Hequ frozen watermelon

Hequ county in northwest Shanxi province is rich in watermelon. Local watermelons, small in size, red in flesh, sandy and sweet, sell well for hundreds of miles in Fiona Fang. Hequ people can not only grow watermelons, but also preserve watermelons in a unique way. In the dog days, the picked watermelon is placed in the room. Carefully preserved, it can be preserved until it is frozen. Or let the vines that are not dead after picking the fallen melons set up melons again. This kind of "two-stare melon" will not mature until the autumn harvest, and it can be preserved until it is frozen. Watermelons frozen indoors or outdoors in severe cold season can be put into spring in March and April of the following year and become people's favorite seasonal food. Hequ frozen watermelon, the flesh of which is like crystal ice, has a lingering melon flavor and is already very sweet. According to the local saying, frozen watermelon mainly eats the skin. In fact, the red pigment and sugar in the watermelon that has been frozen for so long have been frozen in the skin. Cutting off the dark green surface and chewing the tough and sweet melon skin really has a unique flavor, especially eating frozen watermelon around the stove in the cold weather, which has an unusual taste.
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