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🐝 Supplier / Origin : Fu Kam Dragon Fruit Organic Farm, Kwu Tung
🔖 Certification : OFDC Certification (IFOAM Accredited) IFOAM認可 : OF-3105-852-2785 | HKORC Certification (IFOAM accredited) C10020
🌱 Manufacturer introduction :
Fu Kam Dragon Fruit Organic Farm is located in Kwu Tung, Sheung Shui. It was established in 2007 and covers an area of approximately 500,000 sf. It also has a variety of organic vegetables and orchards. Therefore, from December to June of the following year, we can provide seasonal vegetables and fruits, such as strawberries, fennel, cherry tomato, corn... and dragon fruit, watermelon, lychee, longan, monk fruits and passion fruit from June to November In their current production period. Our products are healthy, high-quality and delicious choices!
🛍 Product Information :
Nutritional value: Lemon is rich in vitamin C and citric acid, which has a good whitening effect.
Cooking method: Lemons are suitable for flushing, used for marinating meat, and can also be used to make jams and desserts. Lemon juice can be used for flavoring.
Special attention: Lemony is cold, and patients with chronic enteritis should not drink lemonade. Lemonade is also not suitable for drinking with milk.
#basic introduction
It is the fruit of the rutaceae plant lemon. Sweet and sour, slightly warm in nature. Lemon juice can help digestion, increase appetite, and have the effects of quenching thirst, soothing qi, and calming the mind. Lemon is rich in organic acids and vitamin C, which can inhibit the formation of melanin and prevent skin pigmentation, avoid the formation of freckles and have a whitening effect. In addition, its rich vitamin B content promotes healthy skin tissue, especially the oral mucosa.
Variety
There are dozens of varieties, the more famous ones are:
(1) Eureka, native to Italy, cultivated in Sichuan, China, medium fruit shape, yellow skin, yellow-green flesh, tender and juicy;
(2) Lisbon, native to Portugal, has a large fruit shape, a yellow peel with milky protrusions, a greenish-white pulp, and a strong sour taste;
(3) Villa Franca;
(4) Genoa, which has been introduced into China for cultivation.
How to buy
Choose lemons with smooth, soft peels and bright colors.
storage method
It can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time.
#* Taboo crowd
Appropriate: suitable for patients with hypertension, myocardial infarction, weak spleen and stomach, nephrolithiasis, dry mouth and tongue.
Avoid: In view of the extremely sour taste of lemon, the acid can generate heat, so people with fever, gastric ulcer, hyperacidity, peptic ulcer, dental caries, cholecystitis, gallstones, and whooping cough should not eat. In addition, it is contraindicated in patients with excessive phlegm, weak gas, toothache and diabetes.
#*Food compatibility
appropriate:
1. Lemon juice and seafood: Lemon juice with strong acidity can kill bacteria in most seafood within 15 minutes, so it is suitable to eat with seafood.
2. Lemon and honey: Eating together is very effective in treating bronchitis and nasopharyngitis.
3. Lemon and sugar: Both are cooked together, which have the effect of quenching thirst, appetizing, and tocolytic.
4. Lemon and ginger: Decoction of the two together can regulate Qi inversion and vomiting.
Against:
1. Lemon juice and carrots: The vitamin C-decomposing enzymes in carrots can easily destroy vitamin C in lemons, thereby reducing its nutritional content.
2. Lemon and milk: Lemon contains fruit acid, which combines with the protein in milk to form an indigestible coagulation substance, which stimulates the stomach and causes diarrhea.
Cooking tips
Because the pulp and juice taste extremely sour and slightly bitter, they are not suitable for direct consumption. They should be extracted and processed into beverages, sliced and brewed with black tea, or processed into jams.
Lemon Job's Tears Drink
Christine @ Easy Recipes
#christinesrecipes
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 3 to 4 people
Material:
- 50g raw barley
- 20g cooked barley
- 4 candied dates
- Water (6 measuring cups) 1½ liters
- 4 to 6 lemon slices
Method:
Rinse raw and cooked barley with water and drain.
Pour water into a deep pot, add raw barley, cooked barley and candied dates, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to medium-low heat, and cook for about 30 to 45 minutes.
After cooling slightly, add lemon slices and serve. Or store it in the refrigerator and add lemon slices when you need to drink it.
hint:
Cool the boiled barley water and add lemon slices, which will retain more vitamin C.
The raw barley is slightly cool, add an appropriate amount of cooked barley to balance. Both are available in herbal or grocery stores.
Candied dates are naturally sweet and delicious. You can also substitute a moderate amount of raw sugar. Or drink it with honey after cooking.
#Remarks
The sour taste can easily cause nausea, and those with gastrointestinal problems should not eat more. The peel of lemon can be used medicinally.
Supply Season : July to March
Cantonese Dietary Recipe: 
English CookPad：
Harvest Season: July to March
