How to make dried mulberry

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Mulberry is a common plant, which can be used as food and medicine, known as "folk holy fruit". The folk have the habit of making dried mulberry for storage and eating. How to make dried mulberry? Let's introduce the specific methods.

How to make dried mulberry

First: fruit harvesting: the dried mulberry must be fully mature, which is marked by the strong adhesion of the juice, and the sweet taste of each fruit is the same.

Second: the finishing of raw materials: remove the dead leaves and branches in the ear, and use thinning fruit to cut off the moldy or discolored unqualified fruit. A wooden rafter embedded with hardwood is used for hanging mulberry ears. One end of the rafter is vertically tied to the roof of the drying room with hemp rope or iron wire. There are enough air holes on the four walls of the drying room. Air dried ear millet is called "guaci". Hang in a row, tie in a row, start from the bottom layer by layer, overlap, like a pagoda, straight to the roof. 3-4 days after the thorn hanging, some ears and grains fell off, which should be cleaned in time. After that, clean it every 2-3 days until it doesn't fall off. The detached ears and grains are exposed to the sun to make the second-class dried mulberry.

Third: finished product treatment: shake the hanging thorn, so that the mulberry dry off. A little kneading, by windmill, sieve or natural wind to remove fruit stalks, dry leaves and shriveled grains and other impurities. The drying rooms are all located on barren slopes, with no plants, high temperature, drying and hot wind. The average temperature in the rooms is about 27 ℃, the average humidity is about 35%, and the average wind speed is 1.5-2.6 M / s. After about 30 days in the shade, it can be completely pricked. Generally, every 4 kg fresh mulberry can be made into 1 kg dried mulberry.

matters needing attention

The medicinal value of mulberry is very high, and made of dried mulberry can be better preserved and edible, but must be strictly in accordance with the above aspects to do dried mulberry. Often eat mulberry in patients with diarrhea, but also can cause some children to eat too much mulberry can promote the development of the disease.