In daily life, after eating oranges, many people are used to drying the peeled orange peel and soaking it in water. But is orange peel dried in the sun?
To this end, we searched the Internet for "tangerine peel" related information and found that Guangdong Xinhui is a well-known origin of tangerine peel in China. So the truth team immediately set off to find the truth.

Xinhui is affiliated to Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. It is located in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta in my country. The climate is mild and the land is fertile. The Xinhui tangerine peel is rich here and has been rated as a national geographical indication product of China. After arriving at the new meeting, the truth team immediately went to the most important production base of tangerine peel in the new meeting. In the base, we saw large tracts of citrus groves. Walking into the citrus orchard, we found that every fruit tree was covered with citrus, which looked very similar to the citrus we usually eat, but many citrus were yellow-green.
So, is it not the right time for us to come and the citrus is not yet ripe? We asked Uncle Liu of the picking garden, and Uncle Liu told us that now is the best time to make Xinhui tangerine peel, and the citrus he is picking is called "tea branch orange", which is a unique ingredient for making Xinhui tangerine peel. so, xinhui tangerine peel is how to make it?

After explaining his purpose, Uncle Liu decided to give us a demonstration in person. We followed Uncle Liu to pick several boxes full of tea branches and oranges, and when we returned home to clean the fruit, the real production of tangerine peel began.
The first is to open the skin, I saw Liu Dashu simple three knives, a complete orange peel was quickly peeled out. Freshly picked peels are selected and the peeled citrus pulp is mostly used for composting due to its sour taste. After the skin is opened, it needs to be dried in sunny and dry weather for three to four hours until the water in the citrus skin evaporates.
Next, the most important step is the aging. In a constant temperature and humidity environment, stored for more than three years, can be called tangerin peel. In the process of placing, the peel should be turned regularly every year. So, in addition to the strict placement time requirements, is there anything special about the production process of Xinwill tangerin peel?

Pan Jinhua, the second-level chief clerk of the Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Xinhui District, Jiangmen City: "According to relevant records, the cultivation of Xinhui tangerine peel has a history of more than 700 years. We have two rivers converging here, with an average temperature of 22.8 degrees Celsius and an average humidity of 80%. Due to the high temperature, high shot and rich nutrition, the oil bag of forged this variety is relatively plump, and the volatile oil in it is very rich, some are fragrant and some are sweet, so Xinhui tangerine peel is generally wide, fragrant and thick and sweet."

The tangerine peel made of tea branch orange has a unique aroma and high sweetness, which can not be compared with other ordinary orange peel. Moreover, its medicinal value is also very high. In the Song Dynasty, the trade between the north and the south became one of the famous wide goods. The longer the age of tangerine peel, the more precious it is. Folk known as "Millennium ginseng, a hundred years of tangerine peel," the argument. In our lives, tangerine peel is a common food and medicine homologous ingredients. So, it is the most suitable for what kind of crowd to eat?
Wei Yue, deputy chief physician of the Spleen and Stomach Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "The tangerine peel has the effects of regulating qi, invigorating the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. The tangerine peel can be very good qi, so it is suitable for people with spleen and stomach qi stagnation. For example, patients often have gastric distension, epigastric blockage or hiccups. The tangerine peel is a representative drug. Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae can also treat dampness, so it is also suitable for people with cold and dampness. For example, patients with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms are suitable for Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae. Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae can also treat cough and expectoration, especially when there is white sputum, including when the amount of sputum is relatively large, it is very suitable."

In addition, experts also remind everyone that fresh orange peel soaked in water for a short time not only has no health care effect, but also stimulates the stomach, so it is not recommended to eat it. As ordinary consumers, when we buy tangerine peel on a daily basis, how should we choose?
"First of all, look at the oil bag of tangerin peel. The high-quality tangerin peel is exposed to light. The oil chamber is dense and the size is evenly distributed. The second is to smell the fragrance. The tangerine peel with a short time has the fruit fragrance of citrus. The tangerine peel with a long time is mellow and has the medicinal fragrance of traditional Chinese medicine. The longer the time, the stronger the fragrance. Then you can taste it. In terms of taste, tangerine peel with short storage time will be sour and bitter. The dried tangerine peel that has been stored for a long time will taste sweet and mellow."

Since ancient times, Xinhui mandarin farmers have been handed down from generation to generation, planting Xinhui tea branch mandarin, almost every household will sun Xinhui tangerine peel, creating a unique tangerine peel industry and tangerine peel culture in Xinhui. Now this traditional industry, which has been inherited for a hundred years, has also become a "net celebrity" in Xinhui's agricultural characteristic industry, attracting more and more people to join. Let the whole tangerine peel industry, the older the more fragrant.