As the saying goes, "Eat radish in winter, eat ginger in summer". Spring is here, summer will be far away? The reason why eat ginger in summer is because the summer weather is hot, the human body saliva, gastric juice secretion will be reduced, thus causing a loss of appetite, eat some ginger before eating can stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, so as to increase the appetite.

Ginger in China's central, southeastern to southwestern distribution, Shandong's Anqiu, Changyi, Laiwu, Pingdu Dazeshan produced ginger is particularly famous. In China, ginger has a long history of edible and medicinal use, with many functions such as removing dampness, dispelling cold, warming the stomach and accelerating blood circulation.

Ginger as one of the commonly used cooking seasonings, not only can be flavored but also deodorized, almost every family will have a few pieces. When buying ginger, many people always look at the appearance, picking the kind of look smooth and clean, in fact, this kind of ginger may be unscrupulous traders "have done the foot", some merchants in order to stimulate the consumer desire to buy, will use sulfur fumigation ginger, after the sulfur fumigation ginger looks delicate yellow and tender crisp, this kind of ginger looks good but tastes good, it's not a good idea, it's a good idea. This kind of ginger looks good but eat up is not healthy, was smoked ginger has a strong toxicity, if often eaten, the light will cause gastrointestinal dysfunction, abdominal pain, dizziness and other symptoms, the heavier will lead to the body's related organs and tissues chronic failure. This toxic ginger, and then cheap do not buy, if you buy the best throw away.

Sulfur smoked poisonous ginger has such a great harm to the human body, so how do we distinguish between normal ginger and sulfur ginger, today we share with you.

A normal ginger

Normal ginger is generally not bright, the color is darker, the skin is dry and rough, a closer look will also find that the skin with the soil; after breaking open the smell, the normal ginger is a natural ginger spicy flavor. Although normal ginger looks a little ugly, a little dirty, a little dry, but this is the real good ginger.

Second, sulfur ginger

Compared with normal ginger, sulfur ginger appearance is better, the color is bright yellow, and more than the normal ginger tender, the skin is also relatively smooth, but with the hand rubbed, the skin of the ginger is easy to peel off. After the sulfur ginger break open, smell the taste will have a faint sulfur flavor, ginger itself is almost impossible to smell the spicy flavor, and sulfur ginger inside and outside of the color difference is large, so that the ginger exposed to the air, not a few days on the rotting and deterioration.

This ginger looks clean and smooth, in fact, is the "poison" ginger, encountered don't buy by mistake. This appearance looks tender and smooth ginger, we see the never buy, eat this kind of sulfur smoked ginger, is in the consumption of chronic poison. So far, the authorities have seized the sulfur-smoked poisonous ginger in many places. In this age of profit, whether you buy ginger or other food, you must keep your eyes open and learn to recognize it.