Most of the southern fruits sold in the north are ripened with messy things, because the southern fruits are not easy to transport when they are ripe, and they can only be transported raw and processed, so it is also a way to eat local fruits as much as possible.
Generally, smell, look and pinch. First, smell if there is any fragrance that the fruit should have, and also smell if there are any other strange smells. Second, see if there are any black or rotten places. Three pinch a pinch, you don't have to say more.
The principle of choosing fruit is that the color is beautiful and shiny, but also depends on whether the root of the fruit is concave enough and whether there is a circle. If there is, it is female, and the female fruit is sweeter.
Look down slowly if you have time:
Pineapple: This season is the time when a large number of pineapples are on the market. Many people will choose it as a fruit after meals, and pineapples are more popular because of their effects of lightening age spots and promoting weight loss. If you want to choose pineapples, you should first look for those short and thick pineapples, because these "short and fat" have strong flesh and more meat, which is more delicious than the slender ones; Then look at the size, the big one is more delicious than the small one, because the big one is cooked thoroughly, which can also be said to be "well developed" and tastes sweeter; Finally, look at the length of pineapple leaves. Many people only pay attention to the pineapple itself and ignore the leaves. In fact, the origin of pineapple can be judged from the leaves. The leaves of pineapple in Hainan are long, and those in Guangxi are short. If they are all mature pineapples, they are still delicious in Hainan.
Mango:
Mango variety: Egg Mang (as Fujian calls it), with rich fragrance and oval shape, orange pulp, as big as a small egg, super sweet and super fragrant, suitable for juicing, and the juice is very thick, which can be mixed with some light honey water; A little worse than the egg mango is the waist mango, which is shaped like a pig's waist, with yellow flesh, some light yellow and thin stone. This mango is very sweet, but its fragrance is not as good as that of the egg mango. There are also ivory ferns and imperial concubine ferns, which will be a little astringent and sour when they are not ripe enough. In addition, there is a green mango green awn, which is sweeter than the yellow one.
Selection: Choose a mango that is plump, round, neither soft nor hard, and pure in yellow color, with a fragrance that can be smelled far away, without spots (spots are rotten from the inside), and smell the fragrance. Choose a mango that is about 8 minutes ripe, and you can eat it after a day or two. If you buy a mango that is ripe and ready to eat, you can look at its roots, which should be very refreshing, without water, and at the same time.
Mango juice has an ingredient that is not good for the skin, so it's best to cut it into small pieces when eating, and don't touch the skin and lips, so it's fine.
Orange, pomelo, orange:
Tall orange, flat orange, naked orange. " Oranges should be tall, flat and shiny. If you pick oranges, no matter the variety, there is a ring-shaped female in the middle, which is usually sweeter. There is a dot-shaped male, which is not as sweet as the female. The skin is thin and elastic, and the early orange juice is sweet and the late orange is rough and stringy. Pomelo, orange and orange should be picked up with heavy hands, and the skin should be smooth like baby's skin and rough like pockmarked face. However, sugar orange, which is popular in winter, has a rough skin and is not smooth. When buying oranges, you'd better buy the one with a circle on the bottom, that is, the "ass". Navel orange, just buy "ass". The hole is concave and sweet. Grapefruit and honey pomelo are generally as compact as possible. The heavier the hand feels, the better. Press by hand, the harder the better, and the thinner the skin that cannot be pressed, the better. The smoother the skin of honey pomelo, the more uniform and golden the color, the better. This kind of grapefruit has sufficient water, high sweetness and good taste.
Watermelon, cantaloupe and cantaloupe:
When picking watermelons, it feels like the pattern of the melons is open. The place where the tail blooms is small, and the "belly button" is concave to the touch. The surface of the melons is not smooth, but uneven. The melons are relatively green and dark in color. When you hold them up with one hand, pat them gently and listen to the sound, you should feel a little hollow, and the hand you hold feels slightly shaken. This watermelon is sandy and inside. If it's unfamiliar, it's a dead voice,
When choosing a white melon, you should choose a smaller melon. The big part of the melon has no umbilical cord, but it is a little green. This kind is the first leaf of a melon, so it is easier to pick because it is small. Also, pick the one with the navel. The bigger the navel, the better. Click on the soft part of the navel. Smell the butt of the cantaloupe, and the fragrant melon is good and sweet.
When picking cantaloupes, you should pick thick and dense nettings and smell a strong aroma.
When buying any melon, the end that is not connected with the seedling is concave, that is, ripe, good and sweet.
Apple:
Fuji should choose the kind that looks a little bit yellow and deeply red. This kind of soil is yellow, crisp, sweet and a little sour, and it tastes very positive. Never pick a little red in the green. In this way, the taste is generally a little weak, and there may be a lot of water, but the sweetness will definitely not work. Authentic red Fuji apples on the table are crooked and not straight, otherwise they are definitely not authentic. The color can't be particularly red, some are pink, and they are not red. You should choose the kind with many red threads, and the "navel" should sink deep, so that it is sweet. If there are many pockmarks on the skin, gently play them with your fingers. They are crisp and echo, sweet and crisp.
When buying apples (mainly red Fuji), it is best to choose the ones with a stripe red appearance (called "stripe red"), and there is some yellow in the red. That kind of apple is crisp, juicy and sweet.
Durian:
Durian is fragrant and slightly cracked. It can be seen that the pulp inside is soft and waxy, and it is never wet. The pulp is relatively slender and golden. The plump shell is thinner and the petals of the pulp are more. The oblong one usually has a thick shell and a thin pulp. It is better to choose the shell with yellow and green.
