Fragrant gifts from the countryside

(Baonghean.vn) – Since the strategic road 15A and National Highway 7 located on Do Luong and Anh Son were renovated and expanded, the local gifts of the people who “work hard” along the road have reached people from all over. The guavas, custard apples, jackfruits, longans, beeswax, gai cakes, and fragrant boiled corn have been brought to the city by the buses, contributing to the “clean” specialties amidst the chaos of doubts about unsafe food and vegetables in cramped, crowded areas…

Along Highway 7A, through Cam Son Commune (Anh Son), where on both sides of the Lam River are endless green corn fields, squash fields, pumpkin fields... now these delicious products have followed the people to the roadside to reach visitors from all over.

The corn from Lam River here is famous for being sweet, with even grains and fragrant. Because the corn fields are fertilized by the Lam River's seasonal alluvium, the alluvium flows tirelessly from streams through the Laotian forests, pouring into Nam Non, Nam Mo to join the Cua Rao River junction...

Fresh corn along Road 7A is sold whole or boiled right on the roadside, at the same price of 25,000 VND/10 ears.

Not only corn, but also longan originating from Hung Yen and grown on Anh Son red soil also contributed, making it a hometown gift.

Right next to Highway 7A, Anh Son land is also the land of many home garden fruit trees. The fragrant squash grown on the land along the river is also present here.

Green squash, pumpkin, cucumber, squash... are "hard to refuse" dishes to bring back as gifts. Along the way up or down this place, the cars often stop to see the fresh green appearance of vegetables and fruits along the road.

People bring out bunches of bananas, dozens of bunches full of fruit. The seller is ready to cut any bunch that the customer likes.

Bananas ripen on the tree so the color is not as beautiful as bananas ripened in calcium carbide, but the bananas are really fragrant and sweet.

Coming to this land, we must also mention bamboo shoots, a specialty of the midlands. Fresh bamboo shoots with the whole stalk. When you buy them, you need to peel off all the green stalks, boil them thoroughly and then you can process them by pickling them in chili, stir-frying them or stewing them with bones.

There is also a new specialty imported from Israel, the melon variety. Now it has been successfully grown in Hoi Son (Anh Son) with the Kim Nhan brand.

The initial price of melons is still quite high because of imported varieties and modern closed farming systems. But hopefully one day in the near future, besides the gifts from the countryside along the roadside, melons from Anh Son will also be available.

Coming to Anh Son, there is also a specialty that cannot be missed, which is gai cake. Gai cake, a cake made from sticky rice flour, beans and gai leaf juice, has long been a famous specialty.

There are many places in Anh Son that make gai cakes, but the best are probably the gai cake stalls right on Doc Dua (Tuong Son). Anyone passing by stops to buy dozens of cakes as gifts.

There are still many genuine, clean gifts from the countryside along the national highways and in the fields brought by the locals to tourists from all over.

Tran Hai