It is said that walnuts are good for the brain, but I have always suspected that it is the Chinese people’s mentality that the shape complements the shape.

There are people buying paper-skinned walnuts on the street. Paper-skinned walnuts are so named because their skins are as thin as paper and the kernels are easy to remove. It is famous for its thin skin, full kernels and delicate meat. There are also walnuts from the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province. Their skin is as thin as an egg shell, and they are commonly known as "egg-skin walnuts." The best variety is "Mian walnut", which has thin skin and thick flesh. Hold two walnuts in your hand and squeeze them with a little force, and the walnut skin will break.

In front of me was a pile of walnuts that looked like a hill, with a paper walnut written on it. It's round, but paler and fatter than usual. Is it really a paper-skinned walnut? The man selling walnuts seemed to see the confusion in my eyes. I saw him grabbing two casually and touching them lightly on his shoulder. The walnuts immediately split open and the kernels were plump. They were good walnuts. I also caught two and knocked them on my hand, eh? The walnut that I thought was split into two actually didn't move at all. The man shook his head and gestured as if to say that my method was wrong. He grabbed another one casually and knocked it on his face. He was stunned and the walnut immediately fell into pieces.

Is it the legendary "soft walnut"? This is a treasure. It's so tempting that one can't help but be tempted. The aunts and uncles who were watching immediately grabbed it into the bag, fearing that it would be gone if they were too late. Naturally, I also worked hard to get home.

After I got home, I looked at these oval nuts with irregular grooves on the surface. I picked them up one by one and knocked them all over my body. The dough was almost damaged, but the walnuts were not damaged at all. Throwing it to the ground makes a sound. Then I took out the hammer and tried my best to break it into pieces, only to find a small nut in the crack. When tasted, it was bitter and inedible.

Thinking about the rumors that walnuts can nourish the brain, I have seen such a high-level magic show, and I suspect that such high-level marketing techniques are because people eat a lot of walnuts. In this way, I am more convinced that there is no harm in buying more walnuts.

The Chinese used to believe that walnuts were introduced from the Western Regions by Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty, but current research shows that walnuts are not a plant that originated from one place but from many places, and China is also one of its origins. The Cishan Cultural Site was discovered in 1972. In the ash pits excavated at the Cishan Site, it was found that there were accumulations of tree seeds at the bottom of two pits. The identifiable ones include hazelnuts, small-leaf oak trees and walnuts. This proves that walnuts have been cultivated in my country for a long time.

Walnut kernels have a delicate texture and are often called "meat". The value is mainly concentrated in the kernels. After they mature, they become crispy and fragrant, giving you a tooth-stuffing feeling in the mouth. In addition to eating walnut kernels raw, walnuts can also be cooked, fried, honey-roasted, and fried. Amber walnuts are crispy, sweet and delicious. They have an excellent taste and are worth a try. The method is also simple:

1. Boil the walnut kernels in water for 2-3 minutes, remove and drain. Moisture;

2. Preheat the oven at 160 degrees for 10 minutes, then put the walnut kernels in the oven and bake the middle and upper layers for 30 minutes;

3. The walnuts are roasted Finally, start boiling the sugar. Add 1 bowl of water to the pot, bring to a boil, add brown sugar and stir-fry slowly over low heat until slightly thick bubbles form. Reduce the heat to a simmer when the sugar becomes thick;

4. Pour the walnut kernels into the pot and stir-fry until the walnut kernels are evenly coated with a layer of sugar juice. When the syrup is no longer visible, turn off the heat; sprinkle with sesame seeds, mix well, and remove from the pot. Let cool before eating.

In ancient China, people called peach wood "immortal wood" and it was the most widely used material for exorcising evil spirits and making ghosts. The reason why peach trees have such magical power stems from the ancient people's mysterious concept that peach trees are feared by ghosts. Therefore, "walnuts" are also endowed with such mysterious magic power. People who often hold walnuts with mysterious powers in their hands can bring good luck and avoid disasters.

An old saying goes: "If you keep a walnut in your hand, you can live for eighty-nine years, surpassing Emperor Qianlong, and the king of hell cannot take it away." Emperor Qianlong also loved to play with walnuts, and wrote poems such as: "The bright moon is spinning in the palm of my hand, and time is about to flow back. , the whole body's energy and blood surge, when is the first time to grow old?"

Everything is generally related to the health culture, and the media has added fuel to the fire, and experts have gathered to analyze it. The price of Wenwan walnuts has been rising again and again in recent years. Rise and rise again. So, whenever I have something to do, I take two walnuts in my hand, rub them, and play with them, so as to put them on the plate as soon as possible and make them look old. This has become a daily routine for gamers.

The texture of hemp walnut is hard, the surface pattern is changeable, the middle is hollow, and its cross-section has many irregular hollows. Such changeability makes walnut players addicted. Those that are thick, have beautiful textures but are shallow, dense, heavy, have good leather and are easy to red are very popular among people who play with walnuts.

For example, one of the "Four Famous Cores" is the treasure among Wenwan walnuts: the lion head. The so-called lion head is named after the long shape of the walnut. If you look at the lion head walnut upside down, the walnut pattern looks like the mane of a stone lion in front of the old Yamen gate, hence the name. It is said that sometimes in order to find a walnut that is similar in shape to one's own idea, one has to go through several sacks of walnuts before selecting one.

Seeing the number of walnuts reaching 50,000 pairs, some people bought hundreds of thousands of walnut trees and waited for the autumn to pick the walnuts, peel them and get the lion's head. Looking at the walnut trees that bear fruit every year, I think of the crazy hype of Clivia and sky-high price of orchids a few years ago and the crazy speculation of Pu'er in the past few years...

History always seems to repeat itself inadvertently. again and again. I can’t help but think about the issue of walnuts to nourish the brain. Maybe I should eat more.

Day 50 of Wujie 365 Extreme Challenge Daily Update Camp