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Can fresh Cordyceps sinensis be used as soup?
Of course.
Cordyceps sinensis is actually the fruiting body of Cordyceps sinensis, so it is a fungus. Cordyceps sinensis is very similar to common mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus and other fungi, but its growth environment and conditions are different. Moreover, it has high nutritional value and is a rare Chinese herbal medicine in modern times, so fresh cordyceps can be used to make soup. Be careful when cooking soup.
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Do you want to soak fresh Cordyceps before making soup?
It is recommended to soak.
Because it is not recommended to wash Cordyceps sinensis, washing will wash off some fungal spore powder attached to Cordyceps sinensis fruiting body, which will greatly reduce the nutritional value of Cordyceps sinensis. Therefore, before making soup, we usually soak fresh Chinese caterpillar fungus flowers in cold water for about 10 minutes to clean up some dust and other pollutants on their surfaces. However, if some products bought are of poor quality and have been touched by many people, it is better to clean them a little.
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Is it better to use dried cordyceps or fresh cordyceps to make soup?
Generally speaking, freshness is good.
Generally speaking, the medicinal materials are fresh, and the processed dried cordyceps flowers will lose some nutrients compared with fresh cordyceps flowers, but not too much. The nutrients contained in fresh cordyceps flowers will have more moisture and sufficient nutrition when they are fresh, and the effective components will not be seriously damaged, and they are easy to precipitate when they are boiled, which is relatively beneficial to human absorption. Generally speaking, it is better to make soup with fresh Cordyceps sinensis.
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Can you still make soup when the two-year-old cordyceps flower changes color?
It is not recommended to make soup.
The change of flower color of Cordyceps sinensis after two years may represent deterioration, and its effective components may change after deterioration. Even if it has not deteriorated, its curative effect can not be completely guaranteed, so it is not recommended to eat it in case of adverse reactions caused by drugs.
Normal cordyceps sinensis flowers should be orange. It is suggested that the flowers of Cordyceps sinensis should be kept in a dark and low temperature environment and sealed.