Why eat pomegranate in Mid Autumn Festival? Red pomegranate is one of the necessary fruits in Mid Autumn Festival, and it's also a festive fruit. Do you know how to choose the pomegranate which is juicy and sweet?
Why eat pomegranate on Mid Autumn Festival?
Pomegranate is one of the necessary fruits for Mid Autumn Festival. The mature pomegranate skin is bright red or pink, and it often cracks, revealing crystal like jewels. It is sour, sweet and juicy. Although it is troublesome to eat, it has endless aftertaste. Because of its bright colors and plump children, it is often used as a festive fruit to symbolize the blessing of many children and full of grandchildren.
The old Hefei people thought that pomegranate has many seeds. After eating pomegranate, they can get the blessing from heaven. In ancient times, having many children means having many blessings. Therefore, in the eyes of the old Hefei people, pomegranate represents "many children, many blessings". Pomegranate, as a mascot, is the fruit of the Mid Autumn Festival. It symbolizes longevity, reunion and auspiciousness.
What kind of pomegranate is sweet?
1. The yellow variety is sweeter. Many people think that the redder the fruit, the sweeter, but this is not applicable to pomegranate selection. There are many varieties of pomegranate. According to the skin, there are red and yellow varieties. Generally, the Yellow varieties are sweet. The mouth of sweet pomegranate fruit is closed, the skin color is rough, and the leaves are short and wide, while the mouth of sour pomegranate fruit is mostly open, the shape of fruit is regular, the skin color is bright, and the leaves are narrow and long.
2. Those with edges are better than those with circles. Many people buy pomegranate when the first reaction is to take those who look at the round rolling, smooth pomegranate. In fact, pomegranate with round appearance has thick skin. On the contrary, it is the pomegranate with thin and mature skin that shows the appearance of fruit edges. Such pomegranate is more sweet.
3. There is a lot of water in heavy hand. Generally, two pomegranates of the same size have large relative water content, much juice and full grains.
4. Only when the skin is tight can it be fresh. The skin of pomegranate is bright and the flesh of pomegranate is tight. The loose skin and black spots may be caused by long storage time. In addition, the epidermis without scratches and with branches and leaves is relatively fresh.
Finally, I'd like to teach you a trick to peel pomegranate. Cut a knife across the top of pomegranate, and then go to the top. Draw a few knives on the outer skin along the white tendon of pomegranate. Use the tip of the knife to cut off the inner part of the white part in the middle, and then take out the white heart in the middle. The pomegranate will bloom with a little breaking. At this time, it's easy to take out pomegranate seeds.
Pomegranate is not only good, but also rich in nutrition. Pomegranate is a kind of berry. Vitamin C is one to two times higher than apple and pear. Pomegranate rich in water-soluble dietary fiber in the human digestive tract will not be enzymolysis, that is, to relieve constipation and diarrhea, two-way regulation, therefore, when eating pomegranate to chew seeds.
Pomegranate is also rich in a variety of acids, including organic acids, folic acid and so on. Pomegranate contains anthocyanin, so eating more pomegranate can protect our eyes. Women who love beauty should eat more pomegranate, because pomegranate has excellent antioxidant function, which is also good for beauty and beauty.
A new study announced at the annual meeting of the European Heart Association also found that eating pomegranate properly can help keep blood vessels healthy and reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the Daily Mail reported. In addition, pomegranate has antidiarrheal effect, because crabs, chrysanthemum tea is cold, people who are prone to diarrhea, it is best to eat pomegranate after dinner. But it should be noted that gastritis patients had better not eat.