竹笋,即竹子初从土里长出的嫩芽,可以作为美食之用。《千金药方》认为竹笋“味甘,微寒,无毒,主消渴,利水道,益气力”。竹笋可供食用的竹种主要有毛竹、桂竹、石竹、白夹竹、淡竹、早竹、哺鸡竹、方竹、麻竹、绿竹等;按食用季节分,大致有冬笋、秋笋、春笋三种。中国人美食竹笋的历史大致可以上溯至先秦时期。我国第一部诗歌总集《诗经》上即有“其蔌维何?维筍及蒲”的记载 Bamboo shoots, that is, the early bamboo shoots grow from the soil, can be used as food. “Golden daughter of the party” that bamboo shoots, “sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic, the main Diabetes, Lee Road, Yi Qi.” Bamboo shoots are available for consumption of bamboo species are mainly bamboo, cinnamon, dianthus, white bamboo, light bamboo, bamboo, feeding chicken, bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, etc .; according to the food season, roughly winter bamboo shoots, autumn bamboo shoots, Three kinds of bamboo shoots. The history of Chinese gourmet bamboo shoots can be roughly traced back to the pre-Qin period. The first collection of poems in our country, “The Book of Songs,” is recorded in “The Book of Songs, Wei Sun and Po”