Once it sold nationwide thanks to the fame of its name, but now it has fallen from grace and few people ask about it

Now, with the improvement of people's living standards, the variety of fruits we can eat is increasing, but the price of fruit is also getting higher and higher. Some of these fruits taste pretty good, and even if you pay a high price to buy them, you still feel it is worth it; but there are also some fruits that, although not cheap, really do not taste good. Today I will introduce to you a fruit that does not live up to its name.

This fruit is the ginseng fruit. When people talk about ginseng fruit, everyone thinks of the ginseng fruit in "Journey to the West." When I was little, I always thought the ginseng fruit shown on TV did not exist, until later I went to a fruit shop and saw ginseng fruit, and only then did I discover that ginseng fruit really does exist, only it does not have the magical effects shown on TV. And the price of ginseng fruit is not low either, probably because people feel a kind of curiosity about ginseng fruit. At that time, when ginseng fruit had just come on the market, the price was very expensive, with one jin costing more than 20 yuan. You could say it rode on the fame of its name, and many people were willing to buy it to taste just what ginseng fruit was like.

Although the price of ginseng fruit is not low, in terms of taste, everyone who has eaten it thinks they were cheated when they bought it. The taste of ginseng fruit is not even as crisp and tasty as cucumber, but its price is several times that of cucumber. But this hot sale did not last long. The original intention of many people buying ginseng fruit was simply to try something new, and once the novelty passed, it naturally faded. In earlier years, you could still see quite a few ginseng fruits in supermarkets, but now they are rarely seen. Even if there are any, they are placed in refrigerated display cases, and few people ask about them.

This ginseng fruit is not as magical as shown on TV. It may be that people are deeply impressed by the ginseng fruit in TV dramas, which is what gives people such beautiful expectations for ginseng fruit. But the taste of ginseng fruit is too different from traditional fruits such as apples, bananas, and melons, and it has even been called the most unpalatable fruit in the world by some people. Ginseng fruit tastes bland and flavorless. Apart from being crisp, it basically has no other characteristics, and it truly does not belong to the category of tasty fruits. Although it is not as magical as shown in TV dramas, ginseng fruit actually still has health benefits. Low fat, low sugar, and high protein are its advantages.

Now the price of ginseng fruit has also fallen. According to the latest price figures, the price per kilogram is 8 yuan. Now ginseng fruit is still fairly common. The fact that it is grown shows there is still a market. No matter for what reason people buy ginseng fruit, it shows that everyone is still willing to taste this fruit. In fact, once you gradually get used to the taste of ginseng fruit, it is actually not that hard to eat.