Old things in the south

Chapter 46 Bamboo

The value of bamboo in the lives of Taiwanese cannot be estimated.All bamboo is used in all aspects of Taiwanese life - including clothing, food, and housing.

Fresh bamboo shoots can be eaten all year round in Taiwan.The types of bamboo shoots also vary with the type of bamboo.What you can eat in Taipei these days are slender osmanthus bamboo shoots with purple markings on them. This kind of bamboo shoots is often peeled off and boiled as sour bamboo shoots. It is delicious with sauerkraut and meat. , is one of the Taiwanese cuisines.Osmanthus bamboo grows mostly at an altitude of [-] feet in the north-central part.It also has many uses in crafts.

The thorny bamboo shoots are the kind with brown burrs on the leather leaves.The thorny bamboo is very useful in law and order, and the Tian family likes to plant it for fences, because the thorny bamboo is very tough.Bamboo forests grow densely, and it is best to use them to prevent wind.Prickly bamboos are used to make pillars and poles, and the thick ones can also be used as water cylinders.In addition, thorny bamboo is also used for tobacco pipes and musical instruments, but the taste of thorny bamboo shoots is unremarkable.

Bamboo shoots are the king of bamboo shoots. A bamboo shoot usually weighs more than ten kilograms, and the price is very cheap when it is in abundance.Bamboo bamboo has large shoots, and bamboo is of course the tallest. It is not uncommon for its height to be [-] to [-] meters, and it grows on the flat land of Taiwan.It is the best material for fishermen to make bamboo rafts, and other furniture such as buckets, tables and chairs are also made of hemp bamboo.

Green bamboo is the most graceful among bamboos. Everyone likes to plant green bamboo in their courtyards. It is slender and exquisite, and its color is beautiful.The skin of green bamboo shoots is slightly green, and the taste is also very delicious.

Every year to August, when bamboo shoots are in abundance, Taiwanese still make a lot of dried bamboo shoots.Build bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, and move the bamboo shoots to be dried in the bamboo shoots for storage.The method of making dried bamboo shoots is to remove the hard part of the bamboo shoots, cut them into thin slices, boil them in a pot for an hour, then put them into a big cage, press the top with heavy stones, and the water will leak out from the holes in the cage.Put it in the sun to dry during the day, and carry it into the bamboo house for storage at night. After drying, it will become yellowish-brown acidic dried bamboo shoots.The Hakka people are good at making dried bamboo shoots, which are also exported to Japan and Southeast Asia.

There are too many things that can be made from bamboo, ranging from building houses to making sticks for incense sticks.Some of them are sold to the United States to make fishing rods.The hat made of bamboo leaves is rain-proof and sun-resistant.

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