Potatoes are rich in nutrition, and are low in calories, vitamins and trace elements. Fresh potatoes are rich in protein, vitamins and a variety of trace elements, of which 20% are starch and fresh dietary fiber, and the calories are balanced, which is suitable for people of various constitutions to eat for a long time.

Edible effect of potato

1. Lose weight

Potatoes have wonderful effects on human body. Thin people will get fat after eating, fat people will get thin after eating, and they will become slim after eating regularly. Potatoes have the functions of losing weight, maintaining vascular elasticity, discharging sodium and preserving potassium.

2. Beauty

Potatoes have a good skin care and beauty care function. Fresh potato juice is directly applied to the face, and the whitening effect is remarkable.

3. Eat a good personality

Food can affect people's mood because the minerals and nutrients it contains can act on the human body and improve the mental state.

Eliminate edema

Potatoes are rich in vitamins, calcium, potassium and other trace elements, easy to digest and absorb, and rich in nutrition. In Europe and America, especially in North America, potatoes have long been the second staple food. Potatoes are beneficial to the rehabilitation of patients with hypertension and nephritis edema.

Step 5 keep pace with the years

Potatoes are anti-aging foods. People who often eat potatoes are healthy and slow to age.

Tips for buying potatoes

Small and shallow bud eyes: potatoes with small and shallow bud eyes are easy to peel and have high utilization rate;

Touch porcelain: press potatoes by hand, and feel that porcelain is relatively fresh and moisture is relatively sufficient;

Skin integrity: potatoes should be dry, without broken skin and without damage (new potatoes can have a little broken skin because of thin skin).

Effect 1.jpg Potatoes with green, soft or sprouted skins may cause poisoning after eating. Do not buy them. Crispy potatoes: smooth and tender appearance, pale color, few pockmarked, suitable for cold salad and fried potato shreds.

Noodles and potatoes: the color is gray, and there are many pockmarks outside, which is suitable for mashing stewed potatoes.

Storage skills of potatoes

Long-term storage can put potatoes and apples together, because mature apples will release a plant hormone-ethylene, which can promote the ripening of plant fruits and the shedding of organs. When potato and apple are put together, the ethylene produced by apple will inhibit the cells in the eye of potato bud from producing auxin, and the auxin will not germinate naturally if it is not accumulated to a sufficient concentration. Mature bananas should also have this effect.

Cooking skills of potatoes

1. Peel potatoes: prepare a piece of tin foil (for baking), knead the bright side of the tin foil outward into a ball, wipe the potato skin once with a tin foil ball, and put the wiped potatoes into a clear water basin, and all the potato skins will come out.

2. Only a thin layer is peeled off when peeling, because the juice under the potato skin is rich in protein. If the peeled potatoes are not cooked immediately, they should be soaked in cold water to avoid blackening, but they should not be soaked for too long to avoid the loss of nutrients.

3. There are often blue spots on the surface of potatoes, which are not beautiful when serving. For example, if you put some vinegar in the water where potatoes are boiled (one tablespoon per kilogram of potatoes), the spots will disappear.

4. Cook with slow fire, so that it can be cooked evenly. If you cook with a sharp fire, the outer layer will be cooked or even cracked, but the inside is raw.

Potatoes rot as soon as they are cooked, and it is difficult to keep them intact even if they are cooked with skin. If it is used for cold mixing or dicing, you can add some pickled salt water or vinegar to the cooked potatoes, and the potatoes will remain intact after cooking.

6. peeled potatoes should be put in cold water, and a little vinegar can be added to the water to prevent the potatoes from changing color.

Taboos for eating potatoes

1. Potatoes that have sprouted are forbidden to eat, and a large amount of them can cause acute poisoning.

2. Eat potatoes must be peeled, potato skin contains alkaloids, a large number of consumption will have nausea, diarrhea and other phenomena.

Edible suggestions for potatoes

Potato skin contains a small amount of toxic substances, so it is best to peel it before eating. After washing and peeling potatoes, they can be cut into shredded potatoes and potato chips for cold salad or stir-fry, potato chips and potato chips for stew, and whole potatoes can also be stewed.

Skillfully peel potatoes:

1, under the tap, while washing potatoes, you can quickly peel potatoes with a clean cleaning ball;

2. Wash the potatoes and boil them in water 1 min. Take them out and put them in cold water. Once peeled off, they will fall off.

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Steps 2.jpg crisp potatoes are white in meat and crisp in taste, suitable for cold salad or cooking; Noodles are yellow and soft, suitable for stews or mashed potatoes.

Potatoes can be cold-mixed, stir-fried, stewed with various vegetables or meat, steamed and pressed into mashed potatoes to make creamy mashed potatoes and potato cakes. If the cut potatoes are not boiled immediately, they should be soaked in cold water to avoid oxidation and blackening. When frying shredded potatoes or potato chips, put a spoonful of white vinegar to make the potatoes taste crisp and white.

When cooking potatoes, adding vinegar can also effectively decompose the toxins in potatoes. Treatment of scald: Slice it on the scald to reduce swelling;

Relieve knee pain: take appropriate amount of potatoes and ginger, wash and mash them and apply them to the painful parts to relieve the pain;

Treatment of long-term constipation: wash potatoes and lotus roots, mash and juice, and take them for a long time to relieve long-term constipation.