2. After washing the dried mussels, remove the hairy black intestines and stomach in the center, remove the sand, and then rinse with clear water.
3. When cleaning dried mussels, it should be noted that there is a "black thing" in dried mussels, which is the "yellow" of dried mussels, and its nutrition is also concentrated here, so be careful not to break it when cleaning, so as not to cause nutrient loss.
4. There are some small hairs outside the scallop. This is the gills of dried mussels. The smell is heavy and there is a lot of sand, which must be peeled off. This is also one of the main processes for cleaning dried mussels. Be careful not to tear off the dried meat of mussels when peeling.
5. After all the dried mussels are treated, they can be used by washing them with clear water once.
First, the nutritional value of mussels
Motherland medicine believes that mussels are warm and salty, and it is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that mussels have the effects of treating spleen injury, poor blood and fine aging, vomiting blood for a long time, low back pain due to bowel sounds and so on. There are many remedies. Because mussels are rich in nutrition, their nutritional value is higher than that of ordinary shellfish, fish, shrimp, meat and so on. It plays a positive role in promoting metabolism and ensuring nutrient supply for brain and body activities, so some people call mussels "eggs in the sea".
Second, how to choose dried mussels
1, shape: fresh dried mussels are generally oblate, with a slit in the middle and small fluff on the skin.
2. Color: light yellow, golden yellow, black and yellow are all normal colors. If there are other strange colors, don't choose them. Probably a long backlog of products!
3. Smell: It smells like seafood, normal. But if you smell something else, you'd better not buy it. The selection of dried mussels is mainly judged from the aspects of appearance, color and smell. The top grade is big and fat, with uniform size, dry texture, fresh and light taste, no damage and no impurities. On the contrary, it is flawed.
Expand the nutritional value of data
According to the analysis, every100g of fresh mussel meat contains protein10.8g, sugar 2.4g, ash 2.4g, fat10.4g, and the protein content of dried mussel meat is as high as 59.3%. Mussels also contain various vitamins and trace elements such as manganese, zinc, selenium and iodine, which are essential to human body. It is worth mentioning that the nutritional value of mussels is high because their protein contains eight essential amino acids, such as valine and leucine, which are much higher than those of eggs, chickens, ducks, fish, shrimp and meat. According to another study, mussel fat also contains essential fatty acids, and its saturated fatty acid content is lower than that of pigs, cattle, mutton and milk, and its unsaturated fatty acid content is relatively high. Known as the egg in the sea.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-"Nutritional Value" of Mytilus edulis