New Year, each table are ultimately dried fruit plate. Pecans, abalone fruit, Almond ...... these names are exotic new favorite Western style it? These nuts Mom, have you seen it?
North American giant - Pecans
Pecans, also known as pecan, native southern United States and northern Mexico. 100 years ago by Western missionaries, businessmen, diplomats and other people like the seed into our country, so in some churches of historical traces, near the pier, then'll find remnants of North America "people."
Gun-shaped fruit tall, up to 70 meters, the North Pacific Nanjing roadside planted with patches 80 years old pecan trees, spectacular.
Now, from the Yangtze River to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, can see the pecan orchard stalwart upright posture, but now grow trees main purpose is to get nuts. Pecan nuts not only crisp and tasty and nutritious, with high health value. The study found that nuts contain fat, protein, amino acids, minerals and all kinds of anti-aging, prevention of cardiovascular disease and other effects.
Pecan nuts contain more than 70% crude fat, high oil pressing was Pecans thick soft fragrance oil, eaten with nuts, fruits, dairy products, is definitely one of life's greatest pleasures.
Grinning pistachio - pistachio
Grin smiling pistachios, there is a great Western atmosphere alias - pistachio. Wild pistachio originated in Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and other countries, as early as 3,500 years ago, our ancestors began to grow Valencia pistachio trees. According to legend, the ancient Persian king meal should be eaten pistachio nuts and oils, and the Persian soldiers eating pistachios after becoming brave and fierce.
According to historical projections, in the Tang Dynasty 1,300 years ago, by the Persian Pistachio introduced into China. In the 21st century, the country's pistachio plantations are mainly in southern Xinjiang Kashgar.
Pistachio deciduous small trees, tree height is generally no more than 10 meters, up to 300 years old, the results need to sow the seeds for six years. Pistachio heyday of the year can produce 100-200 kg of fruit, after the 70-year-old had just gradually decline.
As a prestigious dried food, is the nutritional value of pistachio has been recognized, nuts contains about 60% fat, 20% protein, 10% sugar. Eating pistachios, to control blood sugar, protect eyesight and prevent lung cancer helpful.
It is worth mentioning that the United States and Iran, two rival ideological field, pistachios sold in the market, but also the many years of its competitors.
Seeds long outside the wonderful fruit - cashew
Cashew originated in the South American rainforest in Brazil in the mid 16th century Portuguese navigator cashew to the late 18th century, sub-Saharan Africa began to grow cashews. After hundreds of years of development, India, Brazil, Cte d'Ivoire, Mozambique and Vietnam has become the main cashew producing countries. Our Hainan, Taiwan and several years of cultivation history.
Cashew is an evergreen tree, up to 10 meters, the fruit is very special. The upper half of the fruit is fleshy fruit from the receptacle formed, called a false fruit (or pear), fake fruit rich in vitamin C, tender and juicy, can be eaten directly or made into jam. The bottom half is called Zhenguo fruit, cashew kernels wrapped inside.
Mentioned cashew nuts, have to praise our food culture developed and superb cooking techniques, cashew shrimp, cashew nuts, celery, chicken with cashew nuts, cashews kale mushrooms, excellent color fragrant, fresh and delicious.
Outside cooking, cashew kernels have the same nutritional value, nuts containing 47% fat, 21% protein, 23% carbohydrate, diuretic laxative, softening blood vessels effect.
Btw, it can be extracted from cashew nut shell in an oil processed industrial raw materials - cardanol, for the manufacture of paints, adhesives and other products, small cashew nut shell to promote large-scale industry.
Ancient bereaved - Hickory
Also called the Little Pecan walnut, far away in the tens of millions of years ago, the pecan tree is one of the main species of evergreen broad-leaved forest in East China. In the glacial period in the fourth quarter continued to decline, retaining only the junction of Anhui and Zhejiang Tianmu Mountain area, known as the "living fossil." Our pecan planted more than 2,000 years of history, mainly produced in Zhejiang Lin'an, Chun, Tonglu, Angie, Anhui Ningguo, Shexian, Jingde, Jixi and other places.
