1. Cantonese people eat many kinds of snakes, including some venomous snakes.

Some people may say, don’t you worry about being poisoned when eating venomous snakes?

In fact, people in Guangdong do not eat all venomous snakes. There are only seven or eight kinds of venomous snakes that can be eaten. The most common ones are cobras, kraits and figs. These venomous snakes only have poison in the fangs of the snake head, and the snake meat is poisonous.

There are no toxins in it.

2. The reason why Guangdong people like to eat snakes is firstly because the snake meat is tender, delicious and nutritious, and secondly because the snake meat has the therapeutic effect of removing dampness and poison, which is in line with the climate characteristics of excessive humidity in Guangdong.

Cantonese people like to eat snakes all year round, but the best season for eating snakes is after autumn, when the weather turns cooler. This is the best time to eat snakes for nourishment, and the snake meat at this time is also the most plump.

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Cantonese people eat snakes in many ways. Most restaurants cook salt and pepper snakes, braised snake segments, and the precious "Dragon-Tiger Fight", "Three Snake Soup", "Dragon-Phoenix Banquet", etc.

Most people eat snake hotpot, which is simple and easy to make. The snake meat must be cooked well to avoid eating parasites; or "Poria Turtle and Snake Soup" stewed with chicken, turtle, Chinese medicinal materials, and pepper roots to make three snake soup to remove dampness and detoxify.

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There used to be a "Snake King Man" shop in the Jincheng Building store on Dongmen South Road, Shenzhen. In addition to selling various old fire snake soups and aged snake wine, the most famous "Snake King Man" shop has the effects of warming the meridians and dredging meridians, dispelling cold and numbness, and nourishing and strengthening.

Chrysanthemum and three snake soup."

In this soup, three types of snakes are deboned and shredded into shredded meat, then simmered with ingredients such as ginger, tangerine peel, longan meat, bamboo cane water, and Shaoxing wine, and finally thickened with water chestnut powder.

If you add bungara snake (commonly known as "Guo Jixia") and "Three Clues" snake meat, it will become "Five Snake Soup". Add a handful of fresh chrysanthemum petals and coriander when eating, which will be more delicious.

Since the country promulgated regulations to protect wild animals and experienced SARS, all restaurants no longer serve this Lingnan style. Nowadays, if you want to eat a bowl of snake soup or snake soup to satisfy your craving, it is difficult to find it.