Greetings roaming nutrition, do not want to miss with some other cities on the island of Papua that has a unique, distinctive and nutritious cuisine, this time I again discussed a food that also comes from one of the cities on the island dubbed Earth Cendrawasih it. This food is classified into snacks, maybe for friends who have seen the picture above is sure to guess what the food I mean hehehehe(lol).
Yes, the food I mean is Candied Nutmeg. Nutmeg food-based fruits have become an important part in the economic growth of society in Fakfat, West Papua. This can be understood by friends, because almost 80% of the area in Fakfak overgrown by plants that have Latin Myristica fragrans houtt this. Regardless of the topic of our discussion of candied nutmeg, nutmeg does have many benefits for us humans. In the 80s, the processing of Pala in Fakfak was limited to making Nutmeg oil by using the nutmeg itself. But now they are aware of the benefits of nutmeg, a number of nutmeg farmers in phakfak have now used the nutmeg flesh to make something useful, one of them with the processing of candied nutmeg. As a result of many nutmegs in phakfak, now people especially in Papua refer to this city as a nutmeg city. Yes, his name may not be too much if we look at the fact that there are many nutmeg trees there. The famous nutmeg trees thrive in phakfak, ranging from trees growing in the forest to growing in residential areas. Almost every head of the community in fakfak has at least one or two nutmeg trees in their yard, one thing that might reinforce Phakfak's nickname as the city of nutmeg.
The harvest season of nutmeg in fakfak occurs twice a year, the first takes place around April and the second will be there again in September. The term phakfak community for nutmeg harvest season is also quite unique, to harvest the nutmeg that occurs in the range of April april is called the eastern harvest, while for the harvest season of nutmeg that occurs in the range of September will get the nickname of the western harvest. Either since when the people there began to call it like that, is quite unique right? Hehehe (lol). When the harvest season arrives, people will come flocking to the nutmeg garden to pick nutmeg from the tree. Nutmeg that has been picked will be peeled and will be separated between nutmeg and nutmeg meat. Well, for candied nutmeg will certainly be processed using the basic ingredients of nutmeg meat earlier. Processing of candied nutmeg from raw nutmeg flesh to the sweets in fakfak done in various ways. But most people there still use traditional methods ranging from drying the nutmeg to dry without using a mixture of preservatives. The end result of candied nutmeg fakfak this will also be very typical in the mouth when we eat it. Sweet taste plus the original aroma of nutmeg still smell, this is due to the making of candied nutmeg fakfak really without preservatives. When it becomes candied, the nutmeg will be separated in the form of candied dried and wet sweets.
Typical taste makes this candied nutmeg this one has become the main attraction for people outside fakfak. Most of the migrants who come to the city of fakfak will return with candied nutmeg as souvenirs. Not only there, the candied nutmeg fakfak is also already reaching the orderan to the island of Sulawesi and and some areas on the island of Java. Even in the year 2010 until now the nutmeg fakfak has become one of the largest nutmeg import suppliers in Indonesia abroad. Well, especially for friends of culinary lovers, candied nutmeg fakfak is also a must try. In addition to providing a distinctive taste of nutmeg, the efficacy of candied nutmeg is also very good for our bodies. In the nutmeg made candied contained many essential oils and tannins. Some other chemical compounds are also found in the nutmeg flesh that has the function of treating colds, insomnia, smooth digestion and another believed to be an appetite enhancer. Very useful is not it? Therefore, if later there are friends who visit the fakfak not to miss buying this candied nutmeg.
The price of candied nutmeg in fakfak is guaranteed to be very affordable, 1 ounce is usually valued at 6 thousand rupiah for all forms of either candied dried or wet ones. Yes lumayanlah for street snacks while giving our body intake of "there" gizinya hehehe (lol). Maybe that's just a little story from Fakfak the city of nutmeg, hopefully with this paper can help add a collection of healthy and nutritious snacks we all ya. Healthy food is a lot around us, do not be wrong lo friends, expensive not necessarily a lot of nutrition but which many nutrients are usually not always expensive.