As the saying goes, seeing is believing. I finally saw papaya in South America. Because the impression I formed in my childhood is deeply engraved in my mind, I was just a little surprised when I first saw papaya. Seeing those golden melons is not like the stupid melons in my impression, I secretly sighed: What a terrible speech! Although I tried to change my impression of papaya, I still didn't have the courage to taste it. After many years, I still treated papaya with a parrot's attitude, and told the children that papaya is not delicious and has a strange smell, so don't eat it!
Later, I went to work with my husband in a small island country in Central America, which is a country with three S (SEA, SUN, SAND). Although the island is picturesque, fruits and vegetables are scarce, and it takes one dollar to buy a better apple. Papaya is also an imported product, but it is still cheaper than apples, so my husband and I discussed buying one to try first. We chose a medium papaya, about less than one kilogram, and paid two dollars. When I got home, I tasted it. Although it wasn't too sweet, it didn't taste like mud. Since then, my prejudice against papaya has changed a little, and I feel that papaya is a kind of plant fruit that is between melons and fruits.
When I came to Sarawak, I saw papaya growing everywhere in a prosperous city like Kuching. papaya tree could be seen everywhere under the buildings in the center of the city, beside the grassy lawns, in front of and behind the houses, and even beside the unmanned roads and ditches. From this we can know that papaya is not a rare thing, but it is deeply loved by people. It has no extravagant demands on the growing environment, and it is simple and common.
On one occasion, I saw papaya with many fruits in front of a Chinese family, which looked very gratifying. I thought, if so many papaya are not delicious, who will care about it? The papaya that wants to come here must have its own characteristics. I might as well buy one and try it!
Chaenomeles in Shazhou have been eaten and praised.
I have nothing to do. When I visited the Sunday market, I found that the papaya in Sarawak is produced and sold by myself, without chemical fertilizer or ripening agent. It matures naturally, and one is picked when it is ripe, so the papaya here is sweet and delicious. So I recalled the reasons why the papaya in other countries is not sweet. One is that the soil in some areas is not good, and the other is that those papaya are picked and transported abroad before they are mature, which makes it difficult for people to enjoy the real taste of papaya.
Only when I taste the naturally ripe papaya in Sarawak can I experience the smooth and delicious ignorance of papaya, thus completely changing my historical impression of papaya. This change has also given me a new sublimation in philosophy, and made me more aware of the greatness of Practice, Epistemology and Relativity. It is difficult for people to have a correct understanding without practice, and it is difficult to know the advantages and disadvantages without comparison. After eating Chaenomeles from Shazhou, you will feel that the Chaenomeles here are really superior.
I'm really interested in papaya, or from seeing the growth process of papaya tree in my own courtyard. Several papaya tree trees have grown naturally in my yard, saying that they were born naturally, because I didn't sow or transplant rice, so I guess it may be the seeds from the strong wind, or the masterpieces of birds replacing flowers. No matter where it comes from, there is no need to investigate who did it. In short, papaya tree grew up in the yard day by day inexplicably. At first, I was very careless about them, because I didn't know gardening, didn't study the growth of plants, and didn't even know its growth period and the time of flowering and fruiting. When I think of trees, I think of some peasant proverbs in northern China, such as: peaches, apricots, pears and apples take five years to make money! Then, papaya tree will not blossom and bear fruit that year, will it? Things in nature are really independent of people's will, and they are often "intentional flowers, but flowers can't bloom;" I have no intention of inserting willows, and willows are shaded. " I didn't pay attention for several months. Suddenly, one day, when I was walking after dinner, I found that the papaya tree next to my house was full of buds. The unexpected surprise aroused my interest in papaya observation. Whenever the work pressure is not great, I will take my leisure time after dinner and go to papaya tree to observe attentively. Sometimes I am surprised and sometimes I am complacent, and it seems that I have found something or achieved research results. In fact, everyone here is familiar with papaya, and papaya can't be more common in people's impressions. However, it is this common common plant, that is, the melon and fruit that meet first every day, but it has a very unusual character that deserves our great appreciation.
Appreciate the "character" of papaya
Papaya tree was born in nature, grew up in the backcountry, was hard-working, simple and humble, contented with Changle, not extravagant, and had no harsh requirements for his living conditions and environment. Papaya has strong adaptability and endurance. Drought can't make it wither, water fishing can't make it drown, strong wind can't shake its foundation, and rain can't make it bend over. It can photosynthesize in the hot sun and produce saliva in the moonlight.
The roots of papaya are developed and strong. In order to support all parts of the body, it struggles hard, is squeezed out by the sticky soil, and desperately gets in. In order to survive and grow, it seems that the veins stood out and exhausted, which is enough to reflect its spirit of being selfless, just as parents have to work hard all their lives to support the family's livelihood until they pay all their body and mind.
The trunk of papaya is upright and upright, with its head held high, like a tough guy who is upright and unyielding, unyielding and unyielding. Even if it is full of fruits, it will not bow its head and be discouraged when it is loaded with a hundred kilograms. The scars covered with it mark the hardships of its struggle and record its endless life course.
Papaya has slender leaves and huge leaves. They play an important role. They are not only the guardians of buds and fruits, but also the transfer station of sunlight and water. It is really a hard work. The joint between the bottom of the leaf stem and the trunk is like a throne, arching flowers, and like a small cradle, feeding the growth of fruits. The leaves of papaya are strong and handsome, like a green umbrella, which provides shade for flowers and fruits in the scorching sun and protects them from the summer, and also takes care of them in the wind and rain until the fruits grow up and mature day by day, and then slowly wither and fall off. Every time I stare at the scars on the trunk, I feel admiration for the leaves and stems in my mind. Isn't their obscure dedication a true portrayal of "and the silk-worms of spring will weave until they die and and every night the candles will weep their wicks away?"
