The snow clam is a precious species that grows in the forested areas of northeastern China and is also an alias for the northeastern forest frog. It can hibernate for as long as five months in frozen rivers, under the snow, before it got the name snow clam. Snow clams as skin tonic effect has been widely known, its flavor salty and flat, not dry and not fire, and contains a lot of protein, especially suitable for daily tonic.

First, how long to cook and cooking method of the snow Ha

Snow clams are generally recommended to cook 1-2 hours is appropriate, and before cooking must be used to soak in water overnight, the taste is better. In addition can also be based on their own needs to cook snow clams, such as drinking snow clams dessert can be cooked a little less time, and stew soup porridge can be cooked more time.

1. Wash and soak the clams in warm water for about ten hours, changing the water halfway through. After soaking, remove impurities and black skin, put into boiling water, plus a few slices of ginger, you can remove the fishy flavor, and then put into cold water, the soaking of snow clams is complete.

2. dates and fresh milk with rock sugar stewed snow clams, red dates washed, in the stew add snow clams, red dates, fresh milk, rock sugar stewed in water for one hour.

3. papaya stewed snow clams, will be cleaned papaya skin, the top cut out 2/5 for the cover, papaya cup cut into sawtooth loaded, dig out the core and flesh, papaya into the stew. Ice sugar and water together with the pot dissolve, and then into the clam pot for half an hour, add milk, to be rolled, rolled and added to the papaya cup, cover, simmer for an hour can be taken.

Second, the snow Ha edible contraindications crowd

1. Spleen and stomach cold people should not be eaten, spleen and stomach cold people try not to consume snow clams, because the clam meat is very not easy to digest, but instead will greatly increase the heavy spleen and stomach digestive pressure, and there will be a series of problems such as abdominal pain, diarrhea. It is recommended that friends with poor spleen and stomach function can drink more millet porridge, oatmeal porridge to regulate the function of the spleen and stomach.

2. Children and adolescents should not be consumed, children and adolescents are in an important stage of growth and development, try not to consume snow clams, which are rich in high-protein substances, easy to lead to obesity after consumption; but also rich in estrogen, prone to precocious puberty.

3. breast cancer patients are prohibited from eating female friends are now more and more gynecological diseases, if there is breast cancer, ovarian cysts or uterine fibroids and other gynecological diseases, due to the clams are rich in a large number of estrogen, which is likely to lead to the body of estrogen secretion abnormality, is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.

4. The diabetic is forbidden to eat with a lot of aminotransferases in snow clams, after entering the human body there may be a sudden rise in blood sugar, greatly aggravating the condition of the diabetic.

Now we have a knowledge and understanding of the snow clam, the four types of friends introduced above should not consume the snow clam, to avoid unnecessary impact. Snow clam edible way method method is various, you can try with the production of delicious snow clam. Although the clam is delicious, a small amount of consumption can achieve a good health care effect.