I used to be curious about this way of eating octopus with Chinese ink. Although I live in a coastal city now, some of my local friends don't have a similar way to eat octopus. I think many friends may have seen it through some anchors on the platform like me, so let's answer this question this time. Question of this issue: Some fishermen on the seashore eat octopus, and they always blow their heads off. Even if they eat ink together, is ink really so delicious? Let's answer this question smoothly. We need to know what octopus ink is, so as to know whether it is delicious or edible.

"Octopus" generally refers to octopus. The main difference between them and squid is that octopus has no hard shell (endoskeleton) like a plastic sheet, and most octopus has no fins (there are more than 6 known species), but many squid have hard shells and fins. Octopus's ink is a means of defense or escape. When it senses "the enemy's situation", the octopus will spray a large amount of this ink to the other side and escape when the enemy's line of sight is blocked.

The main component of this

ink is water, followed by some melanin and polysaccharide substances, and it also contains toxins that can paralyze living things.

But it has little effect on people, and these toxins will be denatured and inactivated by heating when cooking, so

octopus ink can be eaten as long as it is eaten correctly

. Is it really as delicious as some anchors describe?

What's the score of this question?

① If I was a person who lived by the sea since I was a child and watched my elders, relatives and friends around me eat like this, then I would probably choose to eat like this, and at the same time, I would think this way of eating is delicious, which is the "hometown flavor", but if I were not raised in this environment, it might not be acceptable. Let's make an analogy with bean juice, a famous snack in Beijing. In the eyes of people who are used to drinking bean juice since childhood, bean juice is delicious without changing gold. If you don't drink it for a few days, you can't think of it. But in the eyes of a person who has never been exposed to bean juice since childhood, it is very likely that it can't be swallowed at all. It is similar to this situation that octopus is eaten directly with ink. Therefore, those anchors may have eaten octopus with "head shots" since they were young, so they think it is delicious.

② There is another possibility, that is, because eating octopus with a "head shot" has a relatively strong visual effect, some anchors should choose to eat it like this even if they don't like it. Because we can't taste the taste when watching "Eating Broadcast", the main way for us to get information is the pictures and the descriptions of the anchors, so the visual shock is very attractive.

The anchors who "shot their heads off" to eat octopus in front of the camera only want attention, so this way of eating can arouse the audience's exclamation, sigh and stir-fry atmosphere, which is very common in some "eating broadcasts". Even if some of them think that the ink is not delicious, they will choose to eat it. At this time, "eating octopus in the head" is just a job need for them. Let's sum up:

① The ink in octopus is edible, but it should be cooked thoroughly before eating, otherwise there will be some toxins in it, which may not be particularly harmful, but it is not good after all.

② Whether the eating method of "eating octopus with a head shot" is delicious depends on personal preference. Generally speaking, if you have never eaten it before, it is not recommended to try this eating method.

(3) Some of the contents in the "Eating Broadcast" should be watched and entertained, so don't take it too seriously, and don't follow suit rashly. Eating habits are an extremely personal matter, which can be vividly expressed by "the taste of food is uncertain, and those who are palatable are diagnosed" and "the honey of A, the arsenic of B". Finally, our usual "little tip" content: this time we will briefly share the "great" creature octopus.

Octopus is actually a kind of "super creature". They have three hearts in their bodies, two of which are responsible for supplying blood to the gills and one is responsible for supplying blood to the whole body. Moreover, octopus has two sets of memory systems, with 1, more genes than human beings (yes, four zeros). They also have a main brain and eight accessory brains, and 6% of its neurons are scattered in its eight brachiopods, so when octopus decides to "attack",

its brachiopods can even "think" how to capture their limbs, which is better than ours.

Moreover, many octopuses have higher IQ and are good at learning. They even use tools than advanced primates (orangutans), and they are outstanding "stalkers" and "escape masters". Some even think that octopus has become our Chinese food mainly because they are too lazy to evolve and disdain to rule.

So that's all about octopus this time. If it helps, please help me forward and like it!

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