Thorned pearPearThis type of fruit is rarely seen in plains, and its main production areas are Guizhou and Yunnan. It is covered with thorns and is also known as "thorn pear", "thorn sour pear", "nine-headed bird", and "Wen Xian fruit". It is a nutritious and beneficial fruit for health and fitness.

Effects and benefits of thorny pear

Although thorny pear doesn't look very attractive, it has many benefits and effects that cannot be ignored.The effects and benefits of thorny pear are numerous:

1. It can improve body constitution problems, and for women, it also provides great help, especially in weight loss. It can promote the burning of fat and help with weight loss.

2. Thorny pear is rich in vitamin C, which can enhance the body's resistance to infection.According to research by experts like Xie Huimin, vitamin C and substances like nitrite interact with alkalis to eliminate the carcinogenic effect of nitrite.

3. Thorny pear contains abundant SOD (superoxide dismutase). Eating fresh thorny pear and processed products can increase the activity of SOD in the body, reduce the formation of lipo peroxides (LPO), and have obvious anti-aging effects.

How to eat thorny pear

How to eat thorny pear?In fact, there are ways to eat thorny pear skillfully. Remove the thorns on the surface, remove the core, and you can eat it raw.You can also soak itin sugarorsticky ricewine, to make delicious thorny pear juice and thorny pear wine.The following introduces a more innovative way to eat it.

Thorny pear iceSoup

Ingredients: 100g thorny pear,japonica rice300g

Additions and seasonings:white sugar30g, water as needed

Method:

1. Mash and break the thorny pear, then remove the pulp (or cook the juice to remove the pulp), leaving the juice.

2. Put washed rice and ice sugar into the thorny pear juice and cook together to make soup.

3. Put the soup in the refrigerator to freeze.

How to store thorny pear

How to store thorny pear?It is difficult to find fresh thorny pear in the market because it grows wild in the southwest region of China, and its yield is low, so it is also difficult to store. Therefore, we most often see dried thorny pear.However, you can still buy fresh thorny pear in Yunnan and Guizhou during the ripening season, so how should fresh thorny pear be preserved?

Keep fresh thorny pear in the refrigerator, and adjust the refrigeration temperature to around 5-10℃. In this temperature environment, thorny pear can be better preserved without losing nutrients.Please do not put it in the freezer of the refrigerator, because freezing will make vitamin C in thorny pear lose, and also make the cell walls of the fruit break, affecting the taste and nutritional value.

Can thorny pear be eaten with water?

Can thorny pear be eaten with water?Yes, generally thorny pear is soaked in water, so how to soak thorny pear in water?

Firstly, the most suitable water temperature for soaking thorny pear is 70 degrees Celsius, because thorny pear is rich in vitamin C, and if it is soaked in boiling water, it will destroy vitamin C, which will not achieve the desired health benefits.

Secondly, the thorny pear fruit is relatively hard, and it needs to be fully immersed in water to release the nutrients of the thorny pear. Pour the first water to 1/3 of the cup, shake it and pour out the water, then add 80% of the water, cover the cup and let it steep for 10 minutes.Open the lid to drink, and continue adding water, no need to cover the lid again until the thorny pear releases its nutrients.

Can pregnant women eat thorny pear?

Can pregnant women eat thorny pear?Pregnant women cannot eat thorny pear, and the reasons are as follows:

Everyone says that thorny pear is a nutritious fruit, so can pregnant women eat it?In fact, they can, because it contains a lot of vitamin C, which is beneficial for fetal development!However, it is cold and cold, so women with cold stomachs should eat less.

Thorny pear is a nutritious and beneficial fruit for health and fitness, and its harvest period is less than 30 days.The fruits are mostly flat and round, with a diameter of about 2-4 centimeters, and the fruits ripen in August and September. The color is yellow, sometimes with red edges.The flesh is crisp and fragrant when mature.The fruit has many thorns, which are commonly known as "thorny pear".

The fruit contains abundant vitamin C, and 100g of fresh fruit contains about 2000mg of vitamin C, so it is called "vitamin C king".