The origin of longan and how to identify longan

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The origin of longan and how to identify longan

Longan is very common in our daily life and can be bought in some fruit supermarkets. It also has another name, longan. In fact, every fruit has its unique origin. Today, the editor will introduce to you: the origin of longan and how to identify longan.

It is said that a long time ago, there was an evil dragon in Fujian. Every August when the sea water was high tide, it would stir up wind and waves, destroy crops, ruin houses, and kill countless people and animals. The surrounding people had to flee their homes and hide in caves.

There was a young man with great martial arts skills in the local area, named Guiyuan. He saw the evil dragon stirring up trouble and decided to fight the dragon to get rid of the evil for the people. In August, when the high tide came, he prepared wine, pork and mutton and put them together. After the evil dragon came ashore, he was so greedy that his mouth was watering when he saw the pork and mutton, and he ate all the pork and mutton in a few bites. Because the pork and mutton were soaked in a lot of wine, the evil dragon lay on the ground motionless before it could walk far. At this time, Guiyuan raised his steel knife and stabbed the dragon's left eye. The dragon's eye was stabbed out, and the evil dragon rolled back and forth in pain. When he was about to escape, Guiyuan grabbed the dragon's horn and rode on the dragon. When the evil dragon tried hard to get rid of Guiyuan, Guiyuan stabbed the evil dragon's right eye with a steel knife, and the evil dragon lost both eyes and screamed in pain. After a fight, the evil dragon died of excessive bleeding. Guiyuan also died because of the serious injuries he suffered in the fight.

Thus, a kind of fruit grew in this place, which people called "longan" or "longan".

There is another saying that ancient people compared the round spherical fruit of longan to various kinds of eyes. The large longan was called dragon eye, the medium-sized one was called tiger eye, and the smallest one was called ghost eye, but modern people all call them longan or longan.

Quality identification of longan

(1) Longan is best when it is large, thick, round and symmetrical in shape, white and soft, transparent or translucent, and sweet in taste.

(2) Pinch the fruit with three fingers. If the shell is hard, it is unripe. If it feels soft and elastic, it is ripe. If it is soft and inelastic, it is overripe and about to go bad.

(3) When peeling longan by hand, the ones with the flesh and core easily separated and soft and non-sticky are of good quality. If the flesh and core are difficult to separate, the flesh is dry and hard, or the core is red, the quality is poor.

(4) If there are white spots on the shell or the end of the stem, it means that the flesh has begun to mold; if there are a few white mold flowers on the shell, the flesh is slightly moldy; if there are many white mold flowers, the flesh is heavily moldy and cannot be eaten.

(5) Pour the longan onto the table. Good longan has a high sugar content and the shell, flesh and core are connected, so it is not easy to roll on a flat surface. Poor quality longan is easy to roll.