Because the skin of pumpkin is hard, it takes a little longer to steam pumpkin cups, usually 35 minutes. However, it usually takes 20-30 minutes if the pumpkin is peeled and cut into pieces to make other dishes or boiled after peeling.
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In terms of collocation, pumpkin and vinegar are alike. This is because the acetic acid contained in vinegar will destroy the nutrients of pumpkin. Moreover, pumpkin can not be eaten with crabs and carp, otherwise it will cause vomiting, dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other food poisoning phenomena;
Because there is a certain amount of vitamin C-decomposing enzymes in pumpkin, it is not suitable to mix pumpkin with vegetables rich in vitamin C, such as red dates, tomatoes, spinach, Chinese cabbage, rape, broccoli, etc., but the vitamin C-decomposing enzymes contained in pumpkin will be inactivated at high temperature, so it is best to steam pumpkin to avoid destroying the nutrients of other foods;
Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Pumpkin can't be eaten with mutton, which makes people angry." Pumpkin tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi and mutton tonifying the deficiency are irritating to the stomach, so avoid eating with mutton; There is also a little shrimp that can't be matched with pumpkin. Eating it together will cause dysentery. If you eat it by mistake, you can use black beans and licorice to detoxify.
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