Even the skin of this fruit can be eaten sweeter than the pulp. Vitamin C is five times the size of litchi. It's rare in the north.

Many people love to eat fruit, especially sweet and sour, pulp-rich fruit, both appetizer, but also supplement vitamins, is an essential food in the daily diet. Most fruits are eaten directly after peeling, such as oranges, oranges, grapefruit, bananas and other fruits need to be peeled. There are also some fruits that can be eaten with skins, such as apples, pears, nectarines, etc., but their skins are relatively thin and have no taste. People who pay attention to the points will take off the peels and eat them again.

Is there any fruit that can be eaten with the skin, and the skin tastes very sweet and delicious?

This kind of fruit does exist. It comes from Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Most southerners should have eaten it, but it is seldom seen in the north. This fruit is like a mini version of an orange. People who have eaten it will know when they see the picture that it is kumquat. Kumquat, also known as kumquat, records its history in the Orange Spectrum: "Kumquat (tangerine) comes out of Jiangxi, but people in the north do not know it." Jing Youzhong was the first master of Biandu, and because Empress Wen Cheng was addicted to it, the price was valuable. " Kumquat was a well-known fruit in the south in ancient China. According to historical records, Empress Wen Cheng, the favourite concubine of Song Renzong, especially likes kumquat, so the price of kumquat in the capital is very expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford it.

Today, kumquat is a popular fruit, the development of agricultural technology has optimized the variety of kumquat, many kumquat skin can be eaten, taste sweeter than pulp. And the nutrition of kumquat is basically on the skin, especially vitamin C accounts for 80%, but the pulp is not so nutritious. Kumquat peel contains vitamin C 200 mg (in terms of 100 g pericarp). Take litchi as an example, the vitamin C content in litchi pulp (100 g) is 40 mg, then the vitamin C content of kumquat is 5 times higher than that of litchi at the same weight.

Therefore, when people eat it, they all eat together with the skin, and its skin not only tastes fragrant, but also has the function of dietotherapy and health preservation. Often eating can promote thirst, appetizer, digestion, cough and phlegm, prevent colds, folk often process it into licorice orange cake, kumquat juice, kumquat wine. Usually when you eat kumquat products when your stomach and throat are uncomfortable, you will feel much more comfortable.

In addition, when the kumquat bears fruit, the whole plant is golden, and the folk also call it golden marbles, which is especially popular during the Spring Festival. Some farmers dwarf it, make it into a potted plant, sell it to the flower and bird market in the city, and achieve good economic benefits. Readers, have you ever eaten kumquat?