Litchi:
When choosing litchi, you should choose the kind with uneven skin and deep lines. That kind of litchi is usually small! And the kind with smooth and flat surface, the core is usually very big! Not only should the surface be ruddy, but it should be full and elastic to pinch. If it is not elastic and soft, it feels a little empty, which means it has been put for a long time. You can also gently press the tail of litchi. If it feels soft, it doesn't press hard objects, generally speaking, the nucleus is relatively small. If it can feel hard objects, it is usually a big nucleus.
Pear:
There are many kinds of pears, and the ones sold in the market are: Snow Pear, Yali Pear, Beijing Pak Lei, dangshan pear and so on.
Jing Pak Lei:
Mature in Beijing in mid-September. The fruit is small, generally weighing about 60g, oblate and spherical, and the base is often slightly raised; The fruit stalk is slender, with an average length of 5cm, bent to one side, the peel is green and yellow, and it is completely yellow and white after ripening, clean and beautiful; The flesh is yellowish white, soft, juicy, sweet and of good quality.
Yali pear:
Yali pear is not only delicious, sweet and delicious, but also a good medicinal product. When buying, you should choose pears with smooth surface, white and tender skin and deep pits at the navel. Good yali pear skin is very thin, tender as paper, and it will collapse when it is slightly collided during transportation and storage. However, the varieties with poor quality in Yali pear are not white and tender in appearance, with dark yellow skin near the handle, shallow pits at the navel, slightly thick skin, hard meat and bad taste.
Snow pear:
Also known as Ivory Pear, Jinxian County and Zhaoxian County in Hebei Province are famous producing areas, which are one of the famous export products in China. Mature in Shijiazhuang area in late September. The fruit is large, weighing 200-375g, and the fruit stalk is 5.5-6.3 cm long; The fruit surface is green and yellow, and the surface is rougher than that of Yali pear. A good snowflake pear is light brown in fruit, white in flesh, crisp in flesh, juicy, small in stone cells, sweet in taste and of the highest quality.
Dangshan pear:
The color is slightly bluish white, the shape is nearly square, the skin is slightly thick, and the water vapor is also large. When selecting, the bluer the color, the better the quality of the deep pit at the navel; However, the color is livid, and the taste with shallow navel pits is also poor. Grapes:
Choose the whole bunch of grapes that are full and dense, smell them first, and then buy them with rich fruit. If you choose grapes in winter, you must buy fresh ones. Don't look at the fruit, look at the stalks, fresh grapes, stiff stalks and bright green. When the color turns dark brown and soft, it is picked for a long time. Although the grapes may look quite solid, they are actually the result of low temperature preservation and are not really fresh. Pay special attention when buying "Rose Fragrant" grapes. This small fruit is not easy to preserve.
Bananas:
Don't choose bananas with green at both ends. They are processed and not too big. Small bananas are good, round and not angular. They are normal yellow and slightly sesame.
Kiwifruit:
When choosing kiwifruit, you must choose the one with a sharp head, like a chicken's mouth, rather than the one with a flat mouth like a duck's mouth. The duck's mouth is made of hormone, but the chicken's mouth is made of no hormone or little hormone. The whole fruit of the really ripe Miocene is super soft. When choosing, buy the one with a slightly darker color, which is close to the khaki skin, which is a symbol of sufficient sunshine and sweeter.
Kiwifruit is tender green at the tip, and this kind is fresh. The whole is soft and hard, and if a part is soft, it is rotten. The color is dark and sweet around the joint.
Peaches:
The first thing to choose peaches is to smell the fragrance. The more fragrant, the sweeter they are. Usually, they don't look good. Choose the ones that are not too soft and have a small tip on them.
Strawberries:
Don't buy strawberries that are too red. The brighter the color, the more sour they will be. Strawberries with a little white in the red are the sweetest. When buying strawberries, don't choose a very big one with a very strange shape. Choose a smaller one with the same size, which is safer. The color should not be particularly red, and it is best to have a little white inside.
Papaya:
Papaya is also divided into male and female, and the bigger one is the female, which is sweeter. Generally, those with bulging bellies have a lot of spots on the surface, and the color is just yellow and not very soft to the touch. If there is still some gum on the surface, it doesn't matter, it's sugar gum, which will be sweeter. If you want to eat papaya right away, you should choose yellow skin, but not too soft, so that papaya will be sweet and not rotten. If you make papaya sparerib soup and the like, you should buy green papaya that is not fully ripe. This kind of papaya is of course hard and generally not eaten raw. When ripe, the skin is usually yellow and can be eaten as fruit. If you make dessert, you should buy red Hawaiian papaya, which is very sweet.
Choose cucumbers, don't buy a lot of small ones, this is for hormones.
Choosing a cherry depends on whether the stalk is fresh. The fresh fruit stalk is green, and the long-standing fruit stalk is black. Then see if the peel is wrinkled. Wrinkling means that the fruit has been picked for too long and lost moisture.
When choosing tomatoes, don't choose the angular ones, and don't choose the ones that feel light. It's all the fault of the red promoter. If you want to buy this kind of surface, it has a faint pink feeling, and the pedicle must be round. If the pedicle has a faint cyan color, it will be the most sandy and sweet. Don't buy anything with a sharp point and a very high bottom. You want something that looks smooth as a whole. Everything with a sharp point is covered with something that ripens quickly in spring. Choose tomatoes with pink and round colors and small white spots on the skin.