Fenghu Olive [Guangdong Jiexi Specialty]

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Summary:Do you want to know what Fenghu olives are? This article is a detailed introduction to Fenghu Olive, a specialty of Jiexi, Guangdong Province. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Fenghu Olive. The full text takes about 7 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Fenghu Olive and its nutritional value? What are the product characteristics of Fenghu olives? How did the history of Fenghu olives come about? Tasting and eating methods of Fenghu olives, etc

Basic introduction of Fenghu olives

Produced in Houjiao Village, Fengnan, Fengjiang Town, Jiexi County, it is one of the six excellent olives in Guangdong Province. Jiexi Fenghu olive is a well-known and excellent local variety with a cultivation history of over 100 years. It has been introduced from other counties. The fruit is wide and oval in shape, with a flat and blunt base. Some fruits can be placed vertically, and there are often three shallow grooves at the top of the fruit and small black spots protruding from the remaining style. From September to early November every year, we sell extensively in Chaoshan and transport to Southeast Asia and other places. Olive fruit is rich in calcium and vitamin C, which are beneficial to humans. It is an evergreen tree native to China. Known as the "three peaches, four plums, four olives, and seven olives", olives need to be cultivated for 7 years to bear fruit, and the maturity period is generally around October every year. The new olive tree started to bear very little fruit and only significantly increased after 25 years. Every time an olive tree bears fruit, it generally reduces production the following year and has a rest period of one to two years. Therefore, olive production varies in large and small years. Olives are also known as "green fruits". Because olives maintain their green color from raw to ripe. Olives are also known as "loyalty fruit" or "remonstrance fruit" because of their unique flavor of being bitter first and then sweet, which is similar to the character of ancient loyal ministers who advised them with bitterness. Olive is also known as the 'lucky fruit'. This is named by overseas Chinese, which not only indicates the high olive production in Fuzhou's history, but also expresses the attachment of overseas Chinese to their hometown (Fuzhou). It can also be used as a craft, such as carving Fenghua olives like olives

Fenghu olives have a waist drum shape, with a flat and blunt base that can stand upright, a blunt and slightly concave top, and small black spots protruding from the style. The skin is smooth, green in color, the flesh is white, the nucleus is reddish brown, and the nucleus is easy to separate from the flesh. The meat is crispy, sweet and astringent, with a mellow aftertaste. How did the history of Fenghu olives come about

During the Spring Festival in Chaoshan, the host welcomes guests to the hall and presents them with green olives on an elegant plate. They respectfully say, "Please betel nut!" Chaoshan people have long referred to inviting green olives as "respectfully betel nut". Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty believed that "bin" and "lang" were both names for ancient distinguished guests, and betel nut was homophonic with "bin" and "lang", so people called olives betel nut. There is a line in Su Shi's poetry that goes: 'The red tide rises to the cheeks and intoxicates betel nuts.'. During the Tang and Song dynasties, malaria was rampant in Chaozhou, and betel nut could dispel miasma, dispel valley qi, promote qi circulation, and promote qi circulation. Therefore, 'please betel nut' contains wishes for health and longevity. Olives are a precious fruit in Lingnan and were once a tribute to the capital of Jin. Offering them to guests carries a deep sense of respect

In Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" during the Ming Dynasty, it is said that olives "treat sore throat, throat juice, and can relieve all fish and turtle poisons; It is also used to aid digestion and increase appetite

Tasting and eating methods of Fenghu olives

Shantou fruit farmers can timely harvest, store, process, and pickle olives. Olives can be eaten fresh or used to make candied fruits, dried fruits, preserved fruits, and pickled vegetables. The fruit can often be processed into: pickled olives, large fruited olives, fragrant olives, peeled pastries, salted olives, and so on