In our hometown Fengcheng, Jiangxi, grapefruit peel has always been very popular.

In the season of eating grapefruit, grapefruit skin has become a treasure on Fengcheng people's table. High-end restaurants, restaurants, also put garlic fried grapefruit skin on the menu, as a special dish; Ordinary people will soak grapefruit skin in water for two or three days and then fry it; Hard-working housewives also preserve grapefruit peel after pickling it with rotten peppers. Be unbeaten in the Mid-Autumn Festival next year.

I have lived in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau for more than ten years. Grapefruit peel is as delicious to me as Guizhou people fold their ears.

Fried grapefruit skin is my specialty.

First, clean the grapefruit, peel off the green peel and remove the floc. Leave a soft white sponge in the middle and cut it into thin slices one by one. Then put the cut grapefruit peel into a pot and soak it in clear water for two to three days, changing the water once a day to remove the bitterness. If you are in a hurry to eat, soak the cut grapefruit peel in boiling water before cooking, even the freshly opened grapefruit can remove the bitterness.

Stir-fried grapefruit skin is also simple. Stir-fry shredded ginger, shredded garlic and dried chili (local chili is the top grade) in oil (slightly more oil), stir-fry until fragrant, add soy sauce and pour in clear water. After the water is boiled, pour in the dried grapefruit peel, add salt, and stir-fry after the water is boiled.

Pomelo skin is smooth, oily and greasy, clear fire and top grade. Like to eat spicy food, put more peppers, and don't worry about getting too angry. Pomelo peel is rich in nutrition and has the effects of invigorating stomach, resolving phlegm and relieving alcoholism. The grapefruit skin soaked in Chili oil is deep red and delicious, which makes people want to drool and increase their appetite out of thin air. Mid-Autumn Festival, sitting in the courtyard dam on a hot evening, eating grapefruit skin while drinking porridge, continuous spicy, accompanied by the fragrance of grapefruit, is worthy of being a cheap food.

Thin-skinned grapefruit skin is reticulate and full of fibers after soaking in water, and its taste is not good. Father's experience is that when eating grapefruit skin, it is best to choose thick skin. And the more sour the grapefruit, the sweeter the grapefruit skin.

My neighbor's grandson is five or six months old and is teething. His gums are swollen and itchy, and he often bites his fingers. Dad recommended grapefruit peel, which is a good thing for baby to grind his teeth in his hometown. Pomelo skin is flexible and elastic, and its color is white. You can find it when it is dirty, and it is easy to replace it. Although bitter, it has the effect of promoting qi circulation and resolving phlegm. Their family no longer has to worry about the baby biting and swallowing when grinding his teeth and getting stuck in his throat.

Dad has a soft spot for grapefruit peel.

When my father was very young, a grapefruit tree was planted in the dam of the old house. It took seven or eight years for this tree to bear fruit. Strangely, after the grapefruit is peeled, only small grapefruit meat is left, which is not much bigger than the egg. The taste of grapefruit meat is particularly sour, but the fried grapefruit skin is fragrant and sweet, and it tastes good. As a result, it became a pomelo tree that only eats skin.

Perhaps because it is such a strange tree since childhood, my father has a deep-rooted concept: buying grapefruit is eating skin. Therefore, every time I visit the fruit supermarket and see the pomelo peels scattered all over the floor, my father can't help moaning: It's a waste to throw away such a good pomelo peel. That's a real pity. I wish I could take them home and fry them for everyone.