The meat is thick and thin, the entrance is a blind, that is, into two petals, the flesh is white and tender and crunchy, mixed with fresh melon aroma, not sticky and a little greasy
The green plums, white fruits and chestnuts of Changxing are called the "Three Treasures" of Changxing. But when we arrived in Changxing, it was already a good time after the autumn, and the green plum was already in season. No problem, the Changxing people told us that there is still a treasure here - hanging melon seeds, just in autumn.
From the county seat of Changxing to the direction of Coal Mountain, all the way to the west, more than 30 kilometers away, you can reach Baidan Township. Villagers here grow hanging melons to a greater or lesser extent. On the way, I met a man named Zhu Jintao, whose family had 2,000 acres of land to grow hanging melon seeds, second only to a local food processing company.
The melons are knotted in September, and then gradually turn yellow and red
"Now retail farmers are gradually planting less, one or two, but there are very few large-scale plantings." In Changxing, there are many insects growing, and this insect not only grows on the melon, but also remains in the soil. The risk is high, and without relying on it to make money, most people are reluctant to plant on a large scale. ”
Five years ago, hanging melon seeds were the hottest period. In the northwest of Changxing, not only Bai Dang, but also several other towns are planted with large areas of hanging melon fields, cement piles and wire racks. Now these shelves are replaced with grapes and kiwifruit.
The real name of the hanging melon is Li Lou, which is a vine plant of the cucurbitaceae family and one of the commonly used chinese herbal medicines. In the "Materia Medica", it is written that "Li Lou Ren, moisturizing the lungs and eliminating phlegm, clearing the fire and quenching thirst." The "Materia Medica" contains "Chestnut Fruit." In the shade of the Spring Mountain, the seedling vines grow. The leaves are hairy, and the flowers are light yellow and six petals. The solid knot is big, and the green is gradually red and yellow. The name of the small round person with the yellow tip is Chestnut, and the name of the elder who is thick and sharp in the skin is chestnut. Although the name is different, the evidence and treatment are the same, and the frost is harvested. ”
I like to grow in the shade of the Kawatani Mountains, in March and April, the seedlings lead to vines, in July bloom yellow and white flowers, the flowers bear green fruits, and by September, the green fruits slowly grow reddish yellow, like a lantern.
The farmers in BaiDan Township dried and fried the seeds of this melon and gave them to their relatives and friends to taste, and the reputation of hanging melon seeds spread. The same is the melon seed, ordinary sunflower seeds in the market to sell more than ten yuan a kilogram, while hanging melon seeds can be sold for about forty yuan. "If you eat hanging melon seeds, you don't want to eat other melon seeds, hanging melon seeds have an unspeakable original flavor, that is, fragrant and crispy." If you add other pretzels and creams, its original flavor is gone. ”
The shape of the hanging melon seeds is oval and round, the meat is thick and the shell is thin, and when stir-frying, it is only necessary to stir-fry in a simple iron pot with sand and salt. The melon seeds are flat in grain, and when they enter the mouth, they become two petals, and the flesh is white and tender and crispy, mixed with fresh melon flavor, not sticky and half greasy. Wu people are good at eating melon seeds, And Jin Mengyuan said in a small note in "Wumen Hsin bamboo branches": "Melon seeds, for the daughter of the bridesmaids to spend leisure and win, used to be popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang with the picking of Zhizhai and Huangdai melon seeds. "The custom of eating melon seeds does not know when it began, but when the New Year comes, the tea fruit plate and the melon seed peanut are all must-haves.
Sauté the hanging melon seeds
Today's white da nang, the country house is a single house, the farmer's hanging melon is hung in the courtyard corner one by one, and then cooked a little, you can pick it off and dry and fry, it is still a kind of mountain wild melon seed hidden in the autumn harvest and winter, and it is good to eat and play for the guests during the New Year's Festival, and it does not make much money to them.
The flowers of the chestnut building, white, are very beautiful
Chestnut tower is a climbing vine of the cucurbitaceae family, the root is traditional Chinese medicine smallpox pollen, the fruit and peel are Chinese medicine Chestnut lou and Chestnut lou skin, and the seed is Chinese medicine melon wilt
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