Can't tell male from female tangerines? Let me teach you how to pick delicious tangerines

I wonder if you have any little quirks when eating tangerines? I certainly do! Every time I eat a tangerine, it takes less than a minute to eat, but peeling it takes a long time! Because I especially love to peel off all the white tissue on the tangerine until it is completely clean, not a shred left, which is probably a bit of an obsessive-compulsive feeling! I wonder if any friends are like me!

Tangerines also come in different degrees of sweetness, some people like them sweeter, some like them a bit more sour. Did you know that tangerines are actually divided into male and female? Generally speaking, female tangerines have thin peel and lots of juice, and are very popular with everyone~

A few days ago when I was buying tangerines, I happened to see an old man picking tangerines, so I casually asked him how to tell male from female tangerines and pick out the delicious ones. I never expected that the few tricks he taught me really worked! Every one I pick is sweet! Today I will teach everyone how to pick tangerines!

Touch them

When choosing tangerines, you generally pick them yourself, so you will definitely touch them, but how should you touch them to pick out delicious tangerines? This comes down to testing the firmness of the tangerine. When choosing tangerines, note that you should not pick ones that are too soft. These may have been stored too long or may be overripe; the main problem is that they are not fresh, which greatly affects the taste.

Tangerines that are too hard either have overly thick peel or are not fully ripe. This kind of tangerine will be very sour and astringent, and all you will get after buying them home is bitterness!

Look at them

Besides checking whether the tangerine's appearance is intact, whether it is glossy, and whether it looks fresh, there is also a key part: the bottom of the tangerine. The bottom of a female tangerine is sunken inward, with a small black circle in the very middle. When choosing, try to pick this kind of tangerine; it will taste much better than a male tangerine~

There is another place you should look at carefully when buying tangerines, and that is the bottom of the tangerine, the part similar to our belly button. If you want a delicious tangerine, choose one where the circle at the navel position is a bit larger; this kind of tangerine will taste better. The principle is the same as with navel oranges! The reason navel oranges are called navel oranges is that the circle at their navel position is relatively large, which is why they taste so good!

Surely some friends will ask, then what exactly is bad about male tangerines? That is because male tangerines have a higher chance of having thick peel and being sour and astringent, which affects the tangerine's taste. When we usually eat tangerines, aren't we just looking for a sweet-and-sour, tasty fruit? So when choosing, pick female tangerines as much as possible~

In addition, have you actually noticed that the whole tangerine is a treasure! Even the tangerine pith that I pull off every time I eat a tangerine can be used as medicine and has very good medicinal properties. The peeled tangerine peel can also be dried in the sun or slightly processed into dried tangerine peel, and can even be used to make tea! It is fragrant and reduces internal heat, truly a must-have fruit for autumn!

I never expected that the whole tangerine is a treasure. Have you all learned the little tricks for picking tangerines that I taught you today? September and October are the months for eating tangerines, so hurry and buy some to try!