Yes.

River mussels belong to the river food, river food is delicious, but eating more can be risky, because it contains pathogenic bacteria, parasites, heavy metals and other kinds of environmental pollution, allergies and intolerance, will promote the risk of certain diseases. In aquatic products, there are a variety of parasites such as tubular nematodes, schistosomiasis, and schistosomiasis. Undercooking may also allow cysts of parasites to escape.

Mussels live on the bottom of freshwater lakes, ponds and rivers, half-buried in the sediment. The meat is edible and is also used as bait for fish and birds and as feed for poultry and livestock.

Extended information:

Spring is an excellent season to eat mussels, because at this time the river temperature is low, the mussels are very clean, the meat is tender and fat. There are more than 100 kinds of mussels in China. Whether the mussels can be eaten, all depends on the water quality. If the breeding ponds are over-fertilized, the water quality will be polluted and the mussels will not be edible.

Buying mussels, be sure to pick mussels with tightly closed shells, the size should be moderate, not too big. Mussels should be removed from the gills and internal silt, wild soil mussels are also very delicious, to be raised in fresh water for three days, so that the mussels try to spit out the sediment, so that the treated mussels are both clean and tasty.

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