Ningning | 2018-06-21 | 52400

Where can you pick bayberries in Zhejiang? How can you eat them?

Preface

Tastes better than Weilong, sweeter than first love, sourer than secret love

Eating bayberries is like a secret crush. Although I haven't touched you yet, I've been missing you since the moment I saw you. After all, I covet both bayberries and you. I remember eating bayberries as a child. I ate too many and found my teeth sore and soft that I couldn't even chew tofu. Summer was only possible with bayberries, the bayberry smoothie from the canteen after gym get out of class, or a sip of bayberry wine after dinner.

The world's bayberry is in China, and China's bayberry is in Zhejiang

Bayberry is a fruit native to my country

It has a history of more than 7,000 years

It has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years.

Bayberry is native to Yuyao, Zhejiang, China

Myrica pollen was discovered during the excavation of the Hemudu site in Yuyao.

Zhejiang Bayberry Varieties

Water chestnut seeds


The fruit is black and matures early

The water chestnut variety is native to Yuyao, Ningbo. Its fruit, which turns purple-black when ripe, resembles a water chestnut, is called the water chestnut variety. This variety is the best-tasting of the various bayberries, with a sweet, slightly sour flavor, a small core, and high juiciness. It's also the most difficult to store.

Dongkui species

The largest fruit is deep red

The Dongkui variety, native to Huangyan, Taizhou, takes its name from the "King of the East." This variety ripens earlier than the water chestnut variety and is relatively easy to transport. This variety is the most common variety found on the market.

Bayberry

White bayberry is distributed in Shangyu, Yuyao, Fujian, Longhai, Zhangpu and other places, with the Xishan white bayberry in Yuyao Moushan being the best.

Tips for Picking Bayberries in Zhejiang

As we all know, there are many places in Zhejiang where you can pick bayberries. Today I will recommend to you some of the most worthwhile places to visit.

Yuyao Bayberry

Keywords: most cultured

Flowering period: June 10th - July 2nd

Suitable for: one day on weekends

The most culturally rich and with the longest history, with a 7,000-year history of bayberry, the Mudu culture shines brightly. Yuyao bayberries are large, colorful, juicy and strong in flavor.

The red crabapple that I picked is still wet, and the blood from the dragon's eye that I dug out has not dried yet.

If Taizhen knew the taste of lychees, how could lychees reach Chang'an?

—Xu Jie, Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty

Cixi Bayberry

Keywords: Export overseas

Flowering period: June 10th - July 2nd

Suitable for: one day on weekends

There is a fairy in Cixi, whose name is Yangmei Fairy. To date, Cixi Yangmei has been exported to Hong Kong, Singapore, France, and Japan, becoming a favorite of foodies all over the world.

Cixi bayberry is mainly of the world-famous "water chestnut species", with large fruit, small core, good color, tender flesh, rich juice and strong flavor, sweet and delicious. Eating one will make your mouth water!

Xianju Bayberry

Keywords: Export overseas

Flowering period: June 10th - July 2nd

Suitable for: weekends

There is a saying that goes like this

Yuyao's bayberry is the best in the world, and Xianju's bayberry is the best in the world.

The Ministry of Agriculture has awarded the title of "Hometown of Chinese Bayberry" to more than ten places.

Yuyao was the first to issue the

Xianju Bayberry is the best in the bayberry industry

Fancy ways to eat bayberry in summer

1. Iced Bayberry

Wash the bayberries and put them into food boxes

Store in the refrigerator and eat whenever you want

Penetrating from the tip of the tongue to the nerves, it is truly a wonderful product for cooling off the summer heat.

Continue its beauty in summer

Let this fleeting taste last a little longer

2. Bayberry wine

The red bayberry wine is delicious, unlike the ordinary wine, which always gives people the feeling of being unreasonable. The little drunk red bayberry in the mouth is like a girl's secret love.

Sour yet sweet

Unconsciously, my face turned red

3. Bayberry Jam

Soak the bayberry in light salt water for 15 minutes, remove the core of the bayberry pulp, put it in a cooking pot, and pour in white sugar.

After the bayberry meat is boiled, stir it continuously until the jam begins to thicken.

Add softened gelatin sheets and squeeze the juice of half a lemon

Stir until the jam thickens and turn off the heat

After cooling, put it into the sterilized glass bottle.

4. Dried Bayberry

Put bayberry in light salt water

Pour in bayberry and rock sugar

When the water in the pot is almost dry, turn to low heat and continue to cook.

Squeeze lemon juice into

When the water is almost gone

Place the dried bayberries on a baking tray and bake them dry or dry them naturally in the sun.

Finally, coat it with sugar (if you like the original flavor, you can leave out the sugar)

Bayberry Tips

1. When going up the mountain to pick bayberries, be sure to take measures to protect yourself from the sun and mosquitoes, and wear dark clothes or old clothes to prevent contamination by plum juice and mosquito bites.

2. Pay attention to safety and do not climb too high when picking bayberries, otherwise there is a risk of falling.

3. Bayberry is warm in nature and has a certain stimulating effect on the gastric mucosa. Therefore, people with excessive stomach acid and internal heat should not eat too much. In addition, diabetics should not eat bayberry to avoid high blood sugar.

4. Although bayberry is delicious, eating too much will cause toothache. Generally, no treatment is required. After eating bayberry, rinsing your mouth or chewing tea leaves can relieve the toothache.

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