How to eat betel nut to make betel nut
There are many ways to chew betel nut, and people in different places chew betel nut differently.
1. The way Hainanese chew betel nut is similar to that of Taiwanese.
First cut the betel nut into three or four pieces, shaped a bit like an orange, and then peel off the outer skin and pedicle of the betel nut (because the outer skin is not easy to chew, and the pedicle has a bitter taste). At this time, it is generally not possible to put the betel nut directly into the mouth, but to match it with the leaves of a vine plant, commonly known as "leaf" in Hainan. The leaf is coated with some lime and rolled into a triangle. Finally, the lime-coated leaf and betel nut are put into the mouth and chewed together. If you chew betel nut without applying lime leaf, it will be tasteless. "One bite of betel nut ash" means this.
2. Hunan has the saying "Jinxiangtan, Yinyiyang".
Hunan people's custom of eating betel nuts is rich in these two places. Hunan betel nuts are not eaten in the same way as Taiwan. Taiwan probably eats fresh, so the mouth is bright red. Hunan eats pickled, just as Hunan people like to eat cured fish and bacon. The nest is the nickname of betel nuts in Hunan. After cutting, the shuttle-shaped betel nuts are like a boat. After buying dried betel nuts from Hainan, the betel nuts are pickled. In Hunan, it is called "making betel nuts". It is not made with salt, but with caramel (and lime and other things, right?). Caramel-marinated betel nuts have a hint of imperceptible sweetness, and they are chewed for a long time. Each family has its own secret recipe for pickling betel nuts. The pickled betel nuts are put on a stall and placed in a large porcelain basin, which is brown-black and shiny. The stall owner provides you with chopsticks, so that you can flip them up and down to dazzle them. The betel nuts are generally not large, and the meat is thick after cutting, and the core is sticky. The stall owner will add cinnamon oil, soybean powder, sesame seeds and other seasonings to the cut betel nuts according to your requirements. You can put an entrance to taste the taste first, and then watch the stall owner slowly wrap the other betel nuts for you with cigarette paper.
3. There is a habit of eating betel nuts in various places, and many people eat cigarettes or beer with betel nuts together. Very exciting.
The role of betel nut
Although there are many disadvantages to eating too much betel nut, one thing that many people like must have its significance. Let's take a look at the functions of betel nut.
1. Areca nut is one of the four southern medicines in our country. Areca nut fruit contains a variety of nutrients and beneficial substances needed by the human body, such as fat, areca nut oil, alkaloids, catechins, choline and other ingredients.
2. Areca nut has a unique function of controlling miasma. It is a medicinal fruit used by physicians in the past dynasties to treat diseases, and is also known as "miasma-washing pill". Because the disease of miasma is generally related to irregular diet, qi stagnation and accumulation, while Areca nut can reduce qi, digest food, and remove phlegm, so it has been widely concerned about its medicinal properties.
3. Areca nut has insecticidal properties, which are used for tapeworms and ascaris and ginger xanthosis, and abdominal pain caused by insect accumulation. 4. Areca nut is similar to eating chili peppers, which stimulates the whole body to heat up, and also has the effect of repelling cold and keeping warm when it is cold.
4. Not only that, betel nut also has the effect of treating glaucoma, increased blood pressure, and other diseases.
