Where are the best pine nuts produced? How to open pine nuts?

Pine nuts are known as "longevity fruit" for their rich nutrition and therapeutic value. They are a snack food that many people like to eat. In many southern cities, they are also a good gift for festivals. They are a kind of nut food that everyone likes to eat. Where are the best pine nuts produced? You must be very concerned! The following Encyclopedia Knowledge Network will slowly and in detail tell you so that you can eat more delicious!

Contents of this article

1. Where are the best pine nuts produced?

2. How can pine nuts open their mouths?

3. How can pine nuts open their mouths?

Where are the best pine nuts produced?

I think pine nuts are better in the Northeast. I have been to Changbai Mountain. The climate in the Northeast is cold and the growth of plants and animals is slow. Pine nuts can only be produced on pine trees that have grown for more than 60 years. They are not produced every year, but once every 3-5 years. The shell is very hard, and the size of the kernel varies from place to place. Pine nuts contain a lot of fat. After eating, it can increase the body's strength and heat. In ancient China, it was used as a laxative. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" said that it can "moisten the lungs and treat dryness." "Bie Lu" said: "It can moisturize the skin and remove dead muscles." "Kaibao Materia Medica" also praised it for its ability to "cure wind paralysis and dead muscles." Pine nuts are small and smooth the large intestine, so except for people with loose stools, other people can use it as a food to nourish the skin and increase calories.

It is produced in the mountainous forest areas of Northeast, Northwest and Southwest my country. Among them, the Changbai Mountain area in Jilin has a large output and good quality, because there are deep mountains and old forests there, no pollution, and there are great differences between the pine trees in Northeast China and the pine trees in the south. As for pine nuts, the pine trees in Changbai Mountain are the best in Northeast China.

How can pine nuts open their mouths?

Pine nuts are something that everyone likes to eat. This food is very nutritious, can strengthen the body, and prolong life.

Pine nuts are known as the "longevity fruit" because of their rich nutritional value and therapeutic value. They are a snack food that many people like to eat. In many southern cities, they are also a good gift for festivals.

In the past, we all said that pine nuts are delicious but difficult to open. Now, many places sell open pine nuts. The open pine nuts sold on the market now are opened by frying or soaking with chemicals (such as caustic soda, sodium metabisulfite, talcum powder, etc.), as well as by using pure physical principles such as pine nut opening machines. Chemically opened red pine nuts not only have little nutritional value, but eating too much will cause serious harm to the body. Fried pine nuts are yellow in color, uneven in particles, evenly opened, and have a long mouth; they have a short shelf life and feel greasy and slippery; pine nuts soaked in drugs (alkali) have a yellow appearance, uneven particles, but evenly opened, a short shelf life, and are flat and thin. Moreover, the taste is not good, the direct smell is heavy, astringent, and has a strange smell; physical opening (mechanical opening) is relatively black, the surface is rough, the particles are uniform, and the opening is uneven; it has a long shelf life, a rough feel, and tastes fragrant.

How can pine nuts open their mouths?

1. Put the pine nuts in a basin, fill it with clean water, and let the pine nuts soak for an hour. The purpose is to soften the pine nut shell and make it easy to break. Take out the pine nuts, put them in the steamer, and steam them over normal heat for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, take out the pine nuts and put them in a ventilated place to air dry. Turn on a low heat, put the air-dried pine nuts in a wok and dry-fry them. No need to add anything else. Keep stirring the pine nuts in the wok. When most of the pine nuts are open, you can take them out of the wok and eat them. (Apply the principle of thermal expansion and contraction)

2. First, dissolve the sugar into half a cup (80g glass) of sugar water and set aside. Put the yellow sand into the pot and fry until dry and hot, then pour the sugar water into the pot and stir well. As soon as the sugar smoke comes out, put the pine nuts in and stir-fry continuously (don't turn the heat too high). After frying for five or six minutes, take a few pine nuts and smash them open. If the kernels are yellow, they are cooked. Sieve out the sand and wait for the pine nuts to dry before eating.

3. Soak and grind the pine nuts with clean water. Steam at high temperature, keep the temperature at about 100 degrees, and steam for more than 30 minutes. Continue to fry in a wok for more than ten minutes. If the pine nuts do not open when eating, you can use pliers to open them.