Can I eat gourds?

Yes, you can. Fresh gourds with tender green skin and white flesh can be harvested and eaten as a vegetable when they are not ripe.

There are many ways to eat gourds. Yuan dynasty Wang Zhen "book of agriculture" said: "Lagenaria for the use of a wide range of large can be boiled for vegetarian soup, can be cooked with meat for meat soup, can be honey before frying for fruit, can be cut into strips for dry ......" and said: "gourd for the thing is also tired, however, the birth of food, food is endless, cooking savory, the most good vegetables. Cooking savory, the most good vegetables".

See the ancients are gourds as fruits and vegetables to eat, and eat a variety of ways, both soup, but also dishes, both pickled, but also dry sun. Burning soup fragrance four floating, its flavor is delicious. Unlike other fruits and gourds, whether gourd or its leaves, should be eaten when young, otherwise it will lose its food value after maturity.

Each 100 grams of gourd contains the following nutrients:

Calories (15.00 kcal), protein (0.70 grams), fat (0.10 grams), carbohydrates (3.50 grams), dietary fiber (0.80 grams), vitamin A (7.00 mcg), carotene (40.00 mcg), thiamine (0.02 mg), riboflavin (0.01 mg), niacin (0.01 mg). 0.01 mg), Niacin (0.40 mg), Vitamin C (11.00 mg), Calcium (16.00 mg), Phosphorus (15.00 mg), Potassium (87.00 mg), Sodium (0.60 mg), Magnesium (7.00 mg), Iron (0.40 mg), Zinc (0.14 mg), Selenium (0.49 mcg), Copper (0.04 mg), Manganese ( 0.08 mg).

Expanded Information:

1, collection value

Gourd not only can eat, can be used, but also can be collected. In ancient times, the gourd mouth small belly shape, can be very good absorption of the home within the good gas field, and for the bad gas field can be effective inhibition, deterrent, so as to create a suitable home environment. Therefore, in ancient times, the great families in their homes to provide a few natural gourd, placed in the center of the hall above, that there is the evil collects evil, good luck to avoid the evil of the wonderful.

There are many ancient auspicious motifs on the gourd theme, such as "grandchildren for generations" and "generations of disk long" and so on. Some people's homes under the roof beams, hanging gourd, which is called "top beam", it is said that after this measure, the home is relatively safe and smooth; more sophisticated people, the red rope string tied five gourd, known as the "five blessings".

In Taiwan's countryside, there is a proverb: "A gourd in the house, the family style will be rich," meaning that a gourd in the home, will be rich, rich. Putting a gourd at the head of the bed promotes the relationship between husband and wife.

People love the gourd, because it loves to grow, can spread, more fruit, this feature, precisely with the human primitive motherhood worship and hope that the desire of the children and grandchildren reproduction combined. This feature is precisely combined with the primitive motherhood worship and the wish of human beings to have more children.

There are many corresponding myths and stories of good fortune. Passed down from generation to generation, the gourd has become a trustworthy object in people's mind, which can increase life span, bring down the rays, remove the evil spirits, protect the blessings, and bless the children and grandchildren.

2, gourd culture

Gourd, Fortune also.

Gourd cultivation more than seven thousand years, craft gourd since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, into the Song Dynasty, the rise of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Because of the Qianlong Ji Xiaolan and other sages and celebrities to pursue the favor and can be widely spread folk.

Cucurbits beautiful shape, color yellow as gold, meaning auspicious, play a lot of people, for the great Confucian celebrities respected, love the thick, after many years of playing and rubbing, long days, the gourd body hangs magnetic pulp, purple moist and clean, the value of a thousand gold.

Social advancement, civilization decline, the traditional gourd is gradually disappearing, endangered Fan system, knotting, fire painting, carving and other crafts can be excavated and preserved, and dedication to make one or two high-quality goods, self-appreciation, feed friends, the beauty of it. I'm not happy about it.

Every kind of art has its own unique artistic characteristics, gourd is no exception, it is a work of art is also a very good carrier of ancient cultural heritage, is an "easy to learn" but "difficult to fine folk skills, most of the works out of the hands of folk artisans, because he (she) they are based on history, the theme, pure and simple. Since he or she creates works based on historical themes and pure feelings and intuitive impressions, the art of the gourd is thick, simple, concise and bright.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Cucurbits