Are mushrooms mushrooms mushrooms?
Lentinus edodes is actually what we often say. Lentinus edodes includes three common mushrooms: flower mushroom, winter mushroom and fragrant mushroom. They are similar in appearance and nutritional value, but different in quality.
Mushroom is a favorite non-staple food of Hong Kong people. Guangdong people generally call it mushroom, and people in other provinces also call it mushroom.
The difference between mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms
There is no obvious difference between shiitake mushrooms and winter mushrooms from the outside, but in fact there is not much difference between them. If we want to distinguish between the two, then shiitake mushrooms are collectively referred to, while winter mushrooms are just one kind of shiitake mushrooms.
Efficacy of winter mushrooms
1, many ancient books recorded that Lentinus edodes "benefit qi without hunger, cure wind and break blood, benefit stomach and help food". It is used by the people to help reduce the induction of acne and measles and treat headache and dizziness.
2. Regular consumption of mushrooms is beneficial to prevent rickets caused by metabolic disorders of blood phosphorus and blood calcium caused by vitamin D deficiency in human body, especially in infants, and can prevent various mucous membranes and dermatitis in human body.
3. Lentinus edodes polysaccharide in Lentinus edodes can promote the production of T lymphocytes, improve the killing activity of T lymphocytes and improve the immune function of the body.
4. The water extract of shiitake mushrooms has a scavenging effect on hydrogen peroxide, and has a certain eliminating effect on hydrogen peroxide in the body, which can delay aging.
How to choose mushrooms?
1 Look at the shape
The general requirements for the appearance of dried mushrooms are that the mushroom cover is thick, neat, smooth and uniform in size; The bacterial folds are neat and fine; Marginal involution and hypertrophy; Its mushroom handle is short and thick, and the hand feels hard.
2 look at the color
Mushrooms are very colorful, yellow-brown or black-brown, and good mushroom noodles will be slightly frosted. The color of the pleats is light yellow to milky white, and if the color is purple, it is old.
3 smell the fragrance
It has a rich and fragrant taste, which is the unique fragrance of mushrooms; If there is no fragrance or a strange or musty smell, it means that the quality of this mushroom is not good.
4 touch the dryness.
The appropriate amount of water for dried mushrooms is11%~13%. It is better to have a crisp texture but not fragile. If it is too dry, the quality of it will be broken when pinched is not good; But it should not be too wet, otherwise it will be inconvenient to store and easy to deteriorate.