Usually we say that there are two kinds of kumquats: cyan orange and golden orange,
So what's the difference between aquamarine and a golden orange?
Do you eat the skin or the pulp when eating kumquat?
Appearance and taste difference
Turquot: The peel of the turquoise is blue, some are slightly yellowed, the fruit is relatively small, and the taste is sour.
Golden orange: Golden orange peel golden yellow, the fruit is slightly larger than the blue knuckle, sweet taste.
Efficacy differences
Green kumquat: The fruit acid content of green kumquat is relatively high, and it can play a role in rationalizing qi and digesting food, protecting blood vessels, and relieving cough after eating.
Golden orange: Golden orange contains a variety of vitamins, flavonoid substances and a variety of mineral components necessary for the human body, after eating can play a role in beauty and beauty, phlegm and cough, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving, appetizing and digesting, preventing colds, protecting blood vessels and other functions.
Difference in use
Green Kumquat: Caratine has a fresh, sweet and sour taste, and is often used to drink directly or to cook dishes to maximize its taste.
Golden orange: Golden orange is more versatile in comparison, can be directly edible, can be medicated, can also be processed into fruit juice, preserves, canned, preserved fruit, jam, fruit wine, etc., the wide range of uses is the king of fruits.
Kumquats eat skin or meat
Eat it with belt meat.
Kumquat taste sweet and sour, has a high nutritional value, and when eating kumquat is best eaten with the belt meat, because the kumquat flesh taste will be more sour, and the kumquat peel is thin and crisp, the taste is sweet, eating with the skin can make the taste neutral, so the taste is the best.
In addition, the nutritional value of kumquat peel is very high, 80% of the vitamin C in kumquat is concentrated in the peel, up to 200 mg per 100 grams. It is also rich in aromatic oil substances, flavonoid substances, etc., and eating them together with the skin can maximize the absorption of kumquat nutrients.
Will the green kumquat turn yellow?
Yes.
The skin of fresh green kumquat is generally turquoise, but if it is left for too long, as the ripeness increases, the skin of the green knurrel may slowly turn yellow, but it still belongs to the green kumquat, which is not the same as the usual golden orange. In addition, this yellowing turquoise tastes so good, and the moisture is not very sufficient after cutting, so the green kumquat should be eaten fresh after buying it.