What exactly is the "black plum" sold in tourist attractions?

When people travel, they often buy local specialties at scenic spots. Traveling is meant to see new things and is a process of eating, drinking and having fun, so buying specialties is very common, but most people We often encounter the phenomenon of being cheated.

For example, what are the black plums sold in scenic spots? Many tourists have paid IQ tax for this. What is ebony?

Wumei, you may have rarely heard of this name, and you generally can’t see this kind of thing in supermarkets. Black plum is actually the nearly mature fruit of the plum plant of the genus Prunus in the Rosaceae family. It is also a kind of Chinese medicinal material, which is beneficial to the human body. The taste of this medicinal material is both sour and astringent, and it looks ugly. It doesn’t look very good, but it is very practical. What is the black plum in the scenic spot?

There are many scenic spots selling ebony plums in major scenic spots, including southern scenic spots and northern scenic spots. They are usually sold at small vendors' stalls at the entrance of the scenic spots. The small vendors introduce to tourists like this: This is The local specialty is called fresh black plum, which looks black and shiny and tastes very sweet. Generally speaking, the price per kilogram is relatively expensive. Seeing such an appetizing fruit, tourists rush to buy it.

But after buying it, many tourists will find that they have been fooled. The taste of fresh ebony plums is no different from grapes, and it can even be said to be exactly the same. What does “fresh plum” have to do with grapes?

It turns out that this fruit is made from grapes. Grapes or grapes are mixed with oil to form the so-called fresh black plum in the scenic spot. Grapes with relatively large particles are used for waxing treatment, and then these grapes suddenly become what vendors in the scenic area call fresh plums. There is no difference in taste from grapes, but there are some differences in appearance. Originally, the price of a pound of grapes was very cheap, but after it turned into ebony, the price increased several times, and many tourists were also full of freshness about this fruit, so the vendors would make more profits. .

Eating this kind of fruit is not good for your health, but it looks very attractive and makes considerable profits. Therefore, vendors often use fresh ebony plums to deceive consumers.

So how to identify true and false ebony plums?

First of all, we can judge from the appearance shape. Real ebony plums are irregular oblate spherical or round, while counterfeit ebony plums are often oblate. The appearance color of authentic ebony plums is brown-black, and the counterfeit ebony plums are brown-black in appearance. The appearance color is dark brown, and it can also be judged by the smell. The authentic ebony smells sour, while the counterfeit smell is not obvious.

No local people in scenic spots will buy this kind of fresh ebony plums. They usually deceive tourists from out of town. I have to say that travel is really full of pitfalls. You must think twice when buying things. Then go. I wonder what pitfalls everyone has encountered during travel? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area.