How much is the price of pepper per jin in 2019? How to select and save?

Pepper is a common seasoning in daily life, put a little in hot pot, the taste is excellent; in addition, it can also be used as traditional Chinese medicine, with warm qi, cold, pain relief, insecticidal and other effects. So, how much is the price of pepper per jin in 2019?

Introduction to Zanthoxylum bungeanum!

1. What are the varieties of pepper?

At present, the main varieties of pepper in China are green pepper, Dahongpao, nine-leaf green, Phoenix pepper, bamboo leaf pepper, big red pepper, small red pepper, white sand pepper and so on, among them, Sichuan Jinyang specialty green pepper, Shaanxi Hancheng specialty Dahongpao pepper.

2. Can I drink Chinese pepper in water?

Zanthoxylum bungeanum can drink in water, which can effectively prevent colds and improve people's immunity; it can improve diseases such as runny nose; it can play the role of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, so that toothache is no longer painful; it can relieve the symptoms of snoring; women often drink it, which can drive out cold and relieve symptoms of dysmenorrhea.

Second, how much is the price of pepper per jin?

The output of Zanthoxylum bungeanum is not high, and it is not easy to pick, so the price is not cheap. If the quality is good, the price is even higher. Generally speaking, the price of a jin of fresh pepper is mostly between a few yuan and more than ten yuan. If it is sun-dried pepper, the general price of quality is about 30 yuan per jin, the price of good quality is 70 or 80 yuan per jin, and the price of specialty may be hundreds of yuan per jin.

Third, how to choose pepper?

1, take a look: there are mainly two kinds of pepper on the market, one is red pepper, the other is green pepper, red pepper should choose red, sessile, fine skin, uniform particles, less open seeds, green pepper should choose green, thick skin, strong aroma and no impurities.

2. Pinch it: you can pinch pepper with your hand to feel whether it is dry or not. Dry pepper will make a rustling sound when pinched. When you put it back, observe the palm to see if there are a lot of muddy impurities; if it is damp, or use your fingers to rub and decolorize it, it is recommended not to buy it.

3, smell: pepper has a natural fragrance, grab some with the hand, hold it for a moment in the palm of the hand, smell the back of the hand, if you can feel the aroma on the back of the hand, it means the quality is good; if you can't feel the aroma, or smell moldy palms or other miscellaneous smell, it means the quality is not good.

4. Taste: take a grain of pepper, gently bite it with your teeth, then touch it with the tip of your tongue, and then bite it out a few times to see if there is only hemp, if so, it means the quality is good; if there is bitterness, astringency and other abnormal taste, the quality is not good.

Fourth, how to preserve pepper?

1. How to preserve green pepper?

(1) first of all, wash the floating ash off the surface with clean water and dry it in a ventilated place; then, put the dried pepper into a small plastic bag, pour an appropriate amount of cold boiled water into the plastic bag and seal the mouth of the plastic bag; finally, put the sealed small plastic bag into the freezer and take it out when you want to eat it.

(2) first of all, wash the floating ash off the surface with clean water and put it in a ventilated place to dry the water; then, pour an appropriate amount of rapeseed oil into the pan, boil the oil, pour the dried pepper into the oil pan and cook it over low heat for 10 minutes to make pepper oil; finally, pour it in a glass bottle, seal it, put it in a dry place, and keep it for a long time.

2. How to preserve red pepper?

Red pepper is usually dried in the sun and then sealed in a glass jar. It can also be sealed in a plastic bag and placed in a cool, dry and ventilated place.

If the price of pepper is cheap, it is about a few yuan per jin, and if it is expensive, it is hundreds of yuan per jin. The specific price suggests going to the market at that time to check. If you want to buy Zanthoxylum bungeanum, you can pick out the ones of good quality according to the above four tips. Pepper will grow worms if it is not preserved properly, so be careful not to get damp, so as to avoid worms.