Can crabapple be eaten? How to eat?

Main varieties

Red crabapple fruit

The red crabapple fruit is also called Haihong. There are 8 ridge-like protrusions on the surface of the fruit, so it is also called "eight-angled crabapple". Its flowers are white, the skin is bright red, and the fruit is sweet, sour, fragrant and crispy. These species are often cultivated for food.

Begonia

The crabapple tree is also called the small crabapple fruit. Its pollen is white and has a high ornamental value. Its fruit is sweet and sour and delicious, and is mostly grown in northern regions. This type of variety has both ornamental and edible value.

Weeping Begonia

The weeping crabapple is also called the weeping branch crabapple. Its flowers are pink, its fruits are red and yellow, and it tastes sweet and sour. It is mainly distributed in the southwest region. This type of variety has both ornamental and edible value.

How to eat

1. You can wash the crabapple and eat it directly.

2. Peel and dice the crabapples and make crabapple salad.

3. After removing the remaining buds of the crabapple, cook them in a casserole, add a small amount of salt, and cook until the crabapple "blooms". After cooling, it becomes canned crabapple.

4. Cut the crabapple fruit and dry it into dried crabapple with 30% moisture content. Dried crabapples can be soaked in water with sugar and drunk, which tastes sweet and sour.

5. Crabapple can also be used to make wine, candied fruit, jam, fruit wine, fruit leather, etc.

Food taboos

1. Expectant mothers should avoid eating frozen crabapples, otherwise it will stimulate uterine contraction and there is a risk of miscarriage.

2. Patients with gastric ulcer and excessive gastric acid should avoid eating crabapple fruit.