Saya ingin berkongsi dengan anda mengenai tips cara bagaimana untuk memilih atau membeli buah durian yang baik.
Berikut ini beberapa tips yang saya dapat hasil pembacaan dan bertanya kepada orang tua-tua.
*Tengok luaran atau kulit durian
Pastikan anda belek-belek dan perhati betul-betul kulit durian sebelum beli. Jangan pilih kulit yang ada kesan gigitan tupai atau binatan lain. Jangan pilih buah yang kulitnya ada tompokan hitam (sebab itu tanda ia dah busuk). Jangan pilih durian yang dah merekah atau terbelah sebab itu durian yang dah lama gugur. Dan jangan pilih buah durian yang kulitnya ada kecacatan atau mempunyai bentuk yang kemek tak sempurna.
Berhati-hati, kadang-kadang ada penjual yang cover tompokan hitam yang busuk dengan daun-daun. Walaupun orang kata, `Don't judge a book by its cover'. Tapi dalam hal memilih buah durian, pilihlah buah yang cantik luaran atau kulitnya. InsyaAllah kalau cantik kulit, maka isi nya berkemungkinan besar akan cantik juga.
*Tengok duri buah durian
Kalau nak beli durian yang sedap, cari buah yang berduri tumpul dan jarang. Duri sebenarnya melambangkan bagaimana isi buahnya. Kalau orang berpengalaman, dia siap boleh tahu berapa kandungan isi buah durian, dengan hanya melihat durinya sahaja. Macam iklan DIGI tu..
* Cuba rasa berat buah durian
Cuba angkat buah yang ingin dibeli, kalau ianya dirasakan terlalu ringan dibandingkan dengan saiznya, mungkin itu durian yang dah lama dan nak kecut. Cari durian yang mampat dan dirasakan beratnya sepadan dengan saiznya.
* Cuba cium bau buah durian
Cuba anda cium buah durian tu. Cium bau dia. Adakah baunya harum, menyengat atau kurang baunya? Selalunya kalau durian yang cukup matang dan sedap, baunya pasti harum semerbak dan rasa begitu menyelerakan. Sedangkan yang kurang baunya tu, mungkin durian tu tak cukup masak atau baru nak masak. Dan kalau yang bau menyengat atau yang bau ala-ala tempoyak tu, maknanya durian tu durian yang dah busuk laa. So jangan la dibeli durian yang ada bau yang tidak menyelerakan. Dan lagi satu, berhati-hati lah semasa mencium durian. Nanti tak pasal-pasal coreng hidung anda sebab terluka kena duri durian. huhu
* Tengok tangkai buah durian
Cuba perhatikan tangkai buah durian yang anda ingin beli. Kalau tangkai tu kecut semacam jer tu, mungkin buah tu buah yang lama. Kalau boleh, cebis sikit tangkai tu dengan kuku, cuba lihat kalau ianya berlendir dan berwarna hijau, maka durian tu adalah durian yang fresh dan baru gugur beberapa jam yang lalu. Kalau tangkai tu berwarna coklat, kecut dan kering semacam jer, maka itu berkemungkinan besar adalah buah yang dah lama gugur, mungkin dah gugur 3 empat hari.
Ada juga buah durian yang tangkainya jenis liat dan teguh. Biasanya buah durian yang bertangkai tahan lasak dan liat ini, isi buahnya memang lebih sedap dan manis daripada biasa.
* Kupas dan rasa isi buah sebelum beli
Cara ini paling senang, paling selamat dan paling pasti. Ini adalah jalan penyelesaian paling baik daripada terbeli durian yang dah busuk atau durian muda. Suruh saja tokey belahkan durian yang ingin dibeli, ambil seulas dan cuba makan di situ sebelum beli. Kalau puas hati, beli lah. Kalau tak OK, komplen la pada tokey kata durian tu tak bagus, busuk atau apa saja. Yang penting, pastikan anda puas hati dulu baru beli.
Tak pun, anda suruh tokey belah sikit buah durian yang ingin dibeli. Bila dah belah, cebis sikit isi durian dan rasai lah sendiri sedap ker tak sedap. Kalau sedap, beli lah. Kalau tak, cari buah lain.
Tapi awas. Ada juga tokey yang kedekut dan berkira. Dia hanya akan belah setelah kita bayar dulu duit. Pastu dia belah. Tapi tak apalah, kalau dia suruh bayar dulu, bayar sajalah. Pastu suruh dia belah depan mata kita, kemudian rasa la seulas dua buah yang dibelah tu. Kalau OK, bolehlah bungkus bawak balik rumah. Kalau tak OK, komplen la pada tokey, kata kita dah bayar mahal-mahal, tapi isi macam `ntah pe pe'.
Jangan tertipu dengan tokey
Apa2pun, yang penting, pastikan diri kita puas hati dulu, baru beli. Kalau tak, sia-sia saja kita bayar mahal-mahal. Tapi bila bawa balik rumah, rupanya durian yang dibeli tu dah busuk, berulat dan tak boleh dimakan. Haaa kalau dah terkena macam tu, baru nak menyesal dan menyumpah seranah tokey buah tu pun apa guna.
Jadi, beringatlah sebelum terkena. Pilihlah buah yang benar-benar sebelum membeli. Ingat, menyesal dahulu pendapatan, menyesal kemudian apa gunanya. Kan kan?
