How much is the market price of August melon per jin?
August melon is the fruit of the three-leaf akebia (Akebia trifoliata). It gets its name because the fruit ripens and splits open in August. Its shape resembles a banana, and it is rich in sugar, vitamin C and 12 kinds of amino acids, as well as valine, methionine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, lysine and others that the human body cannot synthesize. The fruit tastes sweet and fragrant, is a pollution-free green food, and is known as the "wild banana". Now let us take a look at how much August melon costs!
How much does August melon cost?
August melon is a premium wild fruit and has been listed by the relevant authorities as a key development project. At present, the scope of artificial cultivation is relatively small, which also determines that the price of August melon is relatively expensive. Moreover, because regions differ, prices across the country vary widely, ranging from 15 yuan to 60 yuan, with the general price being around 35 yuan per jin.
Where is the producing area of August melon?
The producing areas of August melon are distributed in Shanxi, Hunan, Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet and other places, among which Tongren in Guizhou and the Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie, Hunan have the most. The August melon ripens and splits open in the lunar eighth month. In mountainous valleys and forest-edge shrublands such as Suoxiyu and Yangjiajie, wild resources are abundant, making it a premium wild fruit.
How to eat August melon
1. Eating August melon raw: If the August melon has not yet softened, it can be left for 5 to 7 days and then eaten mixed with honey or rock sugar to achieve a better health-preserving effect. If the peel and flesh of the August melon bought back are already soft, the plastic wrap can be removed, the peel pulled open, and the flesh taken out with a spoon to eat. Eating it together with the peel and seeds can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help digestion.
2. Honey-boiled August melon: Take 6 August melons, peel them, add an appropriate amount of honey and water, cook and eat. It is used for heat dysentery, poor food intake, or damp-heat diarrhea, scant dark urine, and reduced eating.
3. Stir-fried August melon peel: First cut the August melon peel into bite-sized pieces, pour in oil, add cumin, minced garlic, chopped scallion, curry powder, and chopped tomato, finally add the August melon peel, then add one spoonful of soy sauce, and stir-fry again.
4. Fried August melon: Take one August melon, open it, scoop out the flesh, stuff in minced meat seasoned with miso, then put it into a pan and deep-fry it.
5. Preserved Melon, Cumin and Tangerine Seed Soup: 30 grams of August melon, 10 grams of cumin, 12 grams of tangerine seed. Add water, decoct into a soup and take it. It is used for liver qi stagnation, lower abdominal pain, or swelling and pain from hernia.