Beigua?

Chinese name: Beigua? Latin name: Cucurbita? pepo?

Morphological characteristics: Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae is an annual creeping herb. The stems have translucent rough hairs. Tendrils bifurcate. Leaves papery, triangular or ovoid. Flowers monoecious, solitary, yellow. The shape of fruit varies with varieties, and the seeds are white. ?

Habitat distribution of north melon: it is cultivated all over the world. ?

Use: The fruit is used as a vegetable. This species is a variety of zucchini and can also be used as an ornamental. ?

Introduction: "Beigua" is a semi-wild plant. Because of its low yield, and without the sweetness of watermelon, the fragrance of wax gourd and the high yield of pumpkin, people don't know much about it?

The northern melon is shaped like a pumpkin but smaller, also known as peach pumpkin, and its skin color is red and yellow like gold, so it is also called golden melon. Sweet taste, non-toxic, with the effect of moistening lung and relieving asthma. People in China often treat asthma.

According to the farmers in Shuangcheng who sell the melon, the melon belongs to the vegetable variety, and it is not suitable for large-scale planting because of its low yield. These melons were planted in a small amount in the small vegetable garden in front of his house. I wanted to sell them by the way when I wanted to sell vegetables, but I didn't expect them to be very popular with the public. It took less than a week to sell one yuan a kilogram, and dozens of kilograms of melons planted at home were sold out. According to him, Beigua can be eaten raw, and can also be used for cold salad and stir-fried dishes. The difference between pumpkin and watermelon is that the pulp of pumpkin is yellow, and the taste is slightly sweet and fragrant.

therapeutic value

Beigua contains starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus.

The practice of north melon

Many people cook porridge.

1 Beigua millet porridge: Wash the Beigua (the skin can also be eaten) and then cut it into small pieces, of course, not too small. When cooking porridge, put the Beigua into the pot and cook it together when the rice is almost ripe. Cook it for 10 minutes. Take a small piece and taste it. When it's cooked, you can drink Beigua millet porridge.

2 Steamed North Melon: Wash the North Melon (the skin can also be eaten), then cut it into pieces and steam it in a pot. It will be cooked in about 20 minutes, which is especially sweet. If you fry it, you just cut it into shreds and put some lean meat in it for frying.