Sekian, selamat makan durian. ;)
A recent buzz word making its way around the health and nutrition scene is “Superfoods”. Supefoods can be grains, seeds, fruits, or vegetables. They contain a high amount of antioxidants and phytonutrients. Science is now catching up with what common knowledge has known for ages…think of that small voice in the back of your head that is saying, “eat your fruits and vegetables” (thanks, mom!). One particular superfood that has health benefits above the norm is the mangosteen fruit.
Mangosteen is a small and very slow-growing tropical evergreen tree. Mangosteen is native to South East Asia and requires a year round, warm, very humid, equatorial climate. The tree only can grow well in tropical areas and requires abundant regular rainfall and moisture in the soil.
Pericarp (rind or peel): the half-centimeter pericarp is green unripe and dark purple when ripe. It contains the highest concentrations of xanthones in the entire fruit.
Pulp (fruit) – the fleshy interior that is responsible for its reputation as the best tasting fruit in the world.
Seeds – usually one to two in number within the pulp. The mangosteen fruit has been used for centuries as a folk-lore medicine.
An enormous amount of modern study and research has been focused toward unlocking the secrets of this remarkable fruit. Scientists have actually identified the major compounds found in the mangosteen that are responsible for its healthful characteristics.
Mangosteen Health Benefits
These days, just about everybody knows about free radicals and the damage they cause in the body and most would know, to counteract the effects of free radicals, we need a diet high in antioxidants. Free radicals attack the cells in our bodies every second of every day, while antioxidants work actively with the immune system to repair the damage before cellular break down occurs. If the balance between free radical attack and the body’s ability to overcome free radical activity is weighted on the side of the free radicals… well you are destined for early onset of metabolic disease or worse.
Much has been made of the extensive antioxidant properties of vitamins, especially Vitamin C and Vitamin E. However, superfoods provide benefit way beyond these vitamins.
This powerful, life-enhancing substance is called Xanthone.
In fact, there’s a whole family of Xanthones, and the most dynamic of these are found in the amazing whole fruit mangosteen which includes the pericarp. While most people know about the antioxidant benefits of Vitamins C and E, far fewer are aware of the incredibly potent antioxidant power of Xanthones and many other phyto-chemicals. Xanthones are natural plant chemical substances that have recently won high praise from numerous scientists and researchers. Xanthones have been studied for their medicinal potential, since they demonstrate a number of pharmaceutical properties and are proving to be essential for good health.
The Research on Xanthones:
Xanthones have been the subject of intense research for several decades. They’re found in a select number of rain forest plants and dark red fruits, but nowhere are they found in more abundance than in the pericarp or rind, of the mangosteen fruit. This smooth, purple/dark red covering that was traditionally ground with ancient mortars and used to heal infection turns out to be the mother lode of beneficial Xanthones and potent antioxidants.
The two most beneficial Xanthones found in the mangosteen have been named Alpha Mangostin and Gamma Mangostin. When isolated and thoroughly tested by researchers, these two Xanthones have been found to carry a host of benefits. According to professional journals such as Free Radical Research, Journal of Pharmacology, and the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, these Xanthones have a remarkable effect on cardiovascular health; are naturally antibiotic, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory; and are amongst the most powerful antioxidants found in nature.
Research laboratories around the world have now been helping us understand how the mangosteen fruit imparts such wonderful benefits. Modern science is just catching up with what herbal doctors have already known for centuries.
For more information go to www.pubmed.com and search for “Xanthones” or “Garcinia Mangostana” in the database and read the scientific research.
The Benefits Research is finding:
1.) Anti-fatigue
2.) Anti-obesity
3.) Anti-depression
4.) Anti-anxiety
5.) Anti-Alzheimer’s
6.) Anti-arthritis
7.) Anti–periodontic (gum disease)
8.) Anti-allergenic
9.) Anti-seborrheic (skin disease)
10.) Anti-pyretic (anti-fever)
11.) Anti-Parkinsonism
12.) Anti-diarrhea
13.) Anti-neuralgia (nerve pain)
14.) Anti-vertigo (dizziness)
15.) Anti-glaucoma
16.) Anti-pain (for example, dental pain)
17.) Anti-inflammatory (cox-2 inhibitor; like Vioxx & Celebrex but without side effects)
18.) Anti-ulcer (for example, ulcers of stomach, mouth, small bowel, large bowel)
I found XanGo to be the best source of mangosteen. XanGo juice is the original mangosteen supplement that uses a proprietary, whole fruit formula (follow this link to a mangosteen juice source).
To your long life!
Exotic fruit of Southeast Asia.
The rambutan, Nephelium lappaceum, is a fruit considered exotic to people outside of its native range. To people of Malaysia, Thailand, the Phillippines, Vietnam, Borneo, and other countries of this region, the rambutan is a relatively common fruit the same way an apple is common to many people in cooler climates. This may change for the rambutan over time as availability and distribution improve.
This web site aims to familiarize the public with the qualities that make the rambutan such a wonderful, delicious and nutritious fruit. The word "rambut" in the fruit name 'rambutan' is Malay for 'hairy,' and this refers to the spiky rind. Indeed, without the soft spines on the rind, the rambutan would resemble the lychee (or litchee) which is in the same botanical family. The structure internally is quite similar, with a single central inedible seed and edible white flesh wrapped around it but the skin is the part that makes the rambutan so distinctive in appearance. Other members of the same botanical family, the Sapindaceae, include the longan (Dimocarpus longan), the canepa or mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus), the pulasan (Nephelium mutabile), and guaraná (Paullinia cupana).
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