Recently, Yunnan Chuxiong,
A Chongqing woman received citron from her landlord in Yunnan,
After cutting it, I thought it was that the grapefruit had no core.
Woman Introduction:
I am a native of Chongqing,
Never seen citron,
When the landlord gave it to him, he didn't hear what he said,
I'm embarrassed to ask,
I just thought that it seemed different from the grapefruit I usually ate.
Cut it and think it is grapefruit without core,
The whole person is confused.
Person: Yuzu, you don't have a "heart".
Citron: Is there a possibility that I'm not a grapefruit.
I tasted a little sweet and a little astringent,
Later, I dried it and drank it in water.
It is understood that
Citron is a fruit tree that people in Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, like to plant.
Ripe fruits can withstand frost,
Growing on trees for years,
The longer the fruit grows on the tree,
The flesh is more tender and sweet.
Citron, grapefruit, silly do not know
Confuse grapefruit with citron,
It's so much because they look so alike!
Guess, which citron is?
citron
For people in some areas,
It's a little strange,
Because their skin is usually more than half the thickness of the fruit,
There are too few edible parts.
No, citron, you can't eat it, how do you enter the eyes of Chinese gluttons?
Compared to grapefruit, which is full of flesh and juicy and juicy,
Citron's dinner table appearance rate is naturally lower.
However, readers familiar with "Dream of the Red Mansion",
You may remember the "Buddha hand" that appeared in the plot of Daguan Garden.
Jia's mother led Grandma Liu to visit Daguan Garden,
Grandma Liu's grandson Ban'er,
Get a Buddha hand in Tanchun's room.
Sister Jiafu Qianjin Qiao (still called "big sister" at this time)
Also holding a big grapefruit to play,
Subsequently, the two children exchanged bergamot and grapefruit.
Fat Yanzhai wrote in the approval:
"Yuzu is also the genus of present-day incense (橼),
It should be communicated with the edge.
The Buddha hand is referring to Mizuya. ”
In fact
"Bergamot hand" is a variant of citron,
"Yuzu" and "citron" are two different varieties.
But between grapefruit and citron,
There is indeed a very close relationship.
Citrus family havoc
Citron aka citron or citron,
Citrus genus belonging to the Rutaceae family,
Mainly produced in Sichuan, Yunnan, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang.
Bergamot is one of the cultivated varieties of citron,
It will grow into the appearance of small hands.
In the south, the Buddha hand is harmonious with Fushou,
Therefore, bergamot is also called fukushou orange.
Citron, bergamot, can be used in traditional Chinese medicine,
But most of them are used for decoration and smell.
Han Yanzhi's "Orange Record" of the Song Dynasty records,
"Xiangyuan (i.e. citron)... The fragrance strikes,
The gentlemen put a few rooms in the window, which is quite enjoyable. ”
Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains:
"Buddha hand, although the taste is short, the fragrance is great,
In the fence, the incense will not rest for several days. ”
now
Some netizens are still using citron to remove flavor at home.
In fact, Cantonese people celebrate the New Year
Love to buy orange trees full of fruit,
Nor for eating,
Just a good sign of Kumquat New Year.
If you really want to eat it, you can do it, but it is not necessary, most of the fruits are sour and not delicious.
As for grapefruit,
It's always been food.
Rich moisture, long storage period
It all means that this is a perfect fruit.
These fruits belong to the huge citrus family,
The stories between each other are extremely confusing.
Some popular science writers said,
Citron, grapefruit, and orange are the three elders of the citrus family,
And citron is the oldest variety.
These citrus "marry" in pairs
It was a hybrid of what we usually eat
Lemons, aloes, grapefruit...
Whether it's a grapefruit or not, you can eat it!
Whether it's citron or grapefruit,
In front of witty gluttons,
It's all delicious.
In addition to the Chongqing woman's slice drying method
Many netizens also proposed n ways to eat citron,
For example, cut strips dipped in honey and marinated in water.
Even if it is "skin", you can eat it
Yuzu peel can also be made into yuzu tea and yuzu sugar.
Comprehensive City Times, Beijing Youth Net, Science and Technology Daily, Red Net
Source: CCTV