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Introduction: Myrtle, scolded as a child and love to eat, the true value is little known, July is ripe, don't miss it
At present, it is summer vacation, for rural children, if they are not afraid of heat at this time, and like to go to the mountains to play, they can always pick a variety of delicious wild fruits to eat.
Of course, the vast majority of rural children now do not have this blessing, because most of them have been "controlled" by mobile phones and online games, and they are not willing to be close to nature.
Not long ago, I saw a joke that a parent let a child cut some leeks in his own field to make dumplings to eat, but this child cut back someone else's wheat seedlings. Two problems are highlighted here, one is that their crops are not clear where they are. Another more serious one is that even wheat seedlings and leeks cannot be distinguished.
I don't know if this is true, but I prefer to treat it as a joke.
Now this season, it is the time when all kinds of wild fruits are ripening. Do you remember a wild fruit called mountain kushina? It was scolded as a child and secretly picked wild fruits to eat. However, its actual value is little known, but it is a pity that it is rarely seen in the mountains now.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > kukui, scientific name myrtle</h1>
In the southern region, the mountain twister is definitely a well-known wild fruit, saying that it is a "net red wild fruit" more than 20 years ago, which is not an exaggeration, if there was a network at that time, it would definitely be very hot.
This is one of the memories of many rural children when they were young, and when the mountain twisters are ripe in July and August, the children will go to the mountains in groups to pick them. Some children are digging pig grass, or chopping firewood and herding cattle at the same time, and then they have to pick them to relieve their hunger.
The scientific name of the kurtoise is myrtle, and it is a perennial shrub in the family Myrtle and the genus Myrtle. Although it is a shrub, it also grows taller, and it is still more common than 2 meters ago.
Kushina is very distinctive and will make a deep impression, so it is easy to distinguish. Its flowers resemble peach blossoms and also have the ability to change color. The flowering period of the kurtoise is around the Qingming Festival, when it first blooms, it is purple-red, then gradually fades, and finally becomes a small white flower.
And the fruit of the mountain kudzu also has this skill, its fruit is fat like a small gourd, the old people in the countryside prefer to call it "urn fruit", because its middle fat feeling is particularly cute, very similar to the previous rural households have objects - Weng. Moreover, the fruit of the kukui is also the same as the flower, which has the ability to change color.
The fruit of the kukui is blue at first, then slowly ripens, it turns red, and by the time it is ripe, it has become purple-black. At this time, the rural children will go everywhere to the mountains to search for it, pick it without washing, just wipe it on the clothes, and directly put it in their mouths to eat. The taste is very sweet, with a slight sour taste.
People who pay attention to it will also peel the skin and eat it, and those who are not particular about it will eat it directly, and then eat the juice and pulp, and then spit out the peel. Eat fast, not only the mouth and teeth are dyed purple, but also on the clothes.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > scolded as a child and had to steal food</h1>
It is estimated that many rural children have the same experience. That is to pick mountain twisters to eat, when I was a child, I was scolded.
It is not because picking kushi has delayed the farm work, but because this wild fruit should not be eaten more, so many parents are reluctant to eat it. The reason is that there is a little bit of special kudzu, although it is delicious, but eating too much will make it difficult to defecate.
But where can children take care of these, as long as they are delicious, they will eat enough first. If your parents won't let you eat, then secretly go to the mountains to hide and eat, and go home after eating. However, children think that what they do is seamless, but they cannot escape the "golden eye of fire" of their parents.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" > the actual value is little known</h1>
In fact, the value of this wild fruit is still very high.
The first is that it can be eaten fresh, delicious and delicious, and in the past it was a small snack for rural babies to relieve hunger. And kukui can also be used to make jam, cider, or after it is dried, it is used to brew wine.
Mountain kukui is rich in nutrients, its fruity aroma is rich, good color, but also contains a variety of minerals, more than 20 kinds of amino acids, as well as a large number of polysaccharides, fructose and so on. The cider brewed with it is even sweeter and sweeter, and it is a rare wine for entertaining guests.
The second is that it can be medicated.
The whole plant is a treasure, and its roots, stems, leaves and fruits are all medicinal. In particular, the fruit of the mountain kukui is very rich in nutrients, not to mention the thirst of eating, and the flesh is sweet and refreshing, and the key is the role of astringent intestines, convergence and hemostasis.
Finally, the ornamental value is high.
I don't know if you found it, now the wild kudzu in the mountains is rare, and in many places it has disappeared. In fact, there is a very important reason, because the ornamental value of the kudzu is very high, it can be planted as a pot, or a green plant in the yard. And the value of a plant is not low, generally sold to dozens of yuan a plant, good quality is to hundreds of yuan a pot. Because of this, many people go to the mountains to dig. By rooting, their number is significantly reduced.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > concluding remarks</h1>
It's the ripening season of the kudzu again, and in some rural areas close to the city, such as farmhouses, folk customs, picking gardens, etc., they are planted. Let the people in the city experience the fun of picking, and the price is not cheap, one pound will cost forty or fifty yuan. However, many people have not eaten or picked, so they have come to experience and pick because of curiosity.
However, it can only be planted on a small scale through picking gardens, and it is not yet possible to grow on a large scale like wild fruits such as blueberries and strawberries. One is that the market acceptance is not high, and the other is that it is not tolerant of storage. And there is a very key reason, if it is eaten fresh, it can not eat more, this is the fatal weakness. However, kukui can also be processed into fruit wine, jam, sun-dried sparkling wine, etc., and there are many ways to eat it.
Are there more kukui in your hometown? For many rural children, since leaving the countryside and going to the city to go to school and work, it is difficult to eat mountain kudzu again. It is impossible to rush back in order to eat once. But deep down in their hearts, they will always be obsessed with the taste of kukui.
Tips: If you are worried about the difficulty of defecation, in fact, just soak it in salt water for a while, and then eat it again. And it has a white core inside, which is also best not to eat.
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