Zizania latifolia, parasitized with smut fungus, forms tender fleshy stems for eating, tender as bamboo shoots and softer than bamboo shoots. It is the best vegetable for family use and a good ingredient for banquets. Suitable for mixing, frying, burning and stewing, and can also be made into soup, which is vegetarian; It can also be paired with meat, cut into slices, diced and hob blocks, and can adapt to a variety of seasonings. Traditional Chinese medicine in the motherland believes that it is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving polydipsia and facilitating defecation.
Can I eat the black spots in Zizania latifolia? Zizania latifolia has black spots and can be eaten. This is not caused by mildew, nor is it because the harvest is too late. This is a natural phenomenon and can be eaten.
When we cut open the water bamboo we bought, we sometimes find some black spots hidden inside. In fact, these black spots are the spores of Zizania latifolia, which are not only edible, but also rich in lysine necessary for human body.
The smut fungus of Zizania latifolia was originally a fungus living in soil. When the underground roots of Zizania latifolia begin to sprout new buds, this smut fungus will take the opportunity to drill into Zizania latifolia and continuously secrete indoleacetic acid.
It is under the constant stimulation of this indoleacetic acid that the stem of Zizania latifolia will continue to grow and swell, and finally grow into a plump and tender Zizania latifolia. In other words, without the existence of this smut fungus, we would not be able to eat the delicious water bamboo.
When the water bamboo hardens, the smut fungus of water bamboo also begins to form black spores, some of which fall into the soil and some remain, which are the black spots we see.
Therefore, water bamboo with black spots is completely edible, but the taste is usually not as fresh and tender as before.
3 how to remove black spots from water bamboo with black spots? It is a pity to remove black spots, and it is recommended not to remove them.
Black spots are the key nutrition of Zizania latifolia, which can effectively prevent osteoporosis after eating, because these black spots are a kind of fungus called Zizania latifolia, which can well delay the aging of bones, so for elderly friends, eating more such Zizania latifolia can effectively prevent osteoporosis.
Four taboos of Zizania latifolia 1. Because Zizania latifolia contains more insoluble calcium oxalate, its calcium is not easily absorbed by human body, and it is not suitable for impotence, nocturnal emission, spleen deficiency, stomach cold, nephropathy, urinary calculi or excessive oxalic acid crystals in urine, diarrhea, etc.
2, the coldness of water bamboo will cause old diseases, and those with cold stomach and abscess and pus are not suitable for eating.
3, this acidic food, fasting when taking sulfonamides.