The 6 points you must know when shabu shabu mushrooms in hot pot
1, must be cooked before eating
Because fresh mushrooms contain colchicine, the human body can easily oxidize and produce poisonous dicolchicine, which has a strong stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal and respiratory mucous membranes. Generally within 30 minutes to 4 hours of consumption, symptoms such as dry throat, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc., if a large number of consumption may also cause fever, water-electrolyte balance disorders, blood in the stool, blood in the urine and other serious symptoms.
However, colchicine is easily soluble in water and is very afraid of heat, so it can be destroyed after sufficient heating, so when cooking, we should cook the mushrooms softly and cook them well, so that the colchicine can be decomposed by heat. This way, you can eat enoki mushrooms without worrying. And many people eat enoki mushrooms in pursuit of eating that crunchy feeling, are casually scalded on the clip to eat, so the consequences of eating may lead to mushrooms with pathogenic bacteria are not killed, especially contaminated with pathogenic bacteria such as E. coli, especially prone to acute toxicity, the common symptom of abdominal pain, diarrhea.
Eating them uncooked is absolutely not an option. Of course, if you buy dried enoki mushrooms or canned enoki mushrooms sold in the market, the colchicine in them has been destroyed, so they are safe to eat. It is very good in cold dishes or shabu-shabu.
2, enoki mushrooms must be clean
Don't think that the surface of enoki mushrooms is very clean, just rinse it and that's it, enoki mushrooms must be thoroughly peeled open and washed, and then rinsed many times in order to reduce the contamination of microorganisms and pesticide residues. Salt water soaking may only play a psychological effect, if the pesticide residue exceeds the standard, with salt water soaking is basically useless.
3, it is recommended to blanch with boiling water
Before cooking, it is recommended to blanch with boiling water, which can make the enoki mushrooms cook faster and remove the pesticide residues and microbial contamination, and at the same time, it is helpful to accelerate the decomposition of colchicine. Moreover, blanching can remove the odor, which can make the flavor more pure and taste better. Mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms contain high levels of oxalic acid, so blanching them in water can remove most of the oxalic acid. The water content of the mushrooms will be reduced after blanching, which can reduce the cooking time and prevent the nutrients from being destroyed.
From the point of view of flavor and safety, blanching mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms is more scientific and healthier, although they will lose a little bit of nutrients, but for the safety, those are not a problem, and they will also be more delicious. Definitely more good than bad. And if there is no blanching, remember to shabu shabu the hot pot soup don't drink again, not only high oil, high fat, there will be a lot of residual harmful substances.
4, avoid wantonly eat more
The enoki mushroom is the ingredient that most people like to use for hot pot. It's really good and has a high nutritional value, but you should eat it in moderation. The mushroom contains a lot of crude fiber, this kind of fiber and dietary fiber is different, the stomach and intestines are difficult to digest, a one-time consumption of too much easy to lead to intestinal blockage, constipation, especially their own original constipation patients, eat too much, defecation difficulties aggravated. In addition, the mushroom is cold, contains more cold, one-time consumption of too much or regular consumption, easy to together with the body cold aggravation, appear spleen and stomach cold symptoms, women can also be together with the uterine cold, menstrual cramps.
It is recommended that each 20-30 grams of enoki mushrooms, not more than 250g a day. excessive consumption of this type of food is easy to move the wind Yang, triggered by liver Yang headache, liver wind vertigo and other chronic diseases, in addition, it is also easy to induce or aggravate the skin ulcers and swollen poisons. In addition, it is best to eat at intervals with other foods to avoid the golden mushroom stirred together in the body, difficult to digest.
5, spoiled mushrooms do not eat
Deteriorated mushrooms do not eat, moldy mushrooms will become toxic. The size of the toxicity depends on the degree of enzyme change. So don't eat it, especially if you have a weak resistance. The enoki mushrooms generally can not be put a few days, especially in the hot weather, it is best to put in the refrigerator, put outside the estimated less than a day may be bad, put in the refrigerator room should be able to put about three days, but it is best to put in the refrigerator before the root is not removed, and do not wash the enoki mushrooms, not to hurt the enoki mushrooms, so that the preservation of the time will be a little bit longer. However, it is best to buy them ready to eat. Fresh enoki mushrooms should be clean to the touch, the color is relatively pure, the natural color is soft and not bright, will not be absent or sticky, or even have a bad smell.
It is recommended that the golden needle mushrooms can be 20 to 30 grams each time, and not more than 250g a day. excessive consumption of this type of food is prone to move the wind and generate Yang, triggering the liver and Yang headache, liver and wind dizziness and other persistent illnesses, in addition, it is easy to induce or aggravate the skin sores and swelling poison. In addition, it is best to eat at intervals with other foods to avoid the golden mushroom stirred together in the body, difficult to digest.
6, who can not eat the golden mushroom
The golden mushroom can be eaten by the general population. Suitable for the elderly, children, cancer patients, liver disease and gastric and intestinal ulcers, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease patients with insufficient qi and blood, malnutrition. However, patients suffering from lupus erythematosus or arthritis are advised not to eat enoki mushrooms frequently because the condition may be aggravated if they eat enoki mushrooms. Also, those with cold spleen and stomach should not eat too much golden needle mushrooms.