What does bayberry taste like? How to store the leftover bayberries?

Bayberry, also known as Shengshengmei and Baidimei, tastes sweet and sour and is rich in glucose, fructose, citric acid, malic acid, lactic acid and wax, etc. It has high edible and medicinal value. Bayberry has bright color. At present, all parts of the country have entered the hot summer. It is suitable to eat more bayberry in summer!

Contents of this article

1. What does bayberry taste like?

2. How to store the leftover bayberries?

3. Should you spit out the seeds when eating bayberry?

What does bayberry taste like?

The taste of bayberry: a blend of sweet and sour, with a soft texture. The first thing you feel when you bite it is the sour taste, which then gradually fades away, and a strong sweet taste seeps out. The fruit of bayberry is bright in color and has high nutritional value. It is suitable to eat more bayberry in summer.

Bayberry, also known as Shengshengmei, Baidimei and Shumei, is native to Yuyao, Zhejiang, China and has high medicinal and edible value.

Bayberry is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Anhui, Taiwan and other provinces in China.

Bayberry has luxuriant branches and leaves and is an excellent tree species for landscaping and production. It can be planted in a dense manner to separate spaces and provide shade.

How to store leftover bayberries

The leftover bayberries can be stored in the refrigerator or frozen. Generally, they can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days, and in the freezer for longer. They can also be candied or salted, or used to make bayberry wine, dried bayberries, and made into jam.

Bayberry, also known as Shengshengmei and Baidimei, is native to Yuyao, Zhejiang, China. It has high edible and medicinal value.

Bayberry tastes sweet and sour, rich in glucose, fructose, citric acid, malic acid, lactic acid and wax, and contains monoglucosides and a small amount of diglucosides of anthocyanins. The leaves contain volatile oils and tannins and are rich in nutrients.

The season when bayberry matures is generally from May to July. Every year at this time, there will be continuous cloudy and rainy weather, so this time is also called the plum rain season.

Should you spit out the seeds when eating bayberry?

Bayberry pits are large and hard. If you swallow them forcefully, it may cause some harm to the human body. Even if you swallow them, they are not easily digested and absorbed in the stomach and intestines. Therefore, eating the pits is not advisable. Eating bayberry without spitting out the pits is harmful and has no benefits. You will not get any nutrition after eating it, so it is not worth swallowing.

If you accidentally eat bayberry pits, you can drink some hot water, or eat some vegetables containing cellulose, or eat some honey water, bananas, watermelons and other foods to help the bayberry pits be excreted from the body. Generally speaking, if you only eat a few bayberry pits, it will probably not cause discomfort, and you can just have a normal bowel movement.