Tangerine peel is one of the ingredients in life. Many people like to drink tangerine peel soaked in water to clear away heat and reduce inflammation. Generally, good tangerine peel has high medicinal value, but you need to identify it yourself. Next, let’s take a look at how many years it takes for the tangerine peel I brought to have medicinal value!
Can I make tangerine peel from the orange peel I eat?
Yes.
Normally, the skin peeled off when we eat ordinary oranges can be used to make tangerine peel. Just choose to put it in the sun for a few days when the weather is good. It’s just that tangerine peel needs to be dried for many years to accumulate a certain medicinal effect. If you dry it yourself, you may not be able to dry it for that long, and the quality of the dried tangerine peel will not be that good.
In addition, if you are drying it yourself, try to choose oranges with thinner skins, so that they can be dried faster, and it is best to choose oranges with more mature skins, which will taste better. If they are green, Oranges taste sour.
It takes several years for tangerine peel to have medicinal value.
About 5-10 years.
Tangerine peel is made from fresh orange peels, and the longer it is dried, the higher its nutritional value will be. For example, tangerine peel that is about 1-3 years old is called new peel. This is the primary stage of tangerine peel. The medicinal effect has not yet been fully released, but the taste is better. Such tangerine peel is more suitable for cooking. The shape of tangerine peel that has been dried for about 6-10 years begins to gradually stabilize. At this time, the medicinal effect of tangerine peel is also the best, and such tangerine peel can be used as medicine.
How to identify the age of tangerine peel
1. Inner capsule
Because old tangerine peels have been in contact with the air for a long time, the inner capsule will begin to fall off and become three-dimensional. The inner capsule will gradually deepen in color, while the fake high-vintage tangerine peel inner capsule will not fall off, and will be smoother, tighter and reflective, and even have an obvious color transition.
2. Skin
After long-term storage, the color distribution of the skin of tangerine peel is uneven, because the skin will become thinner and thinner with time, and the outer skin will become thinner. There are clear pig whisker lines, and the outer skin of the fake high-year tangerine peel will release oil. This is due to the rush to deepen the color and high-temperature drying, which artificially makes it look old.
3. Smell
The aroma of tangerine peel that has been stored for a long time is clearly distinguishable. Among them, tangerine peel that has been stored for a long time has a pungent aroma. At this time, the volatile oil content is still relatively heavy. Fake old tangerine peel does not have this mellow aroma.