Hot pot can be said to be one of the most familiar food categories, especially in the food in Sichuan and Chongqing, hot pot can be said to be a major staple. I also like to eat hot pot. When I get together with friends, I often choose to eat at a hot pot restaurant. Everyone cooks shabu-shabu together and eats vegetables and meats. The atmosphere is amazing.

Every time I go to a hot pot restaurant, there is one side dish that I must order, duck blood. Originally, eating duck blood was good, but I saw a media report some time ago about a hot pot brand I often go to. In a store somewhere, I found that the "fresh duck blood" had nothing to do with duck. I was immediately shocked. Unappetizing.

As a knowledge-based foodie, for this reason, I also consulted various information and consulted professionals, and finally figured out the method of distinguishing real and fake duck blood. I will tell you in detail below .

As a common hot pot side dish, duck blood has captured the taste buds of countless foodies like me with its tenderness and refreshing taste. However, fake duck blood incidents happen from time to time. Whether we go to a hot pot restaurant to order duck blood, or go to the market to buy duck blood and take it home to make hot pot, we all have to be cautious.

The method of distinguishing real and fake duck blood is actually not difficult. Lamiao summarizes them into the following three points.

The overall texture of real duck blood will be more delicate and tender, so it will be easily broken. When you buy duck blood, you can try the texture on a small scale with your hands. If the texture feels rough and it doesn't break easily even if you apply force, you are most likely experiencing "problem duck blood".

In addition, the pores on the surface of raw duck blood are smaller and smoother. After being cut with a knife, the pores on the cut surface will be uneven in size. If it is some adulterated duck blood, the surface will be rough and the pores will be relatively large. After cutting it with a knife, the size of the pores on the cut surface will be relatively uniform. Fake duck blood can also be easily identified through the identification of stomata status.

Real duck blood smells of a natural blood smell within an acceptable range. If it doesn't smell like anything, it's probably artificial duck blood. If it smells pungent, or contains chemicals or other odors, it means that the duck blood has either gone bad or is mixed with other substances. Do not buy it.

If it is cooked duck blood, we can also taste the taste to distinguish the authenticity of the duck blood. Real duck blood is smooth and tender. Eating it in your mouth is a bit like eating tofu. It is tender and brittle and has a light fragrance. If it tastes very chewy or even feels like eating jelly, it is basically adulterated duck blood.

In other words, when you encounter the following three types of duck blood, you must turn around and walk away, which can also be understood as "3 Don't Touch":

1. Rough texture and large pores on the surface Don’t touch duck blood that smells like chemicals;

2. Don’t touch duck blood that smells like chemicals;

3. Duck blood that tastes chewy and difficult to bite Don't touch.

After learning how to distinguish real duck blood from fake duck blood, I believe you will also be curious about how the fake duck blood on the market is faked.

Most of the fake duck blood currently on the market is pig blood, chicken blood, cow blood, etc. Originally, it is harmless to eat pig blood and other animal blood, but due to cost considerations, these unscrupulous merchants usually use low-quality animal blood, and in order to make the fake duck blood look more realistic, they also add formaldehyde, industrial pigments, Anticoagulants and other harmful substances.

If we consume this kind of fake duck blood for a long time, it will cause considerable harm to our bodies. However, don’t worry too much. If you learn the three methods taught above and remember the “3 Don’t Touches” when taking duck blood, the probability of getting into a trap is still relatively low.

Lazy Meow’s Experience

It is said that buying is not as good as selling, but as long as you are more discerning, pay more attention to details, and be a knowledgeable foodie, next time you meet In similar situations, we can spot the problem sharply and easily identify the fake duck blood in question to avoid being deceived again.