cilantro, cilantro, scallions… According to an article by Dr. Pham Van Tinh, Ph. In Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong’s literature, the word “treasure” belongs to the collection of herbs, which is wild grass, and “collection” is a collection of many types of vegetables. As for the Hue people, for “collection” is to read the sound camp of “decade” (the ten is ten, implying many types of vegetables combined). Vegetable soup is usually cooked simply, because it is mixed with vegetables, so it has a very unique taste, the strong smell of chili leaves, the sour taste of sam vegetables… Of course, it is a rural dish, so it is never available. face on the guest tray. Now, with the trend of going back to the past, vegetable soup suddenly becomes a specialty, it is raised to a higher level when cooked with crab or mussels, shrimp, fresh shrimp or minced lean meat. Of course, no matter what it is cooked with, it is still a special kind of soup. Nowadays, in Hanoi, there are not many gardens that still have vegetables to collect and pick up every meal. But small markets, mainly toad markets, sometimes come across a few baskets of vegetables for sale for only 5,000 VND/tang, as much as you can eat. Of course, it is not a vegetable that is innocently picked out of the garden and sold, but mixed intentionally. When wild vegetables become a specialty Now in mid-range restaurants, the menu sometimes also has collectible vegetables. Vegetables are sold at city prices. Not only the vegetables that suddenly become a specialty, many wild vegetables such as cilantro are also an example. It is a small grass-like vegetable that once filled the garden. People who have been through the difficult subsidy period often have eaten this vegetable. Vegetables are often used to cook soup or mixed in a bowl of vegetable soup. Along with cilantro, there is also nettles. This is a plant belonging to the eggplant family, so it is somewhat similar to eggplant in terms of both leaves and fruit. If you want to find stinging nettle, just wander along the field, along the road or garden corner in the countryside, it is easy to pick the whole basket. In the past, sturgeon was considered a poor family dish, a vegetable to save hunger in rural areas when economic conditions were still poor, people picked it to eat through meals. And until now, sturgeon is naturally upgraded to a specialty, loved because it is a clean vegetable that grows wild, does not contain preservatives, is both delicious and healthy. Dishes made from sturgeon have been improved and are very diverse such as cooking, sautéing meat, boiling, eating hot pot… However, the most popular is still stir-fried sturgeon with garlic according to the old flavor. The best sturgeon is the newly picked young shoots, giving a sweet, sweet taste. And if the vegetables are just plain cake, when cooked, the taste is a bit bitter. Along with that, there are sam vegetables. This is actually a year-round grass, with many smooth, smooth branches. Purslane grows wild in wet places. Although it is liked by many people to eat and use as a medicine, no one seems to question growing this vegetable. Therefore, it is really a plant that only grows wild. When picking purslane, people usually pick the whole plant, cut off the roots and then wash them, use fresh or dry or dry. Spinach is often boiled or mixed with amaranth rice, which is also a vegetable that grows mainly wild, rarely grown officially. Referring to wild vegetables without mentioning ground ginseng would be a big omission. Ginseng grows wild, the tubers are used as a medicine, the leaves are very cool and a bit like spinach. Ground ginseng is also one of the vegetables, which can be included in the bowl of traditional vegetable soup of the Northern people. Although growing wild, it is not difficult to propagate ground ginseng. Ground ginseng usually flowers purple, if grown on moist soil, the plant grows quite quickly, the seeds are small, when the seeds are old, they will be black. Put that seed to sow in moist soil, the plant will germinate very quickly. According to the Vietnamese dictionary, the meaning of the word “collection” is only found in the combination of “vegetable collection”. In the North, collected vegetables are usually amaranth, purslane, centella asiatica, spinach, jute… In the South, sage is the common name of a collection of vegetables such as gotu kola, spiny amaranth, purslane, plantain, plantain, coriander, guava leaves, clams, cilantro, cilantro, scallions… According to an article by Dr. Pham Van Tinh, Ph. In Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong’s literature, the word “treasure” belongs to the collection of herbs, which is wild grass, and “collection” is a collection of many types of vegetables. As for the Hue people, for “collection” is to read the sound camp of “decade” (the ten is ten, implying many types of vegetables combined).

