Nowadays, fruits are becoming more and more expensive. As the types of fruits continue to grow, we have more and more choices. With the rapid development of e-commerce, we have included fruits from all over the world. It can be said that "there are only fruits that you can't think of to eat, and there are no fruits that you can't buy." For most young people, as long as the conditions permit and the price is right, they can buy their favorite fruits.
However, whether in physical stores or in e-commerce, the price of durian is always prohibitive. If you want to eat it, you have to think about it before you start, like Golden Pillow Durian, especially Malaysian Maoshan King is really expensive, but the taste is also "always thinking about".
Why are durians so expensive? With the editor below, let’s take a look at the durian tree .
Durian is called the "King of Fruits". Some people say that there are only two kinds of people in the world. Will become addicted.
The taste of durian is endless and unstoppable, but the smell of durian makes people retreat and stay away. It is like a thorn on the body, making people unable to speak. It takes a great challenge spirit to approach it. Can.
Durian's unique taste can always scare many people away, but it still has a bad "fan", especially its taste like ice cream, very delicate and soft, with enough sweetness, and the more it tastes, the more fragrant it is. The taste is enough to make people more addicted as they eat it, and eat durian to the point of sustaining it.
Some friends think that eating durian will cause bad breath, and two young couples will never put durian in front of them. " actually does not smell durian, but the fragrance is too strong ",In my memory, this is a friend who loves to eat durians, eating durians with endless aftertaste, and saying to other people who can't stand the ‘smelly’ durians.
Durian's smell is prohibitive, in fact, for durian, its taste is enough to "free itself", just like its sharp shell and strong taste, it is very willful and I like it. Jimmy smells its scent, but the one who doesn’t like it smells the smell, which is called " biochemical weapon".
It turns out that the smell of durian is not bad. It is the sulfur compound of durian itself. This is also the main source of durian smell. The smell of sulfide is close to the smell of rotten onion, stinky tofu, and sulfur. Durian sublimates this smell. At the height of "not for the most beautiful, but for the most smelly", I really don't know whether to be moved by the spirit of durian or to praise the courage of those who eat durian.
I have to say that although durian smells bad, but its nutritional value is very high. Durian pulp contains many trace elements, which is not only delicious, but also nourishes the skin, and its The shell and core also have certain medicinal effects.
According to researchers, when durian matures, this strong odor is important to promote seed dissemination. Its strong odor can attract squamous animals such as elephants and orangutans . The pit of the fruit fell to the ground and took root, a few years later, it grew into a towering tree.
Faced with the "tempting" fruit of durian, I don't know how many friends there are, holding their noses, rejecting its smell, while tasting its deliciousness, entangled and wanting to stop, but how to avoid its taste , I'm afraid this is a difficult problem for the ages.
Nutrient content of durian
Growth habit and maturity season of durian
Durian is a tropical evergreen tree with a height of about 18 meters. Durian trees have extremely harsh conditions for the surrounding environment. If the temperature and humidity are not up to the standard, durian is difficult to seed. Therefore, its origin is in Malaysia, and its cultivation areas are distributed in Southeast Asian countries.It is also planted in parts of our country, such as Guangdong and Hainan Province.
The common durian color is brown, and its hard and thorny skin can not cover its smell, and the pale yellow flesh, soft and sweet taste, have repeatedly demonstrated its maverick, huge fruit, on the fruit stand It occupies an absolute position, and people can see it at a glance, but it is always full of entanglement with the smell of it that is thousands of miles away.
Among them, Thailand is the country with the largest production of durians. If you are a friend of durians, you will definitely feel the satisfaction of having an all-you-can-eat durian. You can see durians everywhere in Thailand. They are cheap. Surprising prices are characteristic of Thailand.
A mature durian weighs about 5 catties, and this weight is grown on the tree. It is hard to imagine what kind of tree can withstand such a huge "fruit". ?
This may be one of the reasons why the durian tree is very tall.
The durian fruit is big and strong, the fruit is hard, densely packed triangular thorns, there are layers of aril to the pulp inside. After breaking it hard, you can see the attractive pale yellow flesh, sticky and juicy durian. Fruits of unique economic value.
There are several reasons why durians are so expensive:
1. The growth of durian trees
"Durian fruit on the durian tree, you and me under the durian tree." The meaning of the words is that due to the various characteristics of the durian tree, the durian fruit is not so easy to grow, so you and I under the durian tree can only wait silently for the fruit of the expensive durian tree! It is enough to explain one of the reasons why durians are so expensive. , That is, the durian tree has a long maturity cycle.
Durian trees are different from other fruit trees in that their planting density is not high. Because durian trees diverge extremely large, one tree needs to cover an area of about 20 square meters, and about 666 trees can be planted in one mu of land.In fact, this is not the case. The planting density of durian trees is not high.
A durian tree. The gratifying thing is that its dense branches are covered with small fruits. Looking around, there are at least four to five hundred durian fruits on the tree.
And it takes enough patience to grow durians. It takes about 3-5 years for a durian tree to grow from seedlings, and some even 6-8 years to bear fruit, and the bigger the durian fruit, This means that the longer the durian tree bears fruit, some durian trees take about 18 years to bear fruit.
For such a long time, even if a durian tree is full of four or five hundred durian fruits, the growers need to wait for a long time before they can wait for the harvest. The expensive ones are not durians, they are waiting. time.
2. Difficulty of picking
Naturally ripe durians will fall naturally from the tree after they mature. To ensure the storage and integrity of the durians, fruit growers can only climb to them with bare hands in advance Using scissors to cut the durian that is about to mature on the tree canopy more than ten meters high, the picking process is extremely dangerous.
The maturity period of durian fruit is almost the same. Hundreds of durian fruit on a tree tend to mature in one time period. Once the durian matures, the peel will split quickly, and it will grow from more than ten meters high in a few days. When the tree fell, it was not long for the grower to pick the durian fruit.
3. Consumer psychology
There are only a few countries in the world that can produce durian. With the transportation and delivery of thousands of miles, some market factors make the price of durian very expensive. Like the taste of durian, it stimulates the consumer psychology of buyers.
tends to be more expensive, but the more attractive it is to buy and taste the uniqueness of durian. Durian has become a status symbol. Many people don’t really like to eat durian very much.But it seems embarrassing not to eat.
In fact, ordinary durians are not expensive, because our country's durian output is not high, and it is completely dependent on imports. For example, the golden pillow in Thailand is only about 30 yuan per catty, while the Musang King in Malaysia is really expensive, 150 yuan per catty. , But the taste is really good, and in the northern part of our country, the price of a pound of durian is even higher than the price of a pound of ribs.
Durian has different tastes from natural ripening and ripening. How to choose?
There is a big difference between natural ripening and ripening of durians. When selecting, one is to look at the color. The ripe color will show a golden yellow, and the ripened durian will have a faint green.
is still distinguished from the smell, the smell of naturally ripe durian exudes a unique fresh and elegant smell, while the naturally ripe durian will have a taste of fruit ripening agent.
Naturally ripened and accelerated durian can also be distinguished in terms of taste. Naturally ripened durians taste like ice cream, with a sweet and authentic taste, while ripened durians taste completely different with a bitterness.
In short, although durian is good, its sugar content is also very high. It is not recommended for friends with high blood sugar to eat more.
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