The main components of flower gum are high-grade collagen, a variety of vitamins and calcium, zinc, iron, selenium and other trace elements. Its protein content is as high as 84.2%, fat is only 0.2%, is the ideal high protein low fat food. A good flower glue soup needs good flower glue, how to select a good flower glue has also become the key, so as to avoid buying fake flower glue, and inferior flower glue, to avoid damage to our interests.
A, distinguish good and bad methods of flower glue:
1, volume: is the larger the more beautiful, can go to a catty a best.
2, color: to golden yellow for the top. The real flower gum is not the whole even color or all white, crystal clear, there are natural lines, uneven amber color instead is not bleached top quality. In the present sea food market, many sellers in order to pursue the beauty of the appearance of the flower gums, with bleach to bleach the flower gums, in fact, this has destroyed the essence of the health of the flower gums. The original color, with the blood of the flower glue is really good flower glue.
3, thickness: Generally speaking, the subdivided flowers are more beautiful than the side of the subdivided. It is important to know that the former is the swim bladder, it is adhered to the backbone of the fish, the upper side of the pressure is small wall thin, the lower side of the pressure wall thick. Subdivided from the top of the backbone is close to the knife, so open out of the flower glue after drying is the center of the thick sides thin, the shape is beautiful; and side subdivided from the bottom of the knife, around the thick center thin.
4, varieties: which to the yellow fish belly, that is, the Hong Kong people called slate fish for the top. It is also called money belly. Grow out of this kind of flower glue yellow slate fish, body light golden yellow, fins with black inverted triangular birthmark.
5, origin: Myanmar and other places of flower gum production, but in Guangdong off the sea of flower gum the highest price, especially in the Humen waters out of the money belly is more valuable. Because of this water belongs to the junction of fresh and salty water, high natural mineral content, unlike other places is all salty water, the quality of flowers and gums produced especially beautiful.
6, rubber male and female points: rubber and rubber points, respectively, from the male and female fish swim bladders, Hong Kong people are more like to eat the male rubber, coveted for the thin body of the soft and smooth, the entrance is not easy to melt, on the contrary, the domestic people are fond of eating the mother of rubber, that the thicker body is more viscous, in a word, each is good. From the shape, the male longer, thinner, female more round, thick; from the taste, the same kind of gum male more refreshing a little bit, the female gelatinous more than a little bit, so it is more sticky; from the stewing time, the male than the female to be more resistant to stewing; from the efficacy of the male than the female to be a little bit better, and therefore the male gum is often a little bit more expensive than the female gum.
7, look at the number of years: general to eat right away, it is best to choose the old flower glue, the quality of the old flower glue than the new flower glue a lot of good, the old flower glue color is more yellow, look at the meat can be divided into dark yellow, golden, and so on, and there is no fishy smell. The color of the new flower glue is more white and fishy smell is very heavy.
8, the quality of the flower glue: good quality flower glue you stewed after the water is clear. The water is cloudy is not as good as clear, and basically no fishy flavor. There is a real flower glue no matter how long it stews it will not rot.
9, look at the flesh of the flower glue: some are coarse meat, some are soft meat. Pick up the flower gum in the light of a better place to see, you can see it inside the lines and meat, as a way to judge the quality of the flower gum. The original color, as you can see, has a blood color, so natural. This is the color of the fishery products after they are dried in the sun. Many merchants in pursuit of perfection, after sun to ninety percent or full dry, after hydrogen peroxide treatment, soaking, rotten, dull color on all rinsed away, in fact, after rinsing, and then use sulfur dioxide to smoke, color, yellow degree is very beautiful, but these are not the first choice of health.
Two, the efficacy and role of flower glue:
1, flower glue taste sweet and flat, nourish the blood to stop bleeding, tonifying the kidney and essence, and more with it with traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of peptic ulcers, tuberculosis, rheumatic heart disease, aplastic anemia and vasculitis, etc.. Neurasthenia, pediatric slow spleen wind, women's menstrual deficiencies, reddish-white belt, leakage, etc. have significant therapeutic effects. Particularly for women who have just given birth to a child has the effect of medicine to the disease, there is also the role of the face, repair the skin does not Ze, get rid of facial wrinkles, Yu can be treated with tuberculosis.
2, modern Chinese medicine believes that the flower gum can enhance the digestion and absorption function of the stomach and intestines, improve appetite, is conducive to the prevention and treatment of loss of appetite, indigestion, constipation and other symptoms. Can enhance the toughness and elasticity of muscle tissue, eliminate fatigue; can strengthen the brain nerve function, promote growth and development, improve thinking and intelligence, maintain the normal secretion of the glands; can prevent and control slow reaction, pediatric dysplasia, maternal milk secretion, old age forgetfulness and insomnia.