auricularia auricula should be soaked in cold water or warm water, preferably light salt water.

Auricularia auricula can be eaten by soaking in cold water for about 3-4 hours. If you want to achieve the best swelling rate, you can soak it in water with 15-25 degrees for 8 hours. Auricularia auricula is a fungus plant. Fresh Auricularia auricula contains a lot of water, which becomes leathery after drying. Soaking in cold water can make Auricularia auricula slowly absorb water and become translucent when fresh. This is also the most ideal method for soaking fungus.

Soaking Auricularia auricula in light salt water can speed up the growth of dried Auricularia auricula. In light salt water, Auricularia auricula only takes 1 hour, and washing Auricularia auricula with salt water can effectively scrub off the sand in Auricularia auricula. Auricularia auricula soaked in cold water can be soaked for 3~5 days without deterioration, but pay attention to changing the water for soaking auricularia auricula once a day. But if the fungus is soaked in hot water, it should not be stored for more than 1 day. Because hot water has inactivated the colloidal tissue in auricularia auricula.

Method of purchasing Auricularia auricula

1. Observe the flower shape: the one with large and even flowers, light weight and large swelling after water absorption is the top grade, the one with medium swelling, slightly heavier texture and average swelling after water absorption is the middle grade; if the flower shape is small and broken, the ear flap is curly, the meat is thick or stiff, and the weight is heavy, it belongs to the lower grade.

2. Look at the color: each flower has a shiny black surface with a slightly grayish white back as the first-class product, a dull black surface as the second-class product, and a gray or brown surface as the second-class product.

3. dryness test: the good quality fungus is dry and crisp, and the second fungus is pricked. It is usually required that the moisture content of auricularia auricula is below 11% for qualified products. The way to test the moisture content of auricularia auricula is to hold a handful of auricularia auricula in both hands and shake it up and down. If there is a crisp sound, it means that it is dry goods with excellent quality, otherwise, it means that the goods are inferior. You can also pinch it with your hands. If it is easy to crush, or if you let go of your fingers, the flowers will recover quickly, indicating that there is less water. If you let go of your fingers, the flowers will recover slowly, indicating that there is more water.