In fact, prawns are people are very fond of eating a kind of ingredients, generally made of shrimp dishes smooth, tender meat, taste adjustable, and its cooking methods are also diverse, in fact, it is precisely because the shrimp have so many advantages, so that it is loved by all kinds of diners, of course, but also by the majority of housewives love, but also due to the shrimp contains a variety of beneficial to the body of the Protein, calcium and phosphorus iron and other minerals, so prawns can be called one of the public's favorite cuisine.

So why do some people remove the head of the shrimp, some people eat the head of the shrimp?

In fact, the shrimp head in the end can not eat, mainly depends on what is in the end is what place to farm out of the prawns, if the regular manufacturers to farm out, then that is to say that can be eaten, but the shrimp head contained in the content of heavy metals is indeed much higher than the shrimp meat, so that if you especially mind if it is best not to eat, and secondly, there is no shrimp head of the meat, don't eat also.

So what is inside the shrimp head?

In fact, in the majority of food recipes never lack of "head", "brain" this kind of ingredients parts, such as Shun famous dish chopped pepper fish head, snacks pig brain flower, spicy rabbit head and so on these dishes, but the head of the shrimp is not the same as these.

Because of the biological structure of the different, so that shrimp almost all internal organs are long in its head inside, and only a shrimp intestine through the body used for excretion, so that the shrimp head and rabbit head, fish head situation is not the same. General shrimp head, not only have shrimp yolk, shrimp paste and other good things, but, shrimp head inside the shrimp gills, heart, liver, stomach, all kinds of glands and other parts of the shrimp, they are crowded in a small shrimp head, of course, the head of the shrimp not only will remain some shrimp food and feces, but also will retain some of the shrimp's blood.

So when it comes down to it, can you eat the head of a shrimp or not?

The above said so much, then the shrimp head in the end can not eat it? Generally for the river shrimp, then it is best not to eat, but if it is the sea shrimp, their shrimp head can still eat, although it can be eaten, but do not eat often. If you eat often, then it will certainly increase the residue of heavy metals in the body, in this case, a long time to human health is not any good.

And eat shrimp head, of course, there are some more need to pay attention to the place, that is, must: heat through, and for the heating and cooking method must choose the right, choose to heat or cooking time must be long enough, only so as to maximize the kill shrimp head in the parasites and other harmful substances to the human body.

Of course, for many people are more entangled in the end to eat or not eat shrimp head, the main reason is also likely to be for the inside of the "shrimp yellow, shrimp paste", then we understand the shrimp yellow and shrimp paste in the end what?

Shrimp yellow and shrimp paste

In a general sense, its shrimp yellow and shrimp paste actually refers to the mature gonads of shrimp, containing the main components are protein and fat, so that the shrimp in the breeding period of the paste will be full of yellow. But some people will find a situation, as if no matter what time to choose to eat shrimp, you can see the inside looks yellow that kind of material, so this is in the end how is it?

In fact, in fact, most of us eat shrimp to see the "shrimp yellow shrimp paste" is not the real shrimp gonads, but the shrimp hepatopancreas, especially crayfish most representative.

The so-called hepatopancreas is actually also called the digestive gland or called the midgut gland, it is the largest organ of the shrimp, but also the shrimp is one of the most important organs, it is the shrimp for immunity, digestion, physiological regulation, hematopoiesis and other functions, the hepatopancreas is very important role.

And shrimp hepatopancreas also have detoxification enzymes, antiretroviral enzymes and other substances that are more helpful in detoxification, but also help shrimp to fight against the growth of bacteria in the environment, heavy metals, and other relatively unfavorable conditions, so it is also very easy to produce its own lesions, then this is why we do not recommend eating shrimp head is one of the main reasons.

Summary:

1, shrimp head is able to eat, but its food value is not high, generally for health reasons, and is not recommended to eat shrimp head.

2, in fact, we eat the shrimp head cream and yellow are likely not shrimp gonads, but the shrimp's hepatopancreas only.

If you really like to eat shrimp head, then please make sure that the shrimp is fresh, and the source is also reliable, because the shrimp head is the shrimp body has the most pollutants in the parts.