During the anti-American war to save the country, many soldiers had to eat rotten vegetables to fight hunger. Dimpled vegetables grow a lot in coastal areas, along rivers and canals. Previously, people freely picked dented vegetables in the sea and sold them. However, for about a decade now, when dented vegetables have been favored by the market, the owners’ beaches have been protected, people are not free to come and pick this wild vegetable anymore. In order to actively source dented vegetables to sell to the market, and before the natural amount of dented vegetables is increasingly depleted, many farmers have organized to plant dented vegetables. Taking advantage of canals and ditches in the garden, farmers pluck wild rotten vegetables from the sea to plant. Currently, in Ho Chi Minh City, vegetables are grown mainly in Bon Phu hamlet, Trung An commune, Cu Chi district. Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh (Bon Phu hamlet), leader of the commune’s vegetable cooperative, shared in Nhan Dan newspaper: “Over the past six years, I have expanded the ditch to bring water from the Saigon River into the family’s fruit garden, then pick rotten vegetables that grow wild and transplant them in the same way as rice transplant.This guy (meaning vegetables) must be planted under another tree to create shade, tolerate fresh water from the river, and adapt to Trung An’s soil, so more seedlings will grow quickly So, my family’s average income from dented vegetables is 250 million VND/year. Seeing that I’m doing well, relatives follow suit, so I’m the “boss”!”. And no longer self-harvesting as in the past due to the growing area, Mr. Thanh asked more farmers in the hamlet to collect daily. Since then, that creates more regular jobs for eight workers per year. To grow dented vegetables, people dig wide ditches to direct water from the canals. Planting method is like sowing seeds, just plug the seedlings down and let them grow on their own, without much care. After one year of planting, it can be harvested. When harvesting, only young shoots are taken. Each stalk is 30-40cm long. Because the dented leaves grow quickly, they have to be picked every day to avoid getting old. The old leaves of the vegetable have many sharp thorns in the middle of the stem, so the picker must always wear long-sleeved clothes, gloves to avoid scratching the skin. When picking vegetables, go along each row so as not to miss young shoots. This job does not require a lot of skills, but it takes endurance and quick hands to wade through the water continuously for a few hours to pick vegetables. For each pound of vegetables, the gardener is paid 6,000 VND. Currently, in Trung An commune, there are still a few dozen people picking wild vegetables. Currently, the price of fresh rotten vegetables is always around 25,000 VND/kg, silage reaches 40,000 VND/kg. Farmers with a water surface of about one thousand m², growing dented vegetables can harvest 150 kg / week, so if they sell fresh vegetables, they also earn 15 million VND / month and this “sales” is even. all year round. As for a person who owns 2.5 hectares of dented vegetables like Mr. Vo Van Horn, every day he picks more than 50 kg of dented vegetables every day, with the current selling price, except for picking he earns nearly 2 million . The young shoots of dented vegetables can be used to process many dishes such as eating raw, squeezing salad, boiling, stir-frying, cooking sour soup, dipping hot pot… (According to GiadinhNet)

Culinary style “be sure every season” When it comes to the South, people often think of the phrase “ fish in the river, vegetables on the bank “. Thanks to the endowment of nature, each season here has its own specialties. The first season fish is young, the meat is soft and sweet, almost no bones. The flower is also in bloom, golden and crunchy. Combining the sweetness from the lingzhi fish and the sour taste of the crazy cotton to create the delicious soup, the delicious crazy fish hotpot that can not be found anywhere else. The best hamster is in the harvest season. When the rice in the field is ripe and the food source is plentiful, the field mice also become fatter. This dish is grilled to golden brown, the skin is crispy and chewy and the meat is fragrant. When eating, people often sip with rice wine and listen to a few fairy tales, thus becoming a enjoyment of the West and Southeast. Cuisine shows the rustic and rustic Southern dishes also bear the imprint of their ancestors from the ancient times, the ancient times of the beginning of the world. If they catch anything, they will prepare the dish on the spot. This is a rustic and rustic feature in Southern culinary culture. There can be typical dishes such as: grilled duck, fish sauce, grilled chicken, grilled fish, grilled snake, … combined with available wild vegetables, easy to find such as lotus buds, water lilies, crazy dictionary, … Southerners are cool, natural in the way they enjoy the food. They can serve and dine on the floor. But when there are guests coming to play, they still show their solemnity to show their hospitality. Combining diverse regions Besides the rustic dishes that attract diners, Southern cuisine also makes people excited by the blending of many different cuisines. Southern cuisine is the combination of northern and central culinary culture and the influence of Khmer culture. Southern Pho is served with sweet sauce (black sauce), red chili sauce, lemon, fresh chili, cilantro, basil, bean sprouts, thin sliced ​​onions. The soup is usually not as clear as the northern pho but has a slightly cloudy color, sweeter, and fatter taste. Southern tea dishes are also very rich. In addition to receiving all kinds of tea from different regions, tea of ​​the people of the South also has more creative dishes such as sweet potato tea, banana tea, Ba Ba tea … served with coconut milk. For the southerners in general or Saigon in particular, coconut milk is just an auxiliary ingredient, but has created an appeal for many dishes. Typical sweetness in dishes Northern cuisine has a richness, Central is the pungent flavor of chili. And the sweetness is a typical spice tasting in many Southern dishes. Thanks to inheriting, promoting and continuously discovering and creating, Southern cuisine is increasingly plentiful and diversified, contributing to enriching the national culture.