Introduction: Resembling the fruit of the camphor tree, it smells like a head, Hunan is often used to cook meat, 1 pound of 40 yuan do not understand
Camphor tree is a relatively common tree in the south, many parks, schools and communities will plant camphor trees, its canopy is very wide, leafy, and evergreen, the key is easy to plant, but also a particularly long lifespan. In addition, camphor trees have an aromatic fragrance and can play a role in repelling mosquitoes, so they are often planted as green trees and sidewalk trees.
In the mountains to the south, there is a wild small tree, its fruit is very similar to the fruit of the camphor tree, the smell is very pleasant, but it is used to stew meat to cook fish is very fragrant, very rice. In the city, it is sold for a high price of 40 yuan a catty. If your hometown has it, don't miss it, it has matured in May.
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Pepper everyone knows that this is a seasoning that must be put when cooking meat. In the southern region, there is a wild "pepper" in the mountains, commonly known as mountain pepper. Although its name bears pepper, it is not pepper.
The scientific name of mountain pepper is wood ginger, it is a small deciduous tree of the camphor family, camphor genus, generally not tall, generally 2-5 meters tall, but some old mountain pepper trees can also grow to more than 10 meters.
The leaves of this tree are alternate, lanceolate or inverted ovate lanceolate, while the bark is grayish-white, but the young branches are yellow-green. Its flowering period is relatively early, it blooms in March and April, earlier than the leaves, the flowers are yellow, and the flowers bear fruit after falling, generally ripening in May-July. The fruit is spherical and looks a lot like the fruit of a camphor tree, after all, mountain pepper and camphor trees are relatives, and they are both lauraceae plants.
Mountain pepper in China is mainly distributed in the mountains at an altitude of 600-2400 meters, or in the forest of miscellaneous bushes, of which the more common provinces are Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi.
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Mountain pepper is a plant that is green when it is not ripe, and when it is ripe, it will become purple-black. But as long as you grow up, you can pick it even if you are not ripe. It has a strong aromatic aroma, many people who are not used to eating it for the first time smell, will feel that this taste is very high, but the use of it to cook meat, boiled fish is particularly fragrant, can be called the next rice artifact.
In some mountainous areas of Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei and Sichuan provinces, it is common to see many people go into the mountains to pick mountain pepper in May and June. When cooking meat dishes, some of them are put in, and the taste is very strong, similar to the mixture of pepper, lemon, and fragrant, and it is really delicious.
And mountain pepper can not only be used as a conditioning cooking dish, but also can be boiled into a sauce, in some pickles can also put some mountain pepper, which can not only improve the taste, but also promote people's appetite.
In addition, because mountain pepper contains natural aromatic oils, not only can be used as a condiment, but also has medicinal value, and because it contains a large amount of citral, geraniol 5-19%, etc., it can also be used as edible flavors and cosmetic flavors, and now it has been widely used in high-grade spices, ionone and vitamin nail raw materials. And it is worth mentioning that the fruit of mountain pepper contains a lot of fatty oil, with a content of up to 48.2%, so it can also be used to press oil, which can be eaten, but also used to make soap and industrial use.
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It's the season of mountain pepper ripening again, if your hometown has this plant, remember to look for it in the mountains. The author searched on the Internet, someone on the e-commerce platform to sell mountain pepper, because it is a pure natural green food, no spray pesticides, and is wild, so the price is also a little expensive, like fresh mountain pepper a pound to more than 40 yuan, but there are many buyers.
A large part of them are people who work in other places and want to eat the taste of their hometown, and some are bought in some restaurants and hotels, after all, it is a very delicious and nutritious seasoning, and many restaurants' signature dishes will use the secret weapon of mountain pepper.
Friends, is there such a small wild fruit in your hometown? What is it called? If you have it in your hometown, don't really miss it. After picking, you can put it in the refrigerator and refrigerate it, so that it can be stored for a longer period of time. Welcome to leave a message to discuss!