How to Wash Bayberry (Waxberry)? Benefits, Effects, and Price per Jin Explained
Bayberry is a common fruit in our daily lives, and many friends love to eat it. Bayberry is also known as Sheng Sheng Mei, Bai Di Mei, and Shu Mei, and carries the symbolic meaning of a “money tree” and a “green enterprise”. There are many places where bayberry is produced, with Yuyao in Zhejiang being the most famous; Yuyao bayberries are large and delicious, and every bayberry season they become a hot commodity on the market. So how do you wash bayberry? What are the benefits and effects of bayberry? How much does bayberry cost per jin?
1. How to wash bayberry?
1. Washing with clean water
Washing with clean water is the simplest and most convenient method. Put the bayberries you bought into clean water and wash them repeatedly, three times being most suitable. If you are not in a hurry, you can soak them for an extra half hour to remove parasites from the bayberries, and then you can enjoy the food.
2. Washing with salt water
Salt water has a certain sterilizing effect. After washing once with clean water, you can add an appropriate amount of salt to the bayberries, stir until dissolved, and then soak the bayberries for a quarter of an hour or thirty minutes to sterilize them and remove pests and diseases.
3. Washing with cornstarch
Many friends have only heard of washing fruit with salt water, and may be relatively unfamiliar with washing bayberry with cornstarch. Cornstarch can also filter out the small bugs in bayberries. First, add clean water and cornstarch to a basin, one spoonful of cornstarch is enough. Then stir to blend, place the bayberries in the water, and soak for a while just like with salt water, and you will see the dirty little bugs being cleaned out. Finally, rinse once more with clean water and they are ready to eat.
4. Washing with hot water
This method is more suitable for friends with very high requirements for food hygiene, because scalding bayberries with hot water will destroy the freshness and eating texture of the bayberries. However, it can cook the small bugs in the bayberries, and then rinsing with cold water is very easy.
5. Fruit cleaner and vinegar washing method
There are many fruit cleaners on the market, and everyone can choose the one they think is suitable to wash bayberries. Ordinary household vinegar is also a very good cleaner; you can add an appropriate amount of vinegar to clean water, because vinegar can irritate the bugs in bayberries.
6. Washing with baking soda
Baking soda is a familiar old friend to us. Besides cleaning dirt and removing rust marks, baking soda can also clean fruit. Add an appropriate amount of baking soda to clean water and stir so that it settles evenly, then put in the prepared bayberries, and gently wash and rinse them with your hands. This can play a sterilizing role and also soak out the small bugs in the bayberries.
Remember, no matter which method is used, a final rinse with clean water is necessary.
2. Benefits and effects of bayberry
1. Eating more bayberry can supplement various vitamins lacking in the body and strengthen the physique. Bayberry is rich in cellulose, vitamins, protein, fat, and other elements beneficial to the human body. It also contains a certain amount of amino acids, and in particular the content of calcium, iron, and phosphorus is higher than in other fruits.
2. Bayberry can help with weight loss. Bayberry is very low in calories; every 100 grams of bayberry contains only 28 calories, its fat content is so low it can be ignored, and it is rich in vitamins and calcium elements needed by the human body. During weight loss, you can eat more bayberry paired with other fruits and coarse grains, use it to replace staple foods, and combine it with exercise. While losing weight healthily, nutrition should not be abandoned either.
3. Bayberry has extremely high medicinal value. It can promote fluid production and quench thirst, and relieve alcohol and treat heart qi. The bayberry fruit is rich in vitamin C, iron, calcium, and other elements, and has an auxiliary effect on improving human immunity. The leaves and roots of bayberry contain tannins and can extract flavonoid substances, which, combined with medical technology, can be used as an astringent.
4. Bayberry can stimulate the appetite and relieve summer heat. In summer, many restaurants recommend an appetizer, and that is iced bayberry. After the bayberry is chilled, add carefully prepared juice, and finally garnish with mint leaves, making it a good summer appetizer.
3. How much does bayberry cost per jin?
Bayberry usually goes on sale in May, just as summer begins. Especially the Yuyao bayberry in Zhejiang that we mentioned has an early listing time, so the price is naturally a bit more expensive, generally 60 yuan per jin. The peak listing period for Yunnan bayberry is also concentrated in May, with a price of about 10-30 yuan per jin.
The above prices are for reference only, and the specific price should be based on the actual local situation.