Pecan is a deciduous tree trunks up to 20 meters, the cold shade, suitable for the growth at an altitude of 200-800 meters shady hillside. Hickory growth process requires plenty of moisture, but if you encounter flowering continuous rain, it will affect the fruit yield.
Hickory is the traditional Chinese cuisine, crispy and delicious fruit per 100 grams of walnuts contains 66 grams fat and 13 grams of crude protein. Pecan oil prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease, improve digestion, anti-wrinkle cosmetic features.
For decades, botanists have committed pecans and pecan hybridization, the resulting fruit, kernel rate, can be described as powerful combination, icing on the cake.
Traditional delicious - pine nuts
Pinaceae pine nuts pine, Chinese pine, Pinus massoniana seed. The literature mentions of edible pine nuts records, dating back to 3,000 years ago.
Since ancient times, pine nuts on physicians is respected, "Compendium of Materia Medica" records "pine sweet, warm, non-toxic Indications: bone joint rheumatism, dizziness, rheumatism, temperature and internal organs, hunger, cold by wind weakness, weak health supplement moisturize skin, Jiufu light not old, and another function of lungs, cure dry cough knot. "
Pine nuts as an ingredient has been widely used, pine nuts mandarin fish, pine nuts and chicken dishes are Han Chinese.
Modern scientific research shows that for every 100 Eriksson Seeds containing 63.3 g fat, 16.7 g protein, 9.8 g carbohydrates.
In addition to its own pine nuts, pine nut shell is the object of scientific research. Pine nut inside the shell component is also very rich, so some scholars have found that pine nut shell component has anti-cancer also the pine nut shell at a high temperature to extract biodiesel as an energy source to use. Pine nuts in a scientist magnifying glass, there will be a different kind of world.
Rising upstart - Macadamia
Macadamia nuts, also known as the Hawaiian fruit, native to Australia's east coast, it is first chance to taste this delicious nuts of the local indigenous people. In 1857, two botanists in Queensland discovered the new species, and start all over Australia to establish small plantations. Macadamia really popular around the world, or the trees are planted in a large area after World War II, Australia, Hawaii, Brazil, Costa Rica and other places. Today, China Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places also have introduction.
Australian nut tree is an evergreen tree, height up to 20 meters, after the age of 10 entered the heyday of results per plant, with an annual output 30-60 kg of fruit. Macadamia hard shell, stripped bare quite strenuous, experts Academy of Agricultural Sciences has designed a machine to break the shell to deal with these heavy armored guy.
Australia Zhuyuanyurun nuts, per 100 grams, 78 grams fat, 8 grams protein, 6 grams total has regulate blood lipids, improve memory and other health functions.
Life, macadamia nuts commonly used in pastry, chocolate, ice cream production, but now researchers have put nuts in the oil extracted from the Nano made oral, highly Creators.
Fireworks - Almond
Almond originated in Central Asia, from 450 BC Greece transmitted to the Mediterranean countries. Currently, the global production Almond amounted to more than 30 countries, but the United States planted Almond either in the area or production are among the first in California Almond has a higher visibility.
Similarly with pistachios, Almond also in Persia by the Tang Dynasty in China. Therefore, the area under cultivation Almond has been the history of thousands of years, far in Tacheng still large areas of wild Padan lumber.
Almond is a deciduous tree, 5-8 m high, suitable for growing in light intensity, low rainfall in arid and semi-arid regions, life expectancy of 130 years.
3 year, 4 months, Xinjiang Shache County, dozens of acres of Almond flowers beckon, such as flame-like blazing, like the glow as bright, beautiful. Almond both Uighur compatriots cherished dried food, but also the life of the symbolic elements - the locals Almond pattern into the clothing, carpet weaving, strong ethnic color.
Research shows that for every 100 Keba Almond nuts contains about 54 grams fat, 19 grams protein, 3 grams edible nuts may play a regulating blood sugar and reduce the health effects of cholesterol.
Xinjiang local research institutions to carry out research Almond nuts beverages, with the dates and Padan wood beverages both sweet and dates with Almond tastes, but also to maintain the stability of jujube polysaccharide drinks, so it does not hierarchical.
Other members of the family of dried fruit
In addition to the above seven, I believe we dried fruit tray must be more abundant species. Here, we come to recognize through pictures rather special nuts several family members of it.
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