This summer is cool because of you, this autumn is beautiful because of you, in my world, there are only two kinds of time, fig days and fig days, so every year I look forward to the arrival of summer and nostalgia for the shortness of autumn, because only then can I enjoy the happiness and taste impact brought to me by figs.
These days, autumn fruits have been listed in large quantities, and the price is as beautiful as ever, ranging from 4 to 6 yuan, but the taste and taste are as delicious as in previous years, when it comes to figs, everyone must be quite familiar, named fig, in fact, there are flowers, but my flowers are hidden in the fat sac-shaped flower holder, which is called "hidden head inflorescence" in botany, as in the poem: "The natural color evergreen does not see flowers, and the branches bear the wind obliquely." ”
As the iron powder of figs, after eating figs for so many years, I didn't even know that it still had so many secrets, so today I will pick up the past and present lives of figs with you, to ensure that you have not heard of it.
1. The fig is the holy fruit of heaven - the forbidden fruit
Figs also have a higher holy name- the Heavenly Fruit. It is said that as early as the distant ancient Rome there was a sacred fig that sheltered the founder of Rome, Prince Romulus, this fig was named "guardian god", so the countries along the Mediterranean coast called the fig "holy fruit" as a sacrificial fruit.
What is even more interesting is that there are numerous descriptions of figs in the Bible and the Quran, giving figs some sacred color. As we all know, the forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve stole was an apple, and after stealing the forbidden fruit, she had a sense of shame, and took a leaf to cover her shame, and this leaf was a fig leaf, which shows that the fig is an ancient tree in the Garden of Eden and the earliest fruit in heaven.
Believe it or not, this obscure, low-key fig originally had a God-like background, Jesus, God, the Garden of Eden, ask which fruit has such a powerful background.
Second, figs are meat fruits
Hearing this is not a little incredible, thinking that it is wrong to hear, in fact, the earliest figs are pollinated through fig bees, but in the end, pollinating bees die inside, so that you say it is meat or vegetarian? But don't be afraid, many of today's figs are unisexual and fruity and do not need to be pollinated by wasps. Is it another increase in knowledge?
Figs are delicious, but fresh fruits can only be eaten for two months, for me such iron powder how to do, do not worry, fig jam to make up, put in the refrigerator, you can eat figs all year round, the specific methods are as follows:
Fresh figs washed, peeled, shredded flesh by hand, put in white sugar, put in the refrigerator to marinate for 8 hours, marinated figs are more viscous, pour into the pot, do not add water, only add lemon juice, the purpose is to increase the shelf life and flavor, boil on high heat, turn down the heat to simmer, about 20 minutes, bright and transparent, the texture becomes thicker, turn off the heat to cool, put into an anhydrous and oilless jar. Whenever you want to eat, you can eat freely.
After eating figs for so many years, I didn't know that it actually had so many secrets, the backstage was so tough, the cultural heritage was so strong, there were really not many people who knew, and the knowledge increased! I'm Xiaofeng, if you like the food that Xiaofeng shares, don't forget to pay attention to the foodie Fengzi!
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