1. Nutrition and efficacy of snail meat:

(1) Snail meat is rich in protein, vitamins, essential amino acids and trace elements.

(2) Snail meat is a typical natural animal health food with high protein, low fat and high calcium.

(3) Because snail meat is rich in vitamin A, protein, iron and calcium, it has a good dietotherapy effect on diseases such as conjunctival congestion, jaundice, beriberi and hemorrhoids.

(4) Snails are low in calories, so they are ideal food for dieters. Besides, eating snails has a significant effect on body odor.

2. Snail meat can be eaten with eggs, wax gourd, leek, melon skin and leek.

Extended information

1. Although the meat of river snail is few, not every part is edible. What we usually eat is mainly a piece of hard and tough meat near the screw mouth, while some soft parts near the bottom are the internal organs of river snail. Because this part is easy to parasitize some harmful substances and parasites, plus it is dirty, we generally don't eat these.

2. When we deal with the snail, we first drop a few drops of cooking oil into the water of the snail and let it stand for 2-3 days, and change the water in the middle for 1-2 times, so that the sediment in the snail will be basically discharged. Then, we wash the shell of the snail and break off the bottom, that is, the most pointed place, with pliers.

Reference

Five points to pay attention to when eating snail meat in autumn-People's Daily Online