The weather is getting warmer, Fushou snail has entered the breeding period, and around the rural rice fields, rivers, lakes, and ponds, there are clusters and strings, and objects similar to "pink mulberries" are Fushou snail eggs. Experts warn that if you encounter Fushou snail, do not easily touch and eat. What is the origin of this kind of Fushou snail that looks like a field snail, and why can't it be eaten? Steaming, boiling, grilling it not fragrant? What are its hazards?
The introduction of Fushou snail
Fushou snail is a large freshwater snail native to South America, mainly distributed in the Prata River Basin and the Amazon River Basin. In the 1980s, a Chinese national was introduced from abroad to southern China for farming. Due to the fast growth rate of Fushou snail, large meat, high meat production rate, short breeding cycle, and good breeding, it quickly attracted countless farmers to large-scale breeding, and as a high-protein food into the market table. In less than ten years, Fushou snails were quickly promoted in many southern provinces in the mainland, and the breeding boom of Fushou snails was pushed to the peak.
Fushou snails were introduced to be eaten, but the meat of this snail is very hard, and in order to ensure the texture of the snail, some chefs will shorten the cooking time. Therefore, later cases of accidents ate Fushou snails occurred from time to time. For example, in 2006, a Sichuan restaurant in Beijing launched a new version of "cold mix snail meat", the ingredient used was Fushou snail, but because it was not fully cooked, a mass parasitic infection broke out, and more than 87 diners were infected with "Guangzhou tube strongyloidiasis", showing loss of consciousness, headache and fever, and different degrees of stiffness in the neck, which was unbearable. As soon as this incident came out, Fushou snail became "everyone shouted and beaten", and Beijing and Shanghai began to ban the sale of Fushou snail, and Fushou snail has since collapsed.
The hazards of Fushou snails
After experimental research, it was found that there are as many as 3000 to 6000 parasites in a Fushou snail, if it is not fully cooked through during the cooking process, after eating it, the parasites such as Guangzhou Tube Nematode carried by it may be infected in the human body, and the nematode larvae will damage nerve tissue, cause meningitis and other diseases, cause headache fever, diarrhea, and cause dementia or death. As a result, Fushou snail gradually became something that few people dared to eat.
After this incident, although the sale of Fushou snails was banned in some areas, there were still some bad restaurants that would use Fushou snails to impersonate field snails, causing many diners to eat by mistake and become ill. The field snails we often eat are very similar in appearance to The Fushou snails, and people who do not understand them are easily confused. Therefore, foodies must learn to distinguish between them, and do not eat wrong. Usually, the Fushou snail is much larger than the field snail, at least about 3 times that of the field snail; the snail mouth of the Fushou snail is large, the tail of the snail is relatively flat, and the shell is relatively thin; while the snail of the field snail is small, the tail of the snail is pointed, and the shell is relatively thick.
Although the field snail can also be infected with Guangzhou pipe roundworm, compared to the Fushou snail, the field snail has much less parasites, and the chance of infection is much smaller.
After the Fushou snail accident in 2006, it was abandoned one after another, and they were abandoned in large quantities in paddy fields, rivers, ponds and swamps in the wild. They are adaptable and more reproductive, and have almost no natural enemies on the mainland, so they began to "camp" in these places, triggering the road of invasion. After years of barbaric breeding and growth, it has spread everywhere, and now many areas of Fushou snail are flooded, causing serious harm to the local ecosystem.
Fushou snail has a large amount of food, a wide range of food habits, mainly plant feed, can eat rice seedlings, duckweed, vegetables, melons, fruits, lotuses, etc., but also eat animal rot in the water, as long as it is planted in the field almost everything to eat, destroying the growth of vegetables and aquatic plants, especially the harm to rice crops is the greatest. The larvae hatched by the Fushou snail began to nibble on a large number of young shoots and leaves of crops, resulting in a reduction in rice yield, which can be called "crop killer". It has a great impact on the living environment of native species, seriously damaging the surrounding wetlands, river ecosystems and agro-ecosystems. In 2003, the snail was identified as one of the first 16 most harmful alien species to invade China.
In recent years, in the rice fields with high incidence of Fushou snails, the density of juvenile Fushou snails per mu can exceed 100,000. When the mainland was racking its brains to completely eliminate the Fushou snail, this kind of snail that made the mainland foodies helpless was very sought-after in India, and the indian third brother brought them to the table as rice to eat, eliminating a large cauldron at a time. Don't they infect parasites?
How do Indians eat Fushou snails?
Indian three brothers usually cook food thoroughly or even cook it into a paste before eating. So how do Indians eat Fushou snails?
First, set up a large pot to set fire, put in a large pile of Fushou snails and cook, and chop the onions, coriander, and tomatoes for later. After the Snail is cooked, it is fished out, the meat is shelled and left behind, and the snail meat is washed several times with water. Then heat the oil, add spices, mint leaves, onions, curry leaves, garlic paste and stir-fry, then add the washed snail meat, add turmeric, tomato, green pepper and other condiments to continue to stir-fry on high heat, stir until it completely becomes a pot of paste, and finally sprinkle a handful of pepper, and you're done. They will pour the finished snail paste on the rice, so that a snail cover rice is born.
In such a cooking process, the snail meat is cooked long enough to fully eliminate the potential parasites in the Fushou snail, which can be said to be a "clean and hygienic" delicacy. You know, most Indians have strict religious beliefs, they do not eat beef, pork, in some of the poorer Indian regions, Fushou snail can be used as a protein substitute for pigs and beef. Fushou snails are multiplied in large quantities, high yields, easy to obtain, take them to the pockets, go to the pond or rice field, and easily catch a large number. Every time they burned it, it was a big pot, and the snail lid became their daily routine.
Therefore, for Fushou snails, make sure