What Do Pecan Growers Do?

Lin'an pecan is known at home and abroad for its excellent quality with thin round shells, full nuts, and crispy taste. Chinese pecans are mainly produced in the Changhua mountain area at the border of Zhejiang and Anhui. Anhui Ningguo and Lin'an are the main producing areas of Chinese pecans. The cultivation and utilization of pecans have a history of more than 500 years. As of 2011, the pecan planting area in Hangzhou exceeded 800,000 mu, with an output value of more than 2.3 billion yuan. There were more than 200 pecan processing enterprises in Lin'an, with an annual processing capacity of over 30,000 tons and 92,000 employees.

Lin'an pecan is thin with a round shell,

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The history of pecan cultivation should be no later than the Ming Dynasty. In many local legends, there is the story of Liu Bowen's invention of boiled pecan. According to legend, Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang raised troops to fight against the Yuan. In the days when the soldiers were in Changhua Daming Mountain, he occasionally picked up such wild fruits and bite them to taste. Although the meat was delicious, the outer cover was bitter and hard. Later, I saw that local farmers had wild vegetables The method of making dried vegetables by boiling and astringent, with a clever idea, was cooked in the same way, and it was really delicious. Hickory also has the reputation of "Daming fruit".

The legend is not necessarily true. In fact, the local residents of Changhua have a long history of making dried vegetables and dried fruits. It is not necessary to wait until the arrival of Liu Bowen, a celebrity, to start using the characteristic pecan variety. The legends of local celebrities are attached here. The "Luo Yin Xiucai" and the early Ming dynasty Liu Bowen were the two most in the late Tang Dynasty. The pecan legend appeared on Liu Bowen without hearing the Luo yin legend. It is speculated that the widespread use of this crop will not be too early.

There are literatures about the pecan cultivation and utilization, and the cultivation history is about 500 years. It is scattered in Yuhang, Changhua and other local history. In the two years of the Qing Dynasty, Xuantong persuaded Tao to approve Changhua Pan Bingwen, "The genus is widely used to grow pecans and other fruits native to Changyi." This is the earliest record of official persuasion to grow pecans.

Linan pecan is a kind of food with very high nutritional value. The content of protein in core nutrients accounts for 7.1% -9.1%, the content of fat accounts for 57.9% -67.4%; the content of total phenol in functional ingredients accounts for 0.86% -2.90%. , The total amount of flavonoids accounts for 0.31% -0.77%, the content of dietary fiber accounts for 7.1% -7.7%, the content of lecithin accounts for 4.92% -6.29%; the content of zinc in the mineral component is above 50 g / g, which is general plant-based 5 times more than food; the content of unsaturated fatty acids is between 322.5mg / g-447.5mg / g, the total amount of amino acids is between 91.69mg / g-111.90mg / g, and the total amount of essential amino acids is 27.40mg / g- 36.02 mg / g. ^[1]