The skin of winter jujube is thin and tender, crisp and sweet, delicious and juicy, and the flesh is rich and full. When it touches the teeth, it will break, and it will melt in the mouth without fine chewing. That is a contempt for the firmness of the teeth and a blow to the taste buds. After eating, it is full of sweetness and a long aftertaste, which makes people want to eat but can't bear to eat more, for fear of ruining things.
Winter jujube is also called frozen jujube, apple jujube and ling jujube. I think frozen jujube and winter jujube have the same semantic meaning, which refers to mature season; Apple jujube refers to the shape of winter jujube, which looks like a small apple: Lingzao is probably related to folklore, which tells the story of the ancestors of winter jujube who showed their spirits to retreat from the enemy, but it is not that this jujube really has a soul.
In fact, what surprised me was a few figures about winter jujube: according to the analysis of authoritative departments, Zhanhua winter jujube contains a variety of mineral elements and vitamins such as A, B, C and E, among which the content of vitamin C is more than 80 times that of apples and 100 times that of pears, which is known as "living vitamin pills". Zhanhua Dongzao contains 18 kinds of amino acids needed by human body. As for the medicinal value of jujube, it has been recorded in traditional Chinese medicine for a long time, but Zhanhua Dongzao contains adenosine cyclophosphate, an anticancer substance, which has a strong inhibitory effect on cancer cells and other health care functions, so it is not necessary to elaborate. Perhaps Zhanhua Dongzao is listed as the top ten fruit kings in China, which is not only delicious, but also the reason.
Lizao ripens in the middle and late September, and Dongzao1mid-October. There are more than 700 varieties of Zizyphus jujuba * * *, but we can only eat a few. In recent years, the most popular ones in the market are Shanxi Lizao and Zhanhua Dongzao. The fruit of Lizao is very big, reddish, inverted egg-shaped, pear-shaped or oval, and its maximum weight can reach more than 90 grams. Its popularity is mainly due to its thin skin, crisp meat and delicious juice. Winter jujube is the most famous in Zhanhua, Shandong Province. Its fruit is spherical, smaller than pear jujube, generally red in color, crisp in meat, not only sweet in taste, but also particularly heavy in jujube aroma.
In terms of nutritional value, there is not much difference between different kinds of dates. On the one hand, jujube is rich in nutrition, especially the vitamin C content is very high, which is 0/3 times that of orange and 60-80 times that of apple and banana. It is called "live vitamin C pill", and vitamin C has a good anti-cancer effect. On the other hand, jujube has a strong medicinal value. Chinese medicine believes that it can "nourish the mind and calm the stomach". Modern medicine has proved that jujube has the function of protecting the liver, and it is rich in a substance called cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which is of great help to the treatment of coronary heart disease.
However, if you want to eat authentic pear dates and winter dates, you can't be too impatient. Generally speaking, the authentic pear jujube ripens from the middle and late September to1early October, and the winter jujube ripens in the middle of1October. Some jujubes that are listed prematurely look bright red and watery on the surface, but they taste bitter and are not resistant to storage. This may be because they have been soaked in saccharin or sprayed with ripening agents, so attention should be paid to identification. In addition, when picking dates, it is found that the pedicle end of the dates is perforated or stuck with dark brown powder, which indicates that the dates have been eaten by insects, so it is best not to buy them.