Every September, chestnuts are fragrant, and sugar-fried chestnuts are everywhere in the streets. Their fragrance is overflowing, and the cries of selling are one after another, so lively! Speaking of chestnut, it is also called chestnut, hairy chestnut and wind chestnut. , is the fruit of FAGACEAE. Before it matures, it has a sharp shell, like a hedgehog, which is called? King of thousands of fruits? The reputation of, and peach, apricot, plum, jujube and called? Five kinds of fruits? The pulp is beneficial to the stomach, tonifying kidney, calming the liver, strengthening tendons and stopping bleeding, so it is also called? Ginseng fruit? 、? The fruit of kidney? .

July carambola, August hawthorn, September chestnut, laugh? Every September, chestnuts will show a charming smile from a small ball full of thorns, as if to announce to the world that it is ripe and can be picked. Because it is covered with thorns, it is difficult to pick, so it is usually knocked under the tree with a bamboo pole, and the mature chestnuts will fall to the ground one by one. This is what the countryside often says? Beat chestnuts

Chestnut pulp is generally yellowish brown in color, full of particles, delicate in meat quality and sweet in mouth. It is a warm alkaline food, but chestnut is very seasonal and can only be eaten in autumn for one or two months. After this season, you can't buy anything you want. Therefore, it is very important for people who love chestnut to learn how to preserve it. After eating chestnuts for 30 years, I finally know how to store them. They are not sun-dried, steamed, insect-free and black. They are all soft and sweet, and they are not bad after one year. It's as good as fresh. Let's have a look.

First, choose chestnuts.

Choosing chestnuts is very important if they want to be preserved for a long time. I don't know if you have found such a thing, that is, you carefully selected chestnuts, and you thought there were no bug eyes, but after a few days, you found that there were more bug eyes, and after a few days, there were more. Isn't it terrible? Therefore, it is really important to choose chestnuts. Be careful and choose those that are round and dark brown without moth.

Second, wash chestnuts.

Pour all the chestnuts into a large pot, add enough water and sprinkle with a handful of edible salt. The purpose of adding edible salt is disinfection and sterilization, which can force the insects out of chestnuts so as to preserve them for a longer time. Soak for about 20 minutes, and then rub repeatedly to remove dust and impurities on the surface of chestnut. If some chestnuts are found floating on the water during soaking, such chestnuts must be picked out. This is because such chestnuts may not be mature enough, the pulp inside may shrink, or the pulp of chestnuts is not strong enough, so you can hear the sound by shaking it gently.