When it comes to winter melon, I believe we have all eaten, this is our usual most common kind of vegetables, the shape is mostly long oval, looks similar to a pillow, so people will also call it pillow melon. Although the winter melon to ? Winter? word name, but actually is a summer production of vegetables, of course, with the current planting technology, in fact, in all seasons of the year can be planted.

Now although it is already in the fall, but we are still facing the autumn dryness, the weather is still relatively hot, so it is also a good time to eat winter melon. However, winter melon usually have white skin, black skin and green skin, which of these three is better? Don't buy it recklessly after you know it.

The three kinds of skin of the winter melon, from the nutritional aspect, in fact, there is not much difference. Whether it is a white skin winter melon, black skin winter melon, and green skin winter melon, they contain the same nutrients, and the real difference lies in the taste of winter melon above. White skin winter melon meat especially loose, especially rough, and the skin is thicker, the taste is the worst; and black skin winter melon, thin skin, thick meat, water is the most abundant, the meat is firm and delicate, the best taste; as for the green skin winter melon, that is certainly in between.

So, to buy, it is best to buy black skin winter melon most affordable, but how should the winter melon pick it? I believe that many people do not understand, after all, winter melon skin is hard and thick, from the appearance alone, it is still very difficult to distinguish. Here I will share with you the method of selecting winter melon, take a look at it.

Selecting winter melon, first of all, we should look at the winter melon skin whether there is damage, such as nick, scratches and so on, in addition to these man-made defects, there is also to see whether the skin has been exposed to the sun traces, such as some of the black spots and so on. In addition, we also need to observe the winter melon surface of the tiny hairs whether the damage is serious, if these conditions are met, it is most likely to be poor quality winter melon.

Then we look at the flesh of the winter melon is firm, with a little hand pressure, if the texture is relatively soft, it is easy to press the words, it means that the winter melon is either the flesh is relatively thin, there is no water, or is the internal deterioration. Then we weigh the weight, about the same size of the winter melon, the heavier, the water is naturally more, that is more worthwhile to buy.