The pedicel of papaya is short and stout, which firmly ties the fruit and delivers nutrition and water to it at all times. Even if papaya is mature, it will not give up. Therefore, the idiom "the melon is ripe and the stalk falls" means that papaya is unwilling to accept it. I have observed and experimented many times until papaya is ripe and soft, and even half of it is eaten by birds, and I don't give up my last concern. It can be seen how inseparable the brotherhood between melon pedicle and fruit is! In this way, picking papaya is another cruel and heartless behavior. As the saying goes, "a squeezed melon is not sweet", but papaya is an exception. I once asked myself with emotion: since the melon is ripe and I don't want to twist it, I have to let the birds have it? So I encouraged my husband to say: when papaya is not ripe, it is better to start first, otherwise all the birds will be fed! Mr. Wang unscrewed the yellow papaya on the high ladder, and immediately dripped tear-like emulsion from the melon pedicle and the tree, indicating that everything has inseparable affection.
Papaya is unpretentious, unassuming and not good at expressing oneself. Immature papaya is hidden inside, it hides the orange color under the skin, and only shows its beauty to the world when it is mature.
Kekou fruit haohao Chinese medicine
The fertile soil in Shazhou is very suitable for the growth of papaya, especially the exotic varieties are like a duck to water, and the quality and yield are higher than those of local varieties. Because there are many kinds, different shapes and tastes. I have tasted: pocket melon, stone melon, ruler melon and so on. Pocket melon is only as big as a fist. It is said that it is a hybrid product of Hawaiian papaya and local papaya. This kind of melon is small in size, but sweet in meat. There is also Dashiguan, which is not small, the largest is about two or three kilograms. The melon is rich in meat. Although the sugar content is not high, it tastes sweet and delicious. This kind of melon is very suitable for diabetics. Then there is the foot melon, as the name implies, literally it can be imagined that its shape must be long. The big ruler melon is as big as a child's pillow, and its taste is soft and sweet. Some people say that papaya is a popular fruit. It doesn't have the title of "fruit king" like durian, and it doesn't have the reputation of "fruit after fruit" like mangosteen, but people's preference for it is no less than that of kings and queens. In high-end hotels and grand banquets, papaya often embarks on people's tables with its own taste!
Mature papaya is delicious and mouth-watering. Immature green papaya can also be used to the best of its ability, such as peeling papaya, cutting it into small pieces, adding some salt, sugar, vinegar and monosodium glutamate to pickle it into pickles, which is crisp and delicious, and it is really a fear of color and taste, which not only relieves greasy food but also increases appetite. Another use of green papaya is used in cook the meat, which is equivalent to edible alkali and has the functions of ripening and rancidity. Of course, there are many uses of papaya, and our Chinese inventions are still going on, and no amount of words can be perfect.
Papaya is not only a lovely fruit, but also a good dose of Chinese medicine. I am a constipation patient for many years, and I have searched many Chinese and foreign prescriptions, but none of them have worked. When I arrived in Sarawak, I was told that papaya has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, helping digestion and relaxing bowels. So I tried to eat it for several weeks, and it really worked. I sighed in my heart: I really can't find a place to get it, and it doesn't take any effort to get it! The papaya in Sarawak has a miraculous effect, and the "Xiangsha Yangwei Pill" can't compare with it! Papaya drove away the disease for me, and my gratitude and admiration for papaya came from the heart and nature. From then on, I paid attention to cultivating papaya in the yard and watering and fertilizing it in time. As the saying goes, everything comes to him who waits. Several papaya tree trees in my yard blossom and bear fruit all the year round, and the continuous fruits are not only enough for oneself to enjoy, but also can be used to entertain guests sometimes. What is particularly worth mentioning here is that my papaya is very strange, even unbelievable. No matter whether it is a pocket melon or a big melon, as long as it is ripe, it will be cleaned and there is not even a seed. If it is in ancient times, it must have become a tribute!
Winter in Beijing is the season when northern fruits occupy the market. There are a wide variety of fruits, but there are no bright papaya figures. During the New Year last year, my daughter came to visit relatives in Kuching and was surprised and curious when she saw that her papaya harvest was in sight. I picked a nearly ripe papaya at random and asked them to taste it, but I couldn't accept it at once, as the advertisement of "Dafa Cod shredded" said: "I want to eat it again after eating it!" In order to let relatives and friends in Beijing share the sweetness of Chaenomeles in Shazhou, my daughter specially brought back some Hawaiian Chaenomeles produced in our garden. Everyone who tastes it says that the papaya in Sarawak is really good! They recalled the sweetness of Chaenomeles in Shazhou, remembered its style and character, and at the same time aroused their longing for a bright future in Shazhou. It seems that this small tropical species has sprouted and taken root in the cold north of China. My daughter said to me on the phone, "Mom, we didn't like the name papaya before, but now it seems that it's time to change its name." So I opened the English dictionary and carefully checked the foreign name of papaya. It turns out that it has a pleasant and easy-to-understand reputation in English: "PAW PAW". If we translate its Chinese name from this pronunciation, it should be "baby", but from the actual function and role of papaya, it is indeed an indispensable "baby" for human survival. Ah, papaya, the treasure of Shazhou, I sincerely admire you.