The profession of ‘sniffing jackfruit’ has appeared in Vietnam for several years now, helping traders find and buy delicious jackfruits. In Ben Tre, there is a strange profession that is to cook salt, which helps the coarse and dirty grains of salt into white grains of salt.
‘Sniffing jackfruit’, a strange job that makes millions every day
Recently, Thai jackfruit is considered a staple crop in some southern provinces. In particular, in the past 4 years, commercial jackfruit has been purchased by traders from their gardens to export to China at high prices. The high price of jackfruit means that every day, traders come to the garden to buy and collect jackfruit, and people who do “smells for hire” also appear from there. 
Unlike jackfruit storks, who lead into the garden to buy jackfruit, those who smell jackfruit are the people who accompany traders to the garden to determine the age of the jackfruit and take on the job of picking jackfruit for the garden owner. Thanks to these people, traders can find and buy old, delicious and quality jackfruit gardens, reducing the risk of buying young jackfruit or jackfruit with lots of black fiber. People who smell “famous” jackfruit can earn millions of dong a day. But according to Mr. Le Van Ngoc (resident in Tan Phu town, Dong Phu district, Binh Phuoc province), this profession is not for everyone, if the fruit is still young and has bad taste, no one dares to hire it anymore. . The strange profession of mixing salt into water and cooking it on a giant pan People often dry sea water to get salt. But in Ben Tre, there is a strange job that is to mix salt in water and put it on a giant pan to boil it. 
The fire stove cooks massive salt the size of a huge and fiery pan (Photo: Dan Tri). Ms. Nguyen Thi Ninh (owner of a salt factory in Dai Hoa Loc commune, Binh Dai, Ben Tre) told Dan Tri newspaper that from a young age she had seen her grandparents cook salt, then her mother also cooked salt, in the hamlet there were also many people. salt cook. She was taught to cook salt since she was a girl and has kept the job until now. “This job is very hard, always working with hands and feet, only taking a break when the stove is off, the only advantage is that I take the initiative, rain or shine, I have a job,” said Nhinh. Rare earth lotus species in 600-year-old pagoda in Hanoi VOV information, Boi Khe pagoda (Tam Hung commune, Thanh Oai district, Hanoi) has undergone 600 years of history and is recognized as a special national relic. Notably, in the temple grounds, there are three lotus plants with unique and rare pure white flowers. These precious lotus trees have existed for hundreds of years in the temple grounds. According to Ms. Pham Thi Quyet, a resident of Boi Khe village, lotus is grown in some places in the North of our country but rarely blooms. In Boi Khe pagoda, land lotus blooms regularly, each tree only blooms about ten flowers. For that reason, this place has attracted many visitors to visit the temple and admire this rare flower. Strange jackfruit tree in Ben Tre produces 200-300 fruits At the Ben Tre province’s delicious fruit contest in 2018, many visitors were delighted and surprised to admire a bunch of strange jackfruit 23 consecutive fruits, each weighing from 2-2.2 kg with a very special aroma. separate. The owner of the above jackfruit tree is Mr. Nguyen Van Xoi (living in Phu Phung commune, Cho Lach district). Mr. Xoi said in the Popular Science Newspaper: “This is a native jackfruit named To Tan, this jackfruit tree was given as a gift by a friend 25 years ago. Jackfruit has fruit all year round, delicious taste very strange, large, fleshy, flat seeds, very beautiful turmeric yellow color. Since planting until now, I have not applied any organic or inorganic fertilizers at all. Each year the tree gives 200 to 300 fruits”. Golden apricot tree over 100 years old with unique shape sets a record in Vietnam The yellow apricot tree over 100 years old has a very unique shape in the city. Sa Dec (Dong Thap) has just been set a record by the Vietnam Record Organization for “Single Edition in Vietnam”. 
The hundred-year-old golden maid (Photo: Dong Thap newspaper) According to Dong Thap newspaper, this old maid is owned by Mr. Vu Duc Dong (living in An Hoa ward, Sa Dec city). The unique feature that creates a different value in this apricot tree is that it has a single branch reaching up to 5m, a rare form in Vietnam. The apricot tree is shaped like a maiden, looking very soft with its branches reaching out as if welcoming spring, so the owner named it “Nhung Xuan Khanh Hoi”. 50-year-old pan bread shop attracts diners in Saigon Hoa Ma Bread is one of the oldest bakeries in Saigon. This brand of bread dates back to the 60s of the last century. Thanks to the unique processing method and special flavor, Hoa Ma bread makes many diners fascinated. Not only attracting the people of Saigon to eat, there are many foreign tourists who also come to enjoy this long-standing pan bread. The price of a piece of pan bread is 52,000 VND. Strangely, hot pot ‘sighs’ in the West, guests ‘sweat’ enjoy it Dan Tri newspaper said that islet hot pot (also known as breathing hot pot or coal hot pot) is a “famous” delicacy of the western provinces. The reason for this name is because people have to use a specially designed aluminum pot, specialized for cooking hot pot, is an islet pot. 
Attractive islet hot pot dish (Photo: @heofood). Depending on each locality and the conditions of each family, the ingredients for making hot pot are different. But regardless of the region, in the islet hot pot, there are always typical ingredients such as pork liver (or pork heart), chicken gizzard (or duck), grilled pork chop shaped like a cana, flower cake, etc. Not only is it different from other hotpot dishes in the recipe, but the islet hot pot also has some special processing secrets to create a “famous” flavor. Strange chickens like massage, drink wine, cost millions each Birdwatchers in the West have recently raised a movement to raise “athlete chickens”. This breed is quite small when an adult male weighs only about 400g, but they have a very beautiful feather color. In particular, the “athlete chicken” has an imposing posture, likes massage, and drinks garlic wine, costing tens of millions of dong/head. This breed of chicken is called Serama chicken, originating from Malaysia. About Vietnam, because of their unique standing, they are often called “athlete chickens”. Purebred Serama chickens only have yellow color, coming back to Vietnam, they are crossed with bamboo chickens, so they have many other colors. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)
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