The jin is an old Chinese unit of measurement and is now the same as 600 grams. I once bought 2 youzi from an old woman on the street. She quoted me the price per jin. She weighed youzi, then divide the number of kilograms by 6 and then multiplied the result by the price per jin. She did it all on a scrape of paper, it was fun to watch a 70 something woman do division without a calculator. Of course a price per kilogram would have been too easy, we all need to remember division.
The apple is just too good a fruit to pass up even if it isn't local.
The purple fruit was beautiful but I don't know its name in English in Chinese ut's called "small dragon fruit". This was a good opportunity for more fruit surgery.
First we get our equipment our equipment ready to go.
It easily cuts through, revealing this dark purple flesh with small black seeds.
The flesh scoops out easily and though colorful it has almost no flavor. The juice looks exactly like beet juice. And stains like beet juice.
Another fruit that is now in season in the lian wu or waxed apple.
2 comments:
It's too bad that the small dragon fruit doesn't have much of a taste. I love it's colors! Your surgical tools look efficient. Are the blades really sharp? Some of the cooking school teachers use knives like those and love them because they can be sharpened well. Here in Bellevue we are finishing our home grown Asian pears, grapes, and tomatoes. It's time to clean up now that harvest time is about over.
I missed waxed apple. They are really different from other fruit.
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