People eat fresh yellow cauliflower will be poisoned, in fact, mainly because the fresh yellow cauliflower contains colchicine components, this substance is easy to cause food poisoning. Fresh cauliflower treatment methods are as follows:
a, remove the stamensfresh cauliflower in the hands, first of all, it is necessary to remove all the stamens. Yellow cauliflower flowers look very nice, but its stamen is the toxin gathering place. You need to break all the petals of the cauliflower and carefully remove all the stamens. This is because the stamens of yellow cauliflower have a lot of pollen on them, and most of the colchicine is found in the stamens. But after removing the stamens, there are some pollen will be left behind, then it is necessary to carry out the second step.
Second, rinse soakIn order to remove all the pollen in the cauliflower should be thoroughly cleaned, significantly with water repeatedly rinse cauliflower, and then soaked in lightly salted water for at least 20 minutes. If you're not in a hurry to eat, the longer you soak it, the better. Because the toxic substances in cauliflower are soluble in water, if soaked in water long enough, then you can ensure that most of the toxic substances have been dissolved in the water.
Three, blanchingWhile colchicine is soluble in water, but the process of soaking is not foolproof, then after cleaning, you also need to blanch the fresh cauliflower with boiling water, which is also for insurance. You can put a little bit of salt in the blanching so that the yellow cauliflower can keep its bright color. After blanching this step, the toxic substances in the yellow cauliflower can basically remove the feeling.
Because even if there is a leak in the soaking time, colchicine in the encounter above sixty degrees Celsius, the toxicity will be inactivated, so that after blanching with boiling water, the yellow cauliflower in the toxic substances are basically gone. After blanching, you can fish out the yellow cauliflower and continue to soak it in water for two hours.