Beijing gourd jujube pictures and how to eat Beijing gourd jujube

People usually eat dates, but most of the dates they eat are round or nearly oval. However, there is a special date tree in Beijing, and its fruit is called gourd date. People on the road call this grass gourd date. Today I will introduce to you how to eat it in Huludao, Beijing. At the same time, I will share pictures of Beijing gourd dates with you, so that you can understand what it looks like.

Beijing gourd jujube pictures

Beijing gourd dates can be planted as an ecological protection tree species or as an ornamental plant. The fruit of this plant matures around mid-September every year. It is a light-loving plant with strong adaptability. Its leaves are green and the fruit is rice gourd-shaped with a spindle-shaped core in the middle.

How to eat Beijing gourd dates

1. Direct consumption

Beijing gourd dates are a delicious fruit that can be eaten directly. This fruit is picked when it is ripe, and its skin will turn red at this time. After picking, it can be eaten directly after washing. People can eat Beijing gourd dates directly, taste its fresh taste and absorb rich nutrients. It can replenish energy for the body and relieve fatigue.

2. Boil sugar water

Beijing gourd dates can also be used to make sweet soup. When making sweet soup with it, you need to wash the fully ripe Beijing gourd dates. It is best to cut them in the middle and remove the core. Then put them in a clean small pot, add appropriate amount of water and put in a few pieces of rock sugar. If you like, you can also put in lotus seeds, longan, lily and other ingredients to cook together. After cooking, let it cool down and you can eat it.

3. Steamed

Beijing gourd dates can also be steamed and eaten. Because many people will experience adverse reactions such as diarrhea and bloating when eating fresh Beijing gourd dates, you can wash the fresh Beijing gourd dates, steam them in a pot, and then eat them. This will allow people to absorb the effective nutrients in the Beijing gourd dates without increasing the burden on the spleen and stomach.

The above introduces some questions about Beijing Huludao, which can let you understand what Beijing Huludao looks like and also master the eating methods of Beijing Huludao. In the future, when you have the opportunity to eat Beijing Huludao, just eat it according to the correct method introduced above.