According to the above situation, the edible methods of Ginkgo biloba can be divided into the following categories:
First, as a seasoning in dishes.
Ginkgo biloba used as a mixture must first remove the seed coat from the bone. Mesocarp can be removed by mechanical crushing in the direction of abdominal suture. The peeled kernel is covered by a light brown membranous inner seed coat. As long as it is soaked in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, it can be easily torn off.
In addition to the seed coat, ginkgo fruit can be used as ingredients, whether it is roast chicken, stewed duck, barbecue or stewed hoof. At this time, the white pulp is particularly mellow, which can eliminate the common greasy feeling when eating meat in time, greatly increase people's appetite and play a role in regulating appetite.
As a seasoning in dishes, ginkgo biloba should be placed in the back. This is because the starch of ginkgo biloba is easy to gelatinize. In order to keep the fragrance of ginkgo as much as possible, it is best to add ginkgo after the hooves of chickens and ducks are basically cooked. Cook it a little and serve it in time. This kind of food is not only delicious, but also has no worries about poisoning, so it is very popular.
Second, as an important ingredient of the cake.
When ginkgo nuts are used as the ingredients of cakes, they can increase the waxy taste of cakes and the edible value of cakes, making eating cakes an auxiliary means to prevent and treat diseases.
Ginkgo biloba used for making cakes can be whole or broken. Ginkgo nuts can be mixed with the outer layer of pastry and the inner layer of pastry stuffing to decorate the surface of pastry.
The main component of ginkgo fruit is starch, with little fat content, and there are a few substances in ginkgo nut that can inhibit the growth of bacteria. Therefore, ginkgo fruit is not easy to deteriorate when used in cakes. No matter what baking technology is adopted, it will not produce new harmful ingredients, but will only increase the color, fragrance and taste of the cake, improve the grade of the cake and make people never tire of eating it.
Third, as an important snack or disaster prevention food.
In the streets of Guangdong province, there has been a long-standing habit of buying ginkgo soup. The fragrant and delicious ginkgo soup can satisfy hunger and cure diseases, so it has always been popular. On the streets of Suzhou, you can often hear the cries of "Fried Ginkgo biloba". Children in producing areas often barbecue ginkgo biloba on charcoal fire as homemade snacks. Children wait for the ginkgo to burst open, and then bake it a little to make cauliflower-like protrusions appear in the seeds. Chew while it's hot, and it tastes particularly fragrant. As for the people in mountainous areas, soaking the cooked ginkgo in clear water as a staple food has become an important food for famine relief. It is said that in difficult times, Zhongtiao Village in Lingchuan, Guangxi relied on 2.5 kilograms of ginkgo to cook porridge, which cured the edema of the villagers.
Now some people remove the embryo of ginkgo biloba, grind it, pour it into boiling water, and then drink it directly with sugar or with milk. It is said that this way of eating, as long as you insist on taking 3-7 capsules a day, will have an extremely obvious nourishing and strengthening effect. Because the starch of ginkgo biloba is delicate, it is easy to form a paste after boiling water. This way of eating is also feasible.
Ginkgo biloba is raw and has a unique flavor. The advantage of raw food is that all the ingredients in the seed kernel are not destroyed, especially the content of effective medicinal ingredients is high, which can effectively prevent and treat diseases.
No matter which way you eat it, you should pay attention to controlling the dosage, especially eating ginkgo raw, so you must be careful. This is because ginkgo biloba is slightly toxic.
To prevent ginkgo poisoning, we must pay attention to the following points:
First, don't eat "floating ginkgo". The so-called "floating ginkgo" is the ginkgo seed with poor kernel development. The endosperm of these seeds is poor in nutrition and may contain harmful components. Eating "floating ginkgo" poisoning is by no means alarmist. On June 30th, Lunar Calendar 1949, Dongting Mountain in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province was hit by a typhoon with a magnitude of 12. Ginkgo leaves many fruits. After the disaster, farmers came to the ginkgo producing area in large numbers to pick up the fallen ginkgo. Because ginkgo biloba is not mature, it is basically a floating fruit. In the year of eating, dozens of poisoning accidents occurred in the village.
Second, the green embryo part must be removed. It is generally believed that green seeds contain some toxic substances. But the specific composition is unknown. Others believe that embryos themselves are an effective source of drugs. Therefore, some people have developed a ginkgo beverage with seeds as raw materials.
Three, the number of unprocessed raw ginkgo is generally not more than 10, absolutely not more than 30. There has long been a saying among the masses that ginkgo can intoxicate people. In other words, eating too much ginkgo will make you dizzy, just like eating sleeping pills. The actual mechanism is that some effective medicinal components in Ginkgo biloba leaves have the effect of dilating blood vessels, just like taking more sleeping pills will make people sleep forever. At present, some people think that eating ginkgo biloba is poisoned because ginkgo biloba seeds contain a substance called 4 1- methylpyridylic acid, and its toxic reaction is to cause paroxysmal spasm and nerve paralysis.
When ginkgo is poisoned, vomiting therapy and emetic are mainly used to remove the swallowed food as soon as possible. People have used clear water feces to induce vomiting. But in general, more scientific methods are needed to induce vomiting. Spasm is the main symptom of ginkgo poisoning. During the treatment, vomiting can be induced, and at the same time, the rescue plan and sedation treatment to protect the normal activities of the nervous system are adopted.
Three children ate 20 ginkgo nuts raw, 1 4-year-old children ate 40 ginkgo nuts cooked, and the first aid was successful. Within 2- 10 hours after eating, they all showed listlessness, listlessness or irritability. When three people induce vomiting, the contents in the stomach contain a small amount of ginkgo residue. After that, all patients had limb or facial convulsions, eyes turned up, foaming at the mouth, even cyanosis, pale face, vague consciousness, coma, some accompanied by low fever and diarrhea 1 case. After catharsis, intestinal lavage, infusion, sedation, anticonvulsant, excited breathing, cardiotonic and other treatments, all recovered.
Others adopt the therapy of feeding sheep blood in stages, and the effect is very good. Xu Juyuan reported two cases of poisoning caused by eating more than 80 ginkgo nuts raw. Taking sheep blood 150-300 ml by stages, these two patients, who were only 2 years old and 5 years old, immediately relieved convulsions, regained consciousness, recovered on the third day and were followed up half a month later. Everything is normal.