During the citrus harvest season, pick the citrus skin when it turns from green to yellow. Take only the peel of the citrus, cut the citrus open with three or four knives, take out the citrus peel, dry it in the sun, and store it for a certain period of time.

A good piece of tangerine peel.

In addition, tangerine peel is used in making many Cantonese dishes. It is not a big problem to store it at home, and it is also quite easy to store. It does not need to dig a cellar for low-temperature storage like red wine.

As long as things like tangerine peel are not placed in a humid place and don't let it grow mold, it's fine.

And even if there is mold, as long as the mold spots are not red or black, it can still be eaten. As long as it is exposed to the sun for a period of time, the mold spots on it will automatically fall off.

And it is very convenient to use. The most important thing is that the medicinal properties of tangerine peel are very mild, so both the elderly and children, sick or not, can eat it.

Li Xiao's eyes kept scanning over the shops with a sense of age, and he hesitated whether to start his own live broadcast.

However, after thinking about it, he still rejected the idea. Although there is a wholesale business here, the price will not be much lower if he comes here to get the goods as a newbie.

If you really want to bring you some good products, it’s best to go to the local area.

Besides, I need to start a live broadcast later when I'm cooking, so I'm not in a hurry.

Li Xiao took a look at the price. He had never bought anything like this before. After all, it was his mother who did the grocery shopping at home, and after he left, he rarely saw things like tangerine peel outside.

Normally, tangerine peels that are less than three years old do not appear on the market, because there is a paradox here. Tangerine peels that are less than three years old are not called tangerine peels, and those with a shelf life of less than three years can only be called peels or orange peels.

Only when the storage time reaches the wonderful point of three years can tangerine peel be called tangerine peel, and as time goes by, the longer the aging time, the higher the value.

This is similar to abalone. The longer the storage time of abalone, the better.

The price of three-year-old tangerine peel that is just ready for consumption here is very low. You can get a pound for 100 yuan. If you want more, the boss will give you some appropriate discounts, but once the time goes by, the price will increase.

will start to soar.

Li Xiao has no intention of looking at some tangerine peels of relatively small vintages. After all, he is not short of a hundred or dozens of dollars now. He is targeting tangerine peels with a storage period of more than 10 years.

Although tangerine peel is easy to preserve, because it is used in large quantities, the older it is, the smaller the inventory on the market is. However, the inventory of tangerine peel that is about 10 years old is still very large.

Li Xiao looked at a few stores, and basically they all fluctuated between 600 and 800 yuan per catty.

As for why there is such a price fluctuation, it mainly depends on the quality of the tangerine peel.

Since there is a kind of weather called Hui Nantian in Guangdong, tangerine peel, which seems to be very easy to preserve, is actually very dangerous in Guangdong.

Because once we return to Nantian, the humidity in the air will be very high. Many times, the ground and walls will be covered with water droplets. In some serious cases, you need to turn on the dehumidification function of the air conditioner at home 24 hours a day, otherwise there will even be water droplets on the ground.

Stagnant water, yes it is stagnant water!!! You read that right!!!

This also leads to the fact that tangerine peels can be obtained only if they are not stored in a humid place. It is very easy to become damp and moldy due to the influence of Hui Nantian. This may cause the entire batch of tangerine peels to be unusable, which is why the quantity of tangerine peels is small.

One of the reasons.

However, as mentioned before, if mold appears, it can still be used as long as it is dried in the sun, but this will reduce its medicinal value and its appearance will be seriously affected.

In some serious cases, it may even be necessary to break off several leaves before they can be preserved.

It needs to be mentioned here that tangerine peel usually has three, four or six leaves. As for how many leaves come out, it depends on the number of pieces peeled off when making tangerine peel.

The number of leaves will not affect the efficacy of tangerine peel, but it will affect its appearance. In order to prevent the leaves of tangerine peel from falling off, it is usually made into the shape of three leaves.

In this way, the joints of the leaves will be thicker, and the tangerine peel will not break due to excessive dryness.

Once the leaves of tangerine peel break, the price will plummet.

Because normally, leaves will not break. Breakage usually occurs because of improper storage, resulting in mold or insect infestation.

So those moldy, spoiled, and insect-eaten leaves were artificially pulled out, which led to his missing arms and legs. This can also explain why the appearance affects the medicinal value.

The price of 800 per kilogram seems high, but it is not. After all, the longer the tangerine peel is stored, the lighter it will be. Ten years ago, there might be one kilogram, but 10 years later, there may be only seven or eight taels left. In addition, there are storage costs and losses.

The costs, as well as labor finishing costs are also there.

It’s not that there aren’t tangerine peels that are older and more effective in the market.

But Li Xiao does not have the relevant skills to tell whether those tangerine peels that are said to be 20 or 30 years old are genuine. Although the Cantonese Cuisine Skill Mastery contains some information on the use of tangerine peel, it is only incidental knowledge after all, not detailed. He just
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