2. After scraping the skin, in order to avoid the dander sticking to the surface and forming spots when drying, it is best to rinse it with clear water to remove the dander.
3. Hang the peeled gourd with a rope and hang it in a cool, dry and ventilated place at home to avoid direct sunlight. After hanging for more than half a year, it was completely dry.
4. The gourd material thus dried is the best.
5. Be sure to dry it, and don't put it in a damp place to dry it, otherwise it will be easy to grow mildew spots.
6. First, choose a mature gourd.
7. Secondly, in order to dry the gourd faster, and for the convenience and beauty of subsequent processing, the skin of the gourd needs to be scraped off before drying.
8. Tie its pedicle with a rope and string it together.
9. This can increase the contact area between the gourd and the wind and air, and it can be dried faster.
10. Dry the bunched gourds in the sun.
1 1. In order to keep the color of the gourd consistent, it is necessary to turn the gourd regularly so that each side of the gourd can be evenly irradiated by the sun.
12. After airing for more than one week, the gourd will dry.
13. put water in the pot, put the fresh gourd in, boil it in water for about 5 minutes, then take it out and dry it.
14. Peel off the outermost thin skin of the gourd with a knife, and the cooked gourd will be peeled off easily.
15. Scrape the gourd skin gently from the top of the gourd.
16. Wipe the skin off the bottom of the gourd. If the skin at the bottom is not cleaned, it will become moldy.
17. Peel off the whole gourd.