"Three white melons", named after white skin, white flesh and white seeds, belong to one of the most famous local specialties in Wanrong. It is said that it was first planted in the late Shang Dynasty and early Zhou Dynasty, with a history of more than 3,000 years.
diversification
At present, there are three varieties of 300 melons: Boot Bottom, Cui Yu and Xuelihong. Among them, "Cui Yu" is a thin-skinned variety, and "Xuelihong" is a new variety improved and cultivated on the basis of "Cui Yu" in recent years. Because its melon seeds are reddish, just like red pearls against white pulp, it is named "Xuelihong". These two varieties are edible varieties in season, and the melon skin is thin and cannot be stored. They are usually eaten fresh, or cut into pieces with a knife or dug with a spoon. Fresh sand juice is thick and cool to relieve summer heat.
Sanbai melon pulp has a lot of sand juice, which tastes fresh and refreshing. Because its skin is white with a hint of green, the flesh is crystal clear, fat as jade, and the seeds are embedded in the flesh like pearls, which makes people have a unique taste. First, it makes their eyes cool, then it lures them, and they unconsciously drool. The locals praised him: "Three white melons, with skin like jade, meat like fat and seeds like pearls, sweat like rain in the hot summer, and when they are cut, the wind of plain noodles comes, and they are cold without eating;" Take a bite, the breeze Xu Lai; Two mouths in my arms, my heart is flying and my heart is cold; Third, the wind is light and the clouds are light ... "
nutritive value
Three hundred melons are famous for their high selenium, low sugar, rich amino acids and as many as eighteen trace elements. According to the test reports of the National Center for Food Quality Inspection and Appraisal and the Food Quality Supervision and Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, three white melons contain 0. 1 1% amino acids; Total sugar accounts for 6. 1 1%, including glucose, fructose and sucrose. The sweetness increased with the increase of sucrose in the late mature stage. At the same time, it contains vitamin C 8.33%, iron 1.57%, potassium 0.497% and selenium 0.68%.
It has anti-cancer, anti-cancer and anti-aging effects that ordinary melons do not have. It can clear away heat and toxic materials, clear away fire, improve eyesight, strengthen stomach and spleen, protect liver and moisten lung. Beauty beauty, regular consumption can prolong life. Relevant experts call it a rare dual-purpose medicine and food.