Nantang Peanuts [Guangdong Lufeng Specialty]

What is Nantang Peanut? Authentic Guangdong Lufeng specialty: Nantang peanuts

Summary:Do you want to know what Nantang peanuts are? This article is a detailed introduction to the Guangdong Lufeng specialty - Nantang peanuts. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network, who reviewed and collected relevant information on Nantang peanuts. The full text takes about 6 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Nantang peanuts and their nutritional value? How did the history of Nantang peanuts come about? Tasting and eating methods of Nantang peanuts, etc

Basic Introduction to Nantang Peanuts

"Nantang Peanuts" - Nantang is located in the southeast of Lufeng and is a hilly area with mostly sandy soil. The peanuts here are mostly three kernels (i.e. three kernels per peanut). Nantang peanuts are known for their high oil content and are excellent raw materials for extracting peanut oil

Annual herbaceous plants of the peanut genus. The roots have abundant root nodules; The stem and branches have edges, and the leaves are papery; The base of the petiole embraces the stem, ovate oblong to ovate in shape, with a blunt rounded tip, hairy on both sides, and with eyelashes on the edges; The edges of the leaf veins are interconnected to form a network; The flower is about 8 millimeters long; Bracts lanceolate; The corolla is yellow or golden yellow, the flag petal is open, the wing petal is separated from the keel petal, it is oblong or oblique ovate, the style extends beyond the calyx tube pharynx, the pod is swollen, the pod is thick, and the flowering and fruiting period is from June to August

The fruit of peanuts is a pod, and the color of the shell is mostly yellow white, but there are also yellow brown, brown or yellow ones, which is related to the variety and soil of peanuts. The seeds inside the peanut shell are commonly known as peanuts or peanut kernels, consisting of three parts: seed coat, cotyledons, and embryo. The color of the seed coat is light brown or light red. There are two pieces inside the seed coat. It is the raw material for producing edible vegetable oil. The oil extracted from peanut kernels is transparent, light yellow, and fragrant. The seeds contain 40-50% fatty oil, 20-30% nitrogen, 8-21% starch, 2-5% cellulose, 5-8% moisture, 2-4% ash, vitamins, etc. Peanuts can be processed into snacks

Tasting and Eating Methods of Nantang Peanuts

1. Vinegar soaked peanuts as an auxiliary treatment for hypertension. Soak peanuts in vinegar and consume them after one week. Take about 10 capsules each morning and evening

2. Braised pig trotters with peanuts to relieve constipation. 3 taels of peanuts, 1 pig trotter, stewed soup for consumption. Eat one meal a day, which can be consumed continuously for a week<3. Peanut, jujube, honey water moistens the lungs and tonifies the spleen. Boil 30 grams of peanuts, jujubes, and honey with red clothes together in water. After frying, you can drink soup, eat jujubes, and peanuts twice a day for 5-7 days. It has a relieving effect on symptoms such as chronic bronchitis and chronic cough<4. Stewed crucian carp with peanuts to alleviate swelling. Boil 60 grams of peanuts and 1 carp together in a soup, add a small amount of wine for seasoning, which has a relieving effect on people with nutritional swelling<5. Boil peanuts in water to protect the throat. Take 80 grams of peanuts with red clothes, boil them in water, eat peanuts, drink soup, and consume 1-2 times a day. It has a certain therapeutic effect on hoarseness