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Strange gourds in Hai Phong, growing on the island, round weighing 15 kg

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Like giant round gourd weighing up to 15kg is loved by the people of Hai Phong, kept from generation to generation. The three-talented ornamental plants grown in Dong Thap have leaves that change 4 colors continuously, with flowers, so they are very popular in the market.
Giant gourd weighing up to 15kg in Hai Phong

VTC News said that Cat Hai district (Hai Phong city) is considered the capital of giant round gourd, many weighing up to 15kg. Not only has a unique shape, but this gourd has a thick pulp, a rich “unique” flavor. Gourd Cat Hai has thick pulp, picked at the right time, the cakes will be delicious. Gourd can stir-fry with garlic, dip hot pot but the best is to cook soup with fresh shrimp. In particular, many Cat Hai people, when cooking this gourd soup, add a little amaranth rice, the soup will be very sweet. Giant gourd. According to Mr. Doan Quang Chiem, one of the households with the largest potting area in Nghia Lo commune, the variety has been around since ancient times, and has passed down many generations. Previously, people planted pots to make pots to draw water to serve the production of salt water and fish sauce manually. Recently, when the craft of making handmade salt in Cat Hai became an old one, gourd was used for daily food processing. Leaf ornamental type change 4 fancy colors Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper reported that recently, in Sa Dec flower village (Dong Thap), ornamental plants with the name of tam tam, a special feature of this tree are that the leaves can change 4 colors continuously. When the buds first come out, the leaves are pink, then gradually turn white, then marble and finally green. In addition to the beautiful color changing leaves, the tree also produces white flowers, especially in sunny places, the more beautiful the tree grows and the more beautiful the leaves are. Three-year trees around 2 years are sold for more than 1 million VND / tree. Trees shaped like pine trees, selling price up to 15 million VND / pair. The bigger the tree, the higher the selling price. For trees with perennial shape, the price of trees is hundreds of million dong. Because it is fancy, easy to grow and has a name that brings luck, despite its high price, this tree is still selling very well. The tamarind tree is native to Thailand. Plants are grown by extracting branches, belonging to the tamarind family, easy to grow with few pests, flexible branches, so they are often used to shape bonsai. The ‘unique’ specialty in Phu Yen has been eaten and addicted Tuna eye is considered an “exclusive” dish of Phu Yen. In 2014, this dish was voted by the Association of Records for the top 10 most famous seafood specialties of Vietnam. The “unique” specialty in Phu Yen (Photo: GiadinhNet) Being a type of seafood with high nutritional value, tuna is a nutritious food source and can be processed into a variety of dishes. In addition to the exported meat, the local people created the Chinese medicine stewed tuna eye dish. Over time, tuna eyes have become a familiar dish and one of the famous specialties of Phu Yen land. Despite its popularity, this specialty still makes many people “terrified” because the tuna eyes are very large, the size is as big as a rice bowl or more. Many diners do not have the courage to taste it, but when they eat, they are addicted. A flock of thousands of fish come to Dong Thap people’s houses “ask for food” Recently, there have been many wild fish flocks moving to river wharf and fish pond of people in the West “asking for stay”. Recently, a herd of fish including thousands of pangasius flocked to the river wharf of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Nhan’s house (in Doc Binh Kieu commune, Thap Muoi district, Dong Thap province). The Dan Tri newspaper said, currently the number of pangasius “carried” by Mrs. Nhan has reached about 2,000, each weighing 1-3kg, some weighing up to 4-5kg. In addition to pangasius in the early morning or late afternoon, there are also tilapia, barramundi, and catfish … to her boat station begging for food. Since the day there were fish flocks, Mrs. Nhan’s family always laughed loudly because visitors from different places came to play, many people even brought food to the fish. According to Mrs. Nhan, this herd of pangasius is very brave. Anyone can touch them, even hold food in their hands and feed the fish with their mouths without fear of biting or stabbing the hand. Mrs. Nhan often calls the fish “children”. Every time she goes away, she “tells” herd “to swim around the house, do not swim far away to listen to her or they will catch it”. Unique bee sauce U Minh Speaking of U Minh Melaleuca forest, it is impossible not to mention honey specialty. When the hive is exploited, people get many things such as: honey, beeswax and bee pupae (young bees) … Honey as gifts, medicine, beeswax used in medicine and cosmetics; Young bees are a delicacy for guests. According to the Ca Mau Newspaper, people have processed many dishes from young bees such as bees mixed with banana corn, steamed melon leaves, guise leaves, fried flour, … and especially bee sauce, famous delicacy. U Minh Ha area. Ms. Tran Thi Van (owner of Hai Ngo bee paste establishment, U Minh town) said that after different honey falls, she found that the stowage of young bees was too much, it was wasteful to leave, so she tried the bee paste to eat and give it to her. the neighbor’s child. Seeing that the bee sauce was so delicious, she came up with the intention of doing business in this profession and shaped the famous U Minh brand of Bee sauce. Ms. Van is concocting bees to take pupae to process bee sauce. In the past, when honey was harvested, bees were left hidden in the forest. Now bee stalks are used to make fish sauce. 1 kg of bee honey is priced from 50,000 to 60,000 VND. Making bee sauce also goes through many stages. Bee sauce has a fatty taste, fragrant smells of honey and hearing, served with bacon and forest vegetables, guise leaves, fig leaves, herbs … One thousand precious coins of 9X Da Nang Mr. Tran Van Nam (SN 1992, living in Da Nang City) has had a passion for ancient money since he was in high school. After graduating with a master’s degree in Japan, Mr. Nam returned home and gave up the opportunity to become a lecturer. to “feed” passionate about collecting coins. After more than 8 years of charm with the profession of collecting ancient coins, Mr. Nam currently has a collection of about 10 thousand Vietnamese coins and almost all coins from countries around the world, not to mention stamps. votes, old papers. “I have collected a lot of notes over 100 years old like Russian, German in 1905-1907, Dong Dong in 1907-1908 … I own one of the biggest bills. the Russian world was printed in 1910, ”said Nam in this newspaper. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)