Happy Harvest 快樂的豐收舞

曾铮

On my way to do morning Falun Dafa (also know as Falun Gong) exercises today, I suddenly found some "old friends": purslane， growing along the sidewalk.

今早在去晨煉法輪功的路上，突然在路邊看見了好多「老朋友」：一種名叫馬齒莧的東東。我小時候在中國經常吃，據說據有清熱解毒、抗菌消炎、降低血糖、防止心臟病、抗衰老、抗癌變等多種神奇功效，又據說當年李自成的隊伍遇到瘟疫，就是靠吃這個才救了士兵和戰馬的。

Back in China in my childhood, we ate them a lot. 沒想到美國也有這東東！

And they looked so fresh and appealing after a morning rain. 昨夜顯然下了小雨，雨後帶露的馬齒莧，看起來是不是格外誘人呢？

So I happily picked some and brought them home. 於是我毫不客氣地跳了個快樂的豐收舞，摘了一堆帶回家。我們小時候，把在田里摘農作物叫作「跳豐收舞」。那時其實經常是偷農民種的東西，不好意思說偷，就起了個「跳豐收舞」的「專用名詞」。

Boil them in boiling water for about 30"; and add in whatever sauce you like for you salad. For me, I added some chilli as I come from Sichuan Province in China, and we Sichuan people love hot food a lot! 在開水裏淖30秒左右，加點調料拌一拌。我是四川人，當然免不了再放上點辣椒羅。

And so here you go, a devious and healthy dish cost nothing! 這樣一盤健康、新鮮、一分錢沒花的涼拌馬齒莧就好了哦！一想到我還可以天天都去那裏繼續摘，真是開心無比！