Introduction: April has matured, when I was a child, I did not eat less cattle, and now 80 yuan and 1 catty in the city, what is the value?
It is said that "April in the world is exhausted", but during this time, the author's hometown has continued to rain for nearly a week. Although it is said that "spring rain is as expensive as oil", it is inevitable that too much rain will make people bored, and they always want to go out for a walk.
After the rain passed, it was found that the plants in front of the house and behind the house were old, and many red wild fruits were found in the grass on the back hill. Suddenly, I realized that this wild fruit was ripe again. When I was a child, I herded cattle, but I didn't pick it less to eat. Listen to friends in the city, it is expensive in the supermarket, a small box (125 grams) will cost more than 20 yuan, so what is the value?
Popular science of raspberries
In the past, the children of the poor were already in charge, and after school, they had to go to hunt pig grass, and many families had good conditions, and the family would raise cattle, and the heavy responsibility of cattle herding was naturally handed over to the children. In addition to the children getting together and laughing and playing, they will also search everywhere for all kinds of wild fruits to eat. Because the previous conditions were harsh, there was no snack to eat, the nature of rural children is "do it yourself, enough food and clothing", fortunately, there are many wild fruits that can be eaten as snacks in the mountains.
In April, the most sought-after raspberry was the one that was not tired of eating at that time. Raspberries are also called raspberries, tree bubbles, April bubbles, wild strawberries, steamed bun bubbles, thorn gourds and so on. This is a perennial upright shrub belonging to the genus Cantilever in the family Rosaceae.
Raspberries are mainly grown on sunny slopes, valleys, streams, or wastelands, and the plants are tall and large, and some can grow to more than 3 meters. Its leaves are ovate or ovate lanceolate , and the stem has many tiny spines. This is a plant with an early flowering period, very hardy, and blooms in February and March in the spring, while the fruit period is in April and May, and generally matures after the Qingming Festival.
Raspberries look like strawberries, the fruit is red when ripe, but it is relatively small, and the fruit is composed of many small stone fruits, the size of fingers.
Great memories of childhood
At that time, when rural children went to the mountains to hunt pig grass, herd cattle, or do farm work, they would search for raspberries everywhere to eat. Although this small wild fruit is not large, it is sweet and sour, and it is very addictive to eating, and I want to eat another one.
Generally, when you encounter a raspberry tree, you can stand under the tree and eat all the time. And if you can't finish eating, you will pick some ramie leaves to wrap it up and take it home to eat. Some parents who pay attention to it will wash the picked raspberries in the basin, and then pour in water and then put in the right amount of salt, in fact, this is to worry about some raspberries with bugs.
For the rural children at that time, raspberries should be the most delicious fruit, more delicious than strawberries. Sweet and sour, delicious to the point of not stopping. Even if I go to work in the mountains every time I see it, I can't help but pick it every time I see it.
A pound in the city is more than 80 yuan
Unexpectedly, the raspberries that rural children used to love to eat now cost eight or ninety yuan a catty in the city, and I heard that in some big cities, it is more than 120 yuan a catty. Such a high price is simply a sky-high price of fruit. So what is the value of raspberries?
Raspberries are very popular berries like blueberries in recent years. When it ripens, it is bright red in color, and the fruit is full of shape, which is very attractive to watch. And it tastes sweet and juicy, sweet and sour, and it is always impressive.
At present, raspberries can be sold at such a high price in the city, which has become a sky-high fruit that many people can't afford to eat, on the one hand, because of its deliciousness and nutrition. Raspberries can't help but drool just by looking at them, and in fact, the nutritional value is also very high. It contains a large amount of dietary fiber, as well as rich anthocyanins, vitamin C, raspberry ketones, salicylic acid and other nutrients, and the content of superoxide dismutase (SOD) contained in it is also in the forefront of the fruit category, and the substance has unique functions in radiation protection, anti-aging, tumor prevention and so on.
And raspberries are not only nutritionally prominent, but also have high medicinal value, the nutrients it contains have the effect of promoting the absorption and digestion of other nutrients, improving metabolism and enhancing disease resistance. At the same time, it also has the effect of sobering up alcohol, coughing, dissolving phlegm and detoxifying.
Raspberries can not only be eaten raw, but can also be used to make jams and sake. In the city, the use of raspberries is more, like many milk tea shops, Western restaurants often use it and yogurt, sparkling water, salad and other pairing to make some delicious and good-looking light food. Some farmers on the outskirts of the city grow raspberry picking gardens, and families go to pick together and enjoy the fun of picking.
Conclusion
In addition to the good nutritional value and delicious taste of raspberries, there is also a reason why raspberries are relatively rare, which is also the reason why its price is expensive. Raspberries are hard to see in the city these days because very few people grow them. Only some picking gardens are planted in small quantities, and then a very small part is taken to supermarkets and fruit shops to sell. And things are rare and expensive, so its price is not high.
But in the countryside, as long as you have enough time and are not afraid of hardship, you can find it in the mountains. If you find raspberries, don't be disgusted by the thorns of the tree, try to pick as much as possible, even if it is worth going home to get a basket, because you can't eat "walking around", and it is a pity to stay on the tree or rot or be eaten by birds.
Now that raspberries have been vigorously promoted and planted as "third-generation fruits", it can be seen that the development prospects are very impressive. Friends, it's raspberry season again, but don't miss it!