Mangosteen is a tropical fruit, on a par with durian, rich in nutrients, known as the "Queen of Fruits". Beneath the thick shell of mangosteen hides a clove of tender, juicy flesh that tastes sweet and sour, fresh and delicious. However, the price of mangosteen is generally more expensive, a pound to twenty or thirty yuan, plus the thick shell, a pound down weighed down a few, if you encounter a few "bad fruits", it is really a waste of money, learn how to choose mangosteen is a very practical skill.

For the selection of mangosteen, people who do not understand basically rely on luck, and for some "connoisseurs" who often eat mangosteen, they can choose the best at a glance among many mangosteen, not because of good luck, but they know the right way to choose mangosteen. In fact, it is not difficult to choose a good quality mangosteen, just look at the shell of a place is enough, as long as you select a fresh "mother mangosteen", almost all of them taste sweet and juicy, good taste and good meat quality, the core is particularly small, and it is worth the money.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" how to quickly distinguish "mother mangosteen" >? </h1>
Mangosteen shell is thick, more "pressure", so in the selection, the first choice of those thin skin, large flesh, small core of the mangosteen, the mangosteen upside down to see the bottom of the petals, to see this one place is enough, how many petals represent how many petals of pulp, in the industry there is an old saying "five male and six female", meaning that the number of petals at the bottom is 5 petals for the male mangosteen, and the bottom petal for 6 petals or more is the mother mangosteen.
Although the male mangosteen is large, but each petal flesh has a core, the flesh is pitiful, but the mother mangosteen, looking at the small but a bite down are real flesh, less core, more flesh, sweet and delicious very delicious, so choose "mother mangosteen" to see the number of petals can be.
In addition to learning to choose the "mother mangosteen", you should also buy fresh mangosteen when purchasing, and share 3 tips for selecting fresh mangosteen.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >1</h1>
Generally speaking, the freshly picked mangosteen fruit stems are green, which is similar to the reason why we choose vegetables, the more emerald green and shiny the color, the fresher, sweet and juicy, the meat quality is good, on the contrary, if the surrounding four-petal fruit stems are yellow, dry, the color is dull, indicating that this mangosteen is placed for a long time, not very fresh, it is best not to buy.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >2, the hardness of hand-pinched mangosteen</h1>
Mangosteen has a "hard" shell, through which we can also judge whether mangosteen is fresh, pinch the shell of mangosteen by hand, fresh mangosteen shell is hard, but elastic, after pinching there will be a feeling of rebound.
On the contrary, if the mangosteen shell is particularly hard, can not be pinched by hand, thrown to the ground will not crack, indicating that the mangosteen has been old, or placed for too long, water loss, such mangosteen after opening almost nine are bad, to be cautious to buy.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >3, look at the color of mangosteen</h1>
Excluding mangosteen varieties, the same variety of mangosteen, through the color of the skin can also judge the freshness of mangosteen, take the red leaf mangosteen on the market as an example, the normal fresh mangosteen skin is more purple red, the surface texture is clear and shiny, and the fresh mangosteen color is darker, mostly black brown, the skin is not only dry wrinkles but also with "yellow pulp", encounter such mangosteen turn your head and go directly on the line.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > - Lao Jing said </h1>
When buying mangosteen, sometimes we can see that the mangosteen skin is attached to the yellow substance, the vendor who sells mangosteen may say that this is the mucus secreted by the mangosteen quality, just like the mango due to sweetness will flow out of the "honey juice", in fact, this yellow secretion is in the process of picking or transporting, the mangosteen is damaged, squeezed or placed for too long and the mucus flowing out, which is not conducive to the preservation of mangosteen.
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