Bamboo shoots are mainly divided into sharp green bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, bitter bamboo shoots, fresh bamboo shoots and other types, most of which are edible. However, due to excessive fiber and bitter smell in some bamboo shoots, it is usually not recommended to eat too much.

Bamboo shoots are the ingredients of Jiangnan cuisine. In the past, there was even a saying that "you can't eat bamboo shoots without bamboo". Although all bamboo shoots are produced, not all bamboo shoots can be called cooking products. As a vegetable bamboo shoot, it must have tender tissue, no bitter taste or other bad taste, or a little bitter taste, and can only be eaten after processing to remove the bitter taste.

With the improvement of living standards, ready-to-eat convenience foods such as soft-packed seasoned bamboo shoots are favored by consumers because of their convenience, health and delicious taste. Many manufacturers have developed convenient products, such as oil smoke bamboo shoots, spicy bamboo shoots, jade bamboo shoots, diced bamboo shoots and bamboo shoots.

Matters needing attention in purchasing bamboo shoots

1. When buying bamboo shoots, the lighter the color, the better.

Bamboo shoots are also colored. When you buy bamboo shoots, you need to observe the color of bamboo shoots carefully. After shelling, bamboo shoots may be white, yellow and green. You just need to remember that the lighter the color, the more tender and crisp the taste will be. Therefore, we prefer white bamboo shoots.

2. Spring bamboo shoots are ingredients with very short shelf life.

Although spring bamboo shoots are not leafy vegetables, when we buy spring bamboo shoots, we must buy the freshest spring bamboo shoots like leafy vegetables. Vegetables are simple. If you look at tea directly, it will definitely not be fresh after withering, and bamboo shoots need to look at the pitch of bamboo joints on the surface of bamboo shoots. The shorter the distance between bamboo nodes, the more tender the taste of bamboo shoots.

3. Overall appearance of bamboo shoots

High-quality bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots can not only have a little, so when we choose bamboo shoots, chubby but not stout bamboo shoots are high-quality and qualified, and the meat of bamboo shoots will be relatively more. Generally, the whole bamboo shoots should not exceed 30 cm.

4. Finally, give it a try.

Since you can peel off the bamboo shoots and see the meat, try it with your nails. If bamboo shoots are old and have low water content, nails will not leave traces when pinched. If you can leave nail prints, it means that bamboo shoots are of good quality and tender meat.