How to wash fresh dates

Now people's living conditions are getting better and better. During the Chinese New Year and other festivals, everyone will buy a lot of food and eat it together at home. Peanuts, melon seeds, nuts, fruits, etc. are all indispensable snacks. Some girls who like to eat dates will prepare more at home. Generally, the dates people buy are processed. If you buy fresh dates, how can you wash them cleanly? Let's find out together.

1. The specific method of washing fresh dates is as follows:

1. Rinse the smooth epidermis with running water;

2. Soak and wash in warm water. That is to say, just soak the dates in warm water for a while and then pick them up;

3. Scrub with a soft brush;

4. Wash with rice soup or thin paste. The paste used can be made of appropriate amounts of rice paste, flour paste, lotus root powder and various starch pastes. Add an appropriate amount of jujubes that need to be washed. Stir the jujubes in the same direction, then take them out and rinse them with warm water.

Second, the purchase method of fresh dates:

1. Look at the color of the dates' skin. The skin of good jujubes is purple or dark red, the grains are uniform in size, the fruit is short, strong and round, with few wrinkles and shallow marks, the skin is thin and the core is small, and the flesh is thick and fine. If there are many wrinkles, the marks are deep, the fruit shape is sunken, and the skin is slightly green, then it is an unripe fresh date.

2. Look at the stem end of the fresh dates. There is a red or dark red circle at the end of the stalk that extends further, indicating that it is exposed to sufficient sunlight. The color is natural without obvious red and green boundary, which means it is naturally ripe fresh dates. If the stem of the red fresh dates is green and does not taste crispy and sweet, it is possible that they are not naturally ripened fresh dates, but rather ripened dates. The vitamin C content in the older fresh dates has been greatly lost.

3. Taste it. Try to pick dates that are 80% ripe. If they taste crispy and sweet, they can be considered a good variety. If the fresh dates are not sweet and taste astringent, they can be considered raw dates. Fresh dates that taste bitter and gn (pronounced gn, describing the texture of food that is tough but not crispy), lack moisture or feel soft are inferior dates. Fresh dates that are more mature and fresh have purple-red skin and plump and shiny grains. If the skin is green and dull, they are unripe dates. Saccharin dates are extremely sweet, even bitter, and the peel is sweeter than the flesh.

4. Soak. After buying the dates and washing them with a small amount of water, if the water is sweet, the dates may have problems and it is recommended not to eat them.