Difference between Chestnut Pumpkin and Pepe Pumpkin: different appearance, different taste, different ways of eating.

1, the appearance of different: Pépère pumpkin head is very small, the skin is gray-green, the skin is very hard, chestnut pumpkin head is relatively larger, the skin is dark green, the skin is smoother.

2, the taste is different: Bei Bei pumpkin texture is relatively soft and moist, chestnut flavor, there are sweet potato sweet, belong to the combination of chestnut and sweet potato aroma. The chestnut pumpkin is a great feature of the chestnut flavor, taste is also very similar to the chestnut, very sweet and soft aroma.

3, different methods of consumption: Beibei pumpkin and chestnut pumpkin are generally like to steam to eat, in addition to steaming, Beibei pumpkin can also be used to make sweets, very tasty. And chestnut pumpkin can also be used to fry or fried, so that the pumpkin in the chestnut flavor more prominent.

Selection of chestnut pumpkin method

1, look at the chestnut pumpkin melon tip: after the flowering of the pumpkin only have melon tip. The drier ones represent the natural ripening of the chestnut pumpkin, which has a good flavor.

2, look at the chestnut pumpkin melon ribs: pumpkin surface grooves are melon ribs, the naked eye can be observed, the more bulging the melon flap, the deeper the grooves, the flavor of the pumpkin is the more sweet.

3, pinch chestnut pumpkin skin: pumpkin skin can be pinched with the hand, if the skin of the pumpkin with the hand pinch not move, the flavor is sweet.

4, smell chestnut pumpkin odor: sweet pumpkin flavor is unique to the mature chestnut pumpkin, not cooked, not fresh, put a long time will not have odor.

5, look at the chestnut pumpkin melon flesh: cut to see the melon flesh, yellow is the normal mature color.