Tips for buying seasonal fruits in May and June
Watermelon
3∼ August watermelon quality is better, taste crisp, fragrant, sweet, from the watermelon appearance of the melon pattern judgment, melon lines are obvious, the width of the melon pattern is uniform, indicating that the watermelon grows when the stem is close to the germination, nutrients are more sufficient, watermelon sweetness is also higher.
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Hold the watermelon in one hand, and press the tail of the watermelon with your thumb with the other hand, and it feels hard and firm when pressed, indicating that the watermelon is ripe, and if the tail of the watermelon feels soft and soft, it means that the ripeness is not enough.
mango
The production season of mango is 3~10 months, the peak production period is 5~7 months, if the color of the mango tail is yellow, green means that it is not fully ripe, and the taste is slightly sour and slightly astringent, the tail of the ripe mango is yellow and reddish, and 80% of the whole mango is red, indicating that the mango is ripe and the taste is sweet and fragrant. In addition, the mango exudes a strong aromatic aroma, indicating that the mango is ripe and can be eaten directly; If the aroma is very light, it means that the mango is not ripe enough.
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Most people will think that the mango is overripe and the soup is flowing, but in fact, the sap of the fruit tree is left on the surface of the mango when the mango is picked, indicating that it has just been harvested from the tree recently, and it is full of freshness.
Durian
Durian is produced in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and other places, the skin of durian is light green to indicate that the ripeness is not enough, and the dark green to golden yellow indicates that it is more mature. The appearance of durian fruits with better quality should be whole round and fleshy, and the size of the fruit thorns should be moderate and evenly distributed; If the shape of the fruit is not round and thin, and the fruit spines are large or small and unevenly distributed, it indicates poor quality. When the durian is ripe, there will be a crack on the tail, and the thorny skin of the durian can be peeled away by pulling it apart from the tail crack.
Tips for tasting fruits
When the fruit is bought home, the fruit with enough ripeness can be put in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days, and it does not need to be sealed in a plastic bag or crisper box. The peel of the fruit is peeled off before it is eaten, so that the sweetness of the fruit can be tasted. After the fruit is de-iced, the fruity flavor will be released, and the edible flavor is better.
The same fruit, the bigger the sweeter?
Wrong! The amount of water that the fruit is exposed to when growing, the type of fertilizer, the cold and warm weather, etc., will affect the particle size of the fruit, and if you want to pick out the sweeter from the same fruit, you can judge from the fruit from many aspects, such as the fruit with a higher natural aroma and richness, the fruit with a heavier weight, or the fruit with a ripe fruit, according to these methods, you can pick out the fruit with high sweetness.
When buying melons and fruits, you can hear whether it is sweet or not?
That's right! Watermelon, melon, cantaloupe and other fruits that are hard enough to knock and pat can be used in this way to distinguish whether sweet or not, because the fruit is ripe, the seeds in the inner layer of the fruit will be separated from the pulp and produce gaps, and the surface of the fruit will make a low and thick sound like a drum sound; If the fruit is not fully ripe, the seeds in the inner layer of the fruit are still connected to the pulp, and the sound of bounce and patting on the surface of the fruit is soft and sharp.
Is there an insect hole on the surface of the fruit, indicating that no pesticides are being used?
Wrong! There are two situations of insect cavities on the surface of fruits, one is that the fruit is moth-eaten when it first grows, and the other is that the fruit without spraying pesticides is moth-eaten during the ripening process, which cannot be used as a reference for whether there are pesticides.
If there are only tiny moth-eaten holes on the surface and do not penetrate deep into the inside of the fruit, you can buy and eat, you need to peel off the peel before eating, and dig up the insect-eaten holes and the surrounding flesh before eating.