Giant gourd in Khanh Hoa, dried and sold for millions of dollars

In Khanh Hoa, there is a strange, extremely terrible gourd variety, each weighing from 9-12kg, dried and sold for 1 million VND/kg.
Strange gourd variety weighing from 9-12kg, dried and sold for 1 million VND/kg

Khanh Hoa newspaper reported, after more than 1 year appearing in Khanh Hoa, Japanese gourd proved to be very suitable and a good choice in the process of crop transformation of farmers. Mr. Paul Edward, Director of Capsi Food Company Limited – an enterprise that has planted 340 Japanese gourds, said: After nearly 2 months of planting, the trees have started to bear fruit. Each string can bear fruit continuously for 6 months. In total, one life cycle, one gourd gives 8-12 fruits, each weighing from 9-12kg. Not only in terms of productivity, in terms of proper care and technical process, the quality of the gourd is large and round. The gourd weighs 9kg. (Photo: Khanh Hoa Newspaper) After harvesting, the enterprise will process the gourd by cutting it into 3mm thick and 3cm wide strips, then dried and packaged. Part of it is sold to the domestic market, while most of it is exported to Japan and China. Country. Dried gourd fiber is used in cooking. It is expected that the domestic price of dried gourd fiber can reach 1 million VND/kg. Unique style of ‘putting money in a bucket, getting things in a pot’ during Covid-19 Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper reported that, in the face of complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, many home-based small businesses in the 7.2 ha temporary market in Vinh Phuc (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) have devised a way to put food in. The buyer then puts the money in the bucket next to it to limit contact and crowd gathering. People who come here to buy goods must stand behind the barricade, not be in close contact and must keep a minimum distance of 2m. Disinfectant water is placed in front of the door by many home-based small businesses for guests to use. Strange dish ‘crawfish on the tree’ of the people of Lang Speaking of Lang Son cuisine, in addition to humiliation, roast duck, and roast pork, there is also a rustic dish with the taste of the mountains and forests of the Tay and Nung people, but not everyone knows it, which is “forest shrimp”. According to Dan Tri newspaper, this strange dish is delicious, but the price is quite high, about more than 300,000 VND / kg and not always available. “Forest shrimp” clinging to trees. Called “forest shrimp” because this species has a similar shape to shrimp but belongs to the insect family. “Forest shrimp” has a small size, which is as big as an adult’s little finger. This species has locust-like legs, the whole body is gray in color, slightly pale. It is from their strange shape and habit of preferring to live in places with a humid climate, dense trees, or shelter in large tree holes that only exist in the deep forest that people give them a strange name. wild shrimp”. The sticky rice shop has a weird name but the food is absolutely delicious This sticky rice shop has the real name Xoi Man, but most customers call it “sticky rice mortuary”. Explaining the strange name, Mr. Luu Bao Minh, the owner of the sticky rice shop, shared on GiadinhNet: “In the past, the restaurant was located on the corner of Nguyen Tri Phuong and Tran Phu streets, but since moving here, it is located near funeral homes and shops. Selling boxes, funeral services, hospitals, so the restaurant is named like that. The sticky rice shop is a car with a glass cabinet that looks like a bread cart that is often seen on many streets in Saigon. The pot of sticky rice is mounted on a gas stove placed in the car, the sticky rice is always smoky. The shop only sells salty sticky rice. In addition to the main ingredients, which are sticky rice, sausages and cotton balls, there are also onion fat and fried onions to create aroma and round taste. Another plus point is that the shop sprinkles more crushed peanuts, creating a strange taste because salty sticky rice is rarely used by this ingredient. Another interesting thing is the unique way of eating, sticky rice will be wrapped in fresh banana leaves into long rolls like Tet cakes. Where guests eat, tear the banana leaves there, absolutely do not use a spoon. Strangely, banh cuon filled with broth in Cao Bang If the light rolled in many places is just a layer of powder coated, added inside with meat, wood ear dipped with fish sauce, Cao Bang rolls are completely different, served with a bowl of bone broth. Cao Bang people consider banh cuon eaten with bone broth as a specialty, a rustic breakfast gift for generations. When eating, the cake will be submerged in a bowl of soup with a little chili, sour bamboo shoots. Instead of sweet and sour fish sauce, Cao Bang rolls are eaten with clear bone broth with chili and bamboo shoots soaked in honey, so this dish is also known as “banh cuon soup”. This is a way to distinguish it from other regions such as banh cuon Phu Ly (Ha Nam), banh cuon Thanh Tri (Hanoi). The farmer who planted a strange jackfruit seed did not get enough fruit to sell According to Dan Tri newspaper, old farmer Nguyen Minh Trang (70 years old, in Vi Dong commune, Vi Thuy district, Hau Giang province) is known as the “father” of the red-fleshed jackfruit tree in the region. Mr. Trang was the first to bring this strange variety of jackfruit to the locality to plant, and also a seller of jackfruit seeds to his relatives. This type of jackfruit has brick red citrus, sweet taste, both chewy and crispy. On an area of ​​1.5 hectares of jackfruit is being harvested, each month Mr. White can collect up to 4 tons of fruit. Because the price of jackfruit is very high, at 70,000 VND/kg, Mr. White can pocket up to 3 billion VND each year. Ca Xiu – a unique specialty only in Kien Giang Ca Xiu is a unique specialty in Ha Tien (Kien Giang). According to Knowledge and Life, the appearance of ca Xiu is quite similar to bivalve seafood, but also like insects with long and large antennae. Diners, when they see the coffee bean, have a feeling of fear, not daring to touch chopsticks. Ca Xiu is a unique specialty in Ha Tien (Photo: IT) Not only has a fancy shape, this dish also makes people curious about its taste. When catching Ca Xiu, people bring salt similar to the three-knot salt. From salted coffee, people have created many delicious and attractive dishes. Strangely, the market in Yen Bai is priced at 5,000 VND According to the Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper, the “5,000” market is located along Highway 32 from Van Chan to Nghia Lo town, Van Chan district, Yen Bai province. Here, the highlanders sell agricultural products and local products at the price of 5 thousand VND. According to longtime traders, the market has been established for more than ten years. Because it has no name and has not been planned as a people’s market, people and passersby call it a 5,000-dollar market or a one-price market. Market 5 thousand is not only meaningful in terms of commerce but also a cultural address that attracts tourists near and far because of the simple, rustic and genuine human factors here. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)