Frozen pears do not refer to a certain variety of pears, and the word "frozen" in the name refers more to the production method. In northern China, in addition to frozen pears, there are also frozen apples, frozen persimmons and other fruits, all of which are characteristic fruits in northern winter. They are all made in the same way, and they are all "frozen" fruits.

The appearance of frozen pears is dark black. In fact, it is white like other fresh pears before freezing, and it becomes black and hard after freezing. There are many kinds of pears used to make "frozen pears", such as QiuPak Lei, Jianba pear, Gai Hua pear and Xiangshui pear.

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"Frozen pear" is not its real name. Frozen pears can include soft pears, alias perfume pears; There is also a "horse nipple pear", named after the nipple looks like a horse; Another nest of pears, alias big egg shaped thing, is even more disrespectful to people's place name "choking dog"; In addition, pears with hanging eggs have disappeared. These varieties are all local varieties in Lanzhou.

These "frozen pears" were picked in September and eaten fresh. Their taste is sour rather than sweet. Except soft pear, the latter is sour, and because of its dense pulp, it has a choking feeling at the entrance, so it is nicknamed "choking dog". These pears have the same characteristics. It turns black when it freezes in winter.

These frozen pears have several advantages: they will not go bad if frozen for a long time, and they can be naturally preserved until the Spring Festival or longer. If stored in the refrigerator, it won't go bad for a year or two. When you want to eat a frozen pear, you can put it in cold water and let it turn the freezing point into water. When the pear body becomes a thick ice shell, it will be peeled and eaten.