When I was a child, I grew up in the countryside, when families are poor, children are not much snacks to eat, the only advantage is that the rural environment is still good, there are a variety of wild fruits on the mountain, so we often run to the mountains to pick wild fruits as a snack to eat. Like what wild persimmons, tea bubble, mulberry, abduction jujube, etc., all kinds of wild fruits have, the variety is very large.

And in so many kinds of wild fruits, there is a kind of wild fruit is impressive, it is the small watermelon. Small watermelon, the appearance and watermelon is extremely similar, light green melon skin surface with a variety of dark green pattern, but the head is very small, under normal circumstances with our thumb as big. This small watermelon in fact is not a watermelon, its scientific name is called brown hair horse cross child, this is a small grown up before I know, but even if you know it is not a watermelon, we have always called it a small watermelon.

This small watermelon, according to the flavor, in fact, closer to the cucumber, the flavor is light and refreshing, but also with a touch of sour feeling, as a fruit, it is actually not more delicious. Of course, at that time we were not very picky about what we ate, and it was good to have something to eat, so we didn't care if it tasted good or not. Nowadays, it is more often used for cooking, after all, people nowadays, both adults and children can not lack of snacks to eat.

Now, these small watermelon has been changed to a name, called the thumb watermelon, the price is soaring, before everywhere no one wants, now a catty will be hundreds of dollars, the price is simply high to frightening. But, also said earlier, although the thumb watermelon grows into the appearance of the fruit, but people are basically take it to do dishes to eat, like what fruit and vegetable salad ah, cold ah, pickled ah, and even take it to mix cocktails.

The above said thumb watermelon eating method, are foreigners eat, then in our country, people will how to eat it? In fact, it is mainly eaten raw. Because this thumb watermelon looks more peculiar, people will go to buy also because of curiosity, and after trying, people realized that its value is actually not worth hundreds of dollars. Such a thumb watermelon you will go to buy?