Lin'an pecans

The history of pecan cultivation should be no later than the Ming Dynasty, and many local legends have the story of Liu Bowen inventing boiled pecan. Legend has it that Liu Bowen assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to rebel against the Yuan, in the days of Tunbing Changhua Daming Mountain, he occasionally picked up this wild fruit, bit open and tasted, although the meat quality was delicious, but the Ren outer membrane was bitter and difficult, and later saw that the local peasant women had a method of boiling wild vegetables to make dried vegetables, and the spirit moved, as concocted, and it was really delicious, so he launched a sergeant to collect, not only to accompany the army food, but also to the city of Hangzhou for military iron, which led the mountain people to develop and utilize this unique fruit, so the hickory also has the reputation of "Daming fruit".

Legends are not necessarily true, but in fact, the local residents of Changhua have a long history of making dried vegetables and dried fruits, and they do not necessarily have to wait for the arrival of Liu Bowen to start using the characteristic variety of pecans. Local legends attached to historical celebrities, with the late Tang Dynasty "Luo Yin Xiucai" and the early Ming Dynasty Liu Bowen two the most, the hickory legend did not hear of the legend of Luo Yin and appeared on Liu Bowen, speculating that the widespread use of this crop will not be too early.

The history of the cultivation and utilization and cultivation of pecans with literature is about 500 years, and it is scattered in local chronicles such as Yuhang and Changhua. In the second year of the Qing Dynasty, He advised Pan to approve Changhua Pan Bingwenyu, "The genus is widely used to purchase and plant changyi local specialties such as pecans", which is the earliest record of official persuasion to plant pecans.

Business value

The origin of hickory food is mainly in Hangzhou, as a specialty of Hangzhou, the external sales; in addition, the husk of hickory can be made of activated charcoal, the shell, peel and leaves can produce natural plant fuel, the total bud can extract tannins, and the wood can be made into furniture and used for military use.

nutritive value

Lin'an pecan is a food with extremely high nutritional value, the content of protein in core nutrients accounts for 7.1%-9.1%, fat content accounts for 57.9%-67.4%; the content of total phenols in functional components accounts for 0.86%-2.90%, the total amount of flavonoids accounts for 0.31%-0.77%, the content of dietary fiber accounts for 7.1%-7.7%, the content of lecithin accounts for 4.92%-6.29%; the content of mineral components zinc is above 50μg/g. It is more than 5 times that of general plant foods; the content of unsaturated fatty acids is between 322.5 mg/g-447.5 mg/g, the total amino acids are between 91.69 mg/g-111.90 mg/g, and the total amount of essential amino acids is 27.40 mg/g-36.02 mg.

It's the picking season again, and the gift of nature and the processing of finished products are hard work.