In the early winter, under the warehouse of Shenao Village, Shangju Town, Pingyuan County, you can see the busy scene of villagers drying and processing persimmons everywhere, and the village is filled with the joy and sweet taste of harvest.
After driving six or seven kilometers from the entrance of the village, you will arrive at the warehouse of She Nao Village, where red persimmons are all over the yard, balcony and roof, showing a prosperous harvest scene. In front of the door of the villager Wu Chengzhou's house, the bamboo shelves are neatly and densely placed with peeled persimmons, and the doorway has become a sea of orange, exuding an attractive fragrance in the sun. Wu Chengchuan, who has been engaged in persimmon processing for more than 40 years, is an authentic "persimmon drying expert", he told reporters that each persimmon has to go through more than 10 processes such as fruit selection, peeling, drying, kneading, and drying, which is very time-consuming.
The persimmon fruit should be dried naturally for about three days, and we will pinch the persimmon slightly to better promote the sugar production of the persimmon cake and improve the taste of the persimmon. In the morning, when the sun was shining, Wu Chengzhou began to "pinch the heart", kneading the persimmons one by one into a flat cake shape, so that the persimmons were fully saccharified.
It is understood that the local villagers use the spare time to process persimmons, select high-quality fruits with upright fruit shape, and complete the processing in more than 20 days after peeling, drying, kneading cakes, frosting and other links. Because the local persimmon has been using the traditional production process, the dried persimmon is round and full, the background color is dark red, the white frost is like snow, the entrance is soft and glutinous, rich in nutrition, and the old and young like to eat.
Every year around the beginning of winter, the persimmons are picked around the beginning of winter, and my persimmons are dried by pure nature, which is very popular with customers. Wu Chengzhou picked up a bag of packaged persimmons and introduced, "The average market price per catty is 25 yuan, and now 1,000 catties have been sold, half of which are sold online." "The cake is not only a popular seller in Hong Kong, but also famous, and has gradually stepped out of Weilong and into the homes of ordinary people in the Greater Bay Area, becoming another important way for local farmers to increase their income and get rich.
South+ reporter He Yuanni.
Correspondents: Yuan Zhipeng, Zhang Zhankui, Zeng Xueling.
Author] He Yuanni.
*] Southern Press Media Group Nanfang + client.