It has been widely known that Lampung
is one of the center of traditional entrepreneurship areas. The culinary
business is mushrooming everywhere with its own uniqueness and of
deliciousness. One of the most favorite foods in Lampung is bitternut cracker. Bitternut
(Gnetum gnemon Linn.) is a kind of tropical nut that can be easily found in
tropical area like Indonesia, Malaysia and other South-east Asian countries. To
make a bitternut cracker, we need to have a ripe bitternut. Usually, the ripe
bitternut is a red one. You need to peel the skin so that you can separate the
nut from its outer skin. After that, the nuts will be roasted on frying pan. The
nuts will not be
barely roasted, it should be mixed with sands so that the nuts are cooked
evenly. When it has been cooked, the outer shell of the nuts should be peeled
out so that the meat of bitternut is gotten. The nut meats should be hit until
the the form of nut becomes flat like crackers.
The next step is that the flatted nuts
should be dried up on sunlight. It takes 2-3 days (normally without rain) for
the flatted nuts to be ready to be packed. The dried flatted bitternuts then
can be fried and ready to be packed and sold. Bitternut crackers are usually
sold on small packs and the price is usually about Rp.2000,00-Rp.3.500,00 for
each pack (the weight of each pack is not more than 2 ounces). If you travel to
Lampung, you can use bitternut crackers to be your souvenir. You can buy them
in Kalianda (South of Lampung, the traitional market is still selling this cracker),
Pesawaran region (Munca village), and many more.
The worker flats the cooked bitternut
Bitternut crackers
If you ask me about the taste, of course it is so crunchy
an crispy!
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