Quite recently nothing in our corner of the world was known of this citrus. Today this exotic fruit can be bought in any supermarket and in the market. And let this fruit is not so exotic as a feijoa or a cannon, but nevertheless it is unusual to us. How it is correct to choose a pomelo not to feel disappointment and on what signs it is possible to distinguish a ripe citrus from unripe, and useful from low-quality? Let's understand together.
Whether you know? China is considered the homeland of this citrus. There it is a symbol of prosperity and wellbeing.
Color of fruit
Pomelo (pampelmuse, sheddok) — large (up to 25 cm in the diameter) a fruit of family of a citrus. To taste it something between grapefruit and orange.
The ripe citrus has spherical shape with a wild orange, yellow or flavovirent dried peel. Pulp at this pampelmuse — pink, yellow or green.
Fruit have many useful substances — vitamins and minerals, but can be harmful and lead to obesity.
Green
Many consider that they know how to choose a pomelo and avoid green fruits. However, the dried peel zelenovatost does not say at all that the citrus unripe is a special grade.
Yellow
Yellow color of a fruit also does not testify to its maturity but only speaks about feature of a grade. Such fruit resemble habitual orange, only a little more largely superficially.
Orange
Orange fruits of a pampelmuse remind large grapefruit and are much more sweet than other grades.
Whether you know? Some believe that the pampelmuse is a kind of grapefruit. But scientists claim that grapefruit is a grade of a pomelo.
How to make a right choice
Today on the Internet it is possible to see many councils as it is correct to choose a pomelo in shop. And all need to know about the main signs.
Good signs
It is correct to choose this type of a citrus to the touch. The pampelmuse has to be rather firm — if to pick up it and to squeeze, then density will be felt even through a thick dried peel. Only this sign speaks about ripeness of fruit and about its tastes. Such citrus can safely be sent to a shopping cart.
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There are some more rules of how to choose a pomelo as ripe:
- On a surface of a fruit there should not be burgundy strips and the pressed brownish specks is a sure sign of a disease characteristic of a citrus.
- By pressing a citrus top the peel should not be soft and it is impossible at all that she sought - it is sign that the fruit began to decay.
- The aroma has to be expressed and caught even at a great distance.
- Color of a fruit has to be uniform, without greenish specks.
- Dried peel of ripe fruit — smooth and brilliant, without any outgrowths.
Important! The healthy ripe fruit around the place of fastening of a branch has to have a firm or slightly soft dried peel.
What pomelo you should not buy
Knowledge of how to define ripeness of a pomelo, happens insufficiently to choose good, tasty fruit. It is also important to consider some signs on which you should not take this citrus:
- If the dried peel has consolidations, it can speak about violation of storage conditions. You should not take such fruit — it will be fresh, dry, with a large number of stones and tasteless.
- It is better to lay fruit with an uncharacteristic color of a dried peel (brown, red, burgundy) — it can be one of symptoms of a disease of fruit. As a rule, this disease is not dangerous to the person, but also the advantage of such fruit will not be any.
- Numerous dark burgundy specks on a peel say that at cultivation chemicals were applied.
- Too bright color of a citrus can speak about presence of nitrates.
- Sticky and too brilliant fruits most likely were processed by special medicines for giving to a presentation citrus.
- Not fragrant, with an unpleasant smell also you should not buy fruit.
Correct storage
After you learned to choose sweet rumpled, it is necessary to study rules of storage. So, it is possible to store fresh fruits month not in the fridge, in the fridge the term increases up to 3-4 months.
Important! Useful properties of a citrus at storage at low temperatures do not disappear anywhere.
If you cleaned a citrus, it is better to put it in the fridge and to use within several days.
Eat this fresh citrus, previously having cleaned from a dried peel and films. It is also possible to add this fruit to various salads (it is especially well combined with fish and seafood) or at preparation of juicy sauces.
Whether you know? Doctors recommend to apply a pomelo as prophylactic in fight against various viral diseases, including flu.
Though a pomelo also came to our market not so long ago, but already deserved our love. Fans know — to receive a tasty and juicy pomelo, it is worth rummaging a little.