Pork is the favorite meat of Chinese people. Our country’s annual pork consumption is more than other meats combined. We also develop and utilize the meat of pigs as much as possible, such as pig head meat and pork knuckles. These more "remote" places are common delicacies on the table.

However, there are still some parts of pigs that cannot be eaten because they may contain a lot of bacteria and parasites. Let’s take a look.

Pork kidney

Pork kidney is commonly known as pig kidney. Some people may ask, pig kidney is not only delicious, but also has medicinal value. How can it be harmful?

In fact, pork kidneys are safe to eat, but when removing the pig kidneys, there may be a problem that the pig adrenal glands are not completely removed. Pig adrenal glands are also called pig kidneys. Although the adrenal glands are only the size of granules, they may contain a lot of adrenal hormones. Ingestion of them may cause symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, chest tightness, and increased blood pressure.

Therefore, when you buy pork kidneys, you must pay attention to whether the adrenal glands have been removed.

Pork liver

Pork liver has a delicate texture and is also a very delicious animal food. There are cooked pork livers in supermarkets, and there are also raw pork livers that you can cook at home. .

We know that the liver is the detoxification organ of the body and can purify toxic substances and metabolites in our blood. The same is true for pig liver, so there may be some unmetabolized toxic substances remaining in the pig liver.

Therefore, everyone should go to the regular market to buy liver with guaranteed quality. When cooking the liver, make sure it is cooked thoroughly. This can kill most of the germs, and it is best not to eat too much at one time. Lots of pork liver.

Pork neck meat

Pig neck contains thyroid gland and lymph nodes, and thyroxine may remain. The physical and chemical properties of thyroxine are relatively stable and require temperatures above 600°C to destroy. It is difficult to cook with normal methods. Destroy it. Eating too much will affect our own endocrine system, causing nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms.

As the immune tissue of the body, lymph nodes are also subject to disease. During the disease process, lymph nodes accumulate a large number of pathogenic microorganisms and toxins. Once ingested into the body, they will directly cause various infectious diseases or poisoning. . Not only the thyroid gland and lymph nodes in pigs, but also these tissues in other livestock such as beef and mutton cannot be eaten.

Generally, regular merchants will remove all the lymph nodes before selling them. Only unscrupulous merchants will adulterate the lymph nodes with meat. Therefore, when buying pork, be sure not to be greedy for cheap.