Dried sweet potatoes, also known as dried sweet potatoes, are traditional local products of Liancheng County and Shandong Province in Fujian Province. Pure natural, soft and sweet, deeply loved by consumers. Among them, Liancheng, Fujian is the largest producer of dried sweet potatoes, accounting for more than 70% of the market share. It was used as a tribute to the palace in the Qing Dynasty. [1] Dried sweet potato retains its natural color and quality, with yellow and red color, sweet taste, soft and chewy texture, and high content of glucose and vitamins A and B. Generally, the whole sweet potato is steamed and peeled, and then pressed and baked. After production, it can be kept for several years. It can be used as a snack or cut into small pieces, mixed with fabrics, eggs and spices, fried and dyed with rock sugar powder as a famous banquet dish. This is an early method of making. Peel the whole sweet potato, then slice it, steam it, quickly freeze it and fry it.

Fresh dry sweet potato contains a lot of water, glucose and fructose. After drying, the water gradually evaporates, and the glucose and fructose contained in the pulp penetrate into the epidermis. These two kinds of sugar have different properties. Fructose tastes sweet and absorbs water easily. When it permeates the surface, it will catch the moisture in the air and attach to the epidermis, similar to the syrup outside the preserves. Glucose is not as sweet as fructose.

Production method of dried sweet potato:

Dried sweet potato is a traditional local product of Liancheng and Shandong in Fujian, which is deeply loved by consumers for its pure natural soft waxy sweetness.

Dry raw sweet potato: slice raw sweet potato and dry it in the sun.

Dry cooked sweet potato: made of cooked sweet potato.

The production method is as follows:

Store 65438+ in a cool place after sealing, and try to eat it fresh, because we don't put preservatives ourselves, so it is not advisable to store it for too long. )

Because the fruit of sweet potato grows underground, many people call it sweet potato, but it is not a melon. Why do you say that? On the one hand, in plant taxonomy, sweet potato belongs to Convolvulaceae; As we all know, wax gourd, watermelon, pumpkin and cucumber all belong to cucurbitaceae and belong to different plant disciplines. In terms of taste and morphology, melons have melon seeds and scoops, which are crisp and refreshing, and can be eaten raw or cooked. Sweet potato has no kernel and high starch content. If eaten raw without high temperature, it is not easy to digest, and it is prone to abdominal distension, belching and other discomfort. On the other hand, most dialects in China are called "sweet potato" without the word "sweet potato", which is also called "sweet potato" in many countries such as Japan and South Korea. Is that sweet potato a sweet potato? Sweet potato is just another name for sweet potato. As the "patriarch" of "sweet potato family" in plant taxonomy, sweet potato still wants to be called by the scientific name "sweet potato". Sweet potato and purple sweet potato are short for red sweet potato and purple sweet potato, and red and purple are just different skin colors to show the difference.

In Fujian, Jiangxi and other places, sweet potato is called Meng sweet potato by the older generation because of its simple and honest posture. With the craze of animation culture and the popularity of selling cute funny elements, most of them are now renamed as cute sweet potatoes. Because the shape of sweet potato is similar to that of Taiwan Province Island, people in Taiwan Province Province have the habit of calling themselves sweet potatoes and are proud of calling themselves "sweet potatoes"!

Sweet potato has a high yield. When the Red Army was fighting guerrilla warfare, it was short of materials and longed for a full meal. Later, I learned from farmers in mountainous areas that planting sweet potatoes can effectively cope with hunger, so I planted some sweet potatoes in front of and behind my house with my friends in mountainous areas. The military and civilians also played the slogan "It is not difficult to eat sweet potatoes in the soil".