When did you first hear "fig"?
Xiaobian came first, at that time, the "fig shreds" in the small shop at the entrance of the school were very popular, and I always thought that it was made of real figs, until later, I didn't know that the raw material was carrot shreds or papaya.
梦碎森 no!
Today we will talk about the real "fig"~
The fig, as the name suggests, has no flowers, but it is not that it has no flowers, but that its flowers are hidden in the fruit.
Pull away the figs, and the slightest hint of bloom is the flower. Ripe figs are plump and sweet, and the sweetest part of it is its nectar.
According to the Harvard University study, figs, as the earliest plant cultivated by humans, may be the first plant planted by humans in the Neolithic period, more than 1,000 years before the time of grain cultivation. It dates back to 11400-11200 BC, was planted in Jordan and Yemen, and was considered a very sacred fruit during the Roman period.
So when did it come to our country?
According to records, it was introduced to China along the Silk Road during the Tang Dynasty (about 300-500 AD), which shows that the Silk Road had a major impact on economic, crop, and cultural exchanges.
NO.1 Familiar faces of the art world
At the feast of the ancient Greek dionysus Dionysus, figs are indispensable sacrifices and can even be used to string into necklaces, which are the fruits of joy, abundance and happy love.
In Harry Potter, the fig is a magical plant, and Professor Snape teaches third-graders to make a shrunken potion, which requires the use of peeled shrunken figs.
"The Face of the Fig", first directed by Kaoru Momoi, a National Treasure of Japan, uses the face of a fig to compare the inner portrait of a person.
The film is about a seemingly unremarkable family, but in fact everyone has their own secrets. Whenever the night is quiet, the camera freezes on the fig tree in the courtyard, and it quietly witnesses everything.
Cleopatra VII, played by Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, is very fond of eating figs. In the final choice of death method, she chose to be bitten to death by a poisonous snake hidden in a fig.
NO.2 Rare figs
Although the reproduction speed and vitality of figs are amazing, why do we basically see it in daily life?
Although the fig is literary and vigorous, it has a fatal disadvantage for the fruit - it cannot be stored and transported.
The plucked fig is untouchable and untouchable, and even if it is careful not to touch it, it will break within 24 hours.
Even if you are fierce, like a banana or a mango, and pick it up in advance, you can't do it! The 7-minute ripe fig is simply unpalatable, must be more than 9 ripe, and even start to flow honey before picking it and eating.
August is the time for the figs to go on the market, so take advantage of the fact that they have just been on the market and try the fresh ones
How to choose:
Color: The darker the color, the sweeter it is
Size: Large fruit with many pulps
Smell: There is a sweet fragrance of good quality, sour taste carefully buy
Hardness: Ripe figs are soft to pinch, and too hard will be sour
For more fruit knowledge, welcome to pay attention to the WeChat public account "Little Sister Do You Like to Eat Green Peppers", or wait a little while, and will release common fruits in the near future.
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