Lime water, also known as calcium hydroxide solution, is a food additive, can be used as a food curing agent, buffer or neutralizing agent, will be put into the steamed eggs, you can promote the egg coagulation, increase the smooth texture of the steamed eggs, and let the steamed eggs with a light special flavor, but may make the original yellowish steamed eggs, become a little grayish-green, which is a normal phenomenon, but this ingredient correctly used in small quantities is harmless to the human body. The use of the correct small amount of this ingredient is harmless to the human body, but also can play a role in clearing the heat to remove the fire, insect repellent calcium and so on.

Note:

1, in the pouring of lime water, the bottom of the lime water do not, this part of the lime water lime content is too high, it is very easy to affect the taste, resulting in eating very hard.

2, under normal circumstances, the lime steamed eggs should be gray in color, if the concentration of clarified lime water is high, the steamed egg custard may also turn gray-green, this is normal.

3, construction site use of quicklime can not do lime steamed eggs, because that kind of quicklime contains harmful to the body of heavy metals and other harmful substances, and edible lime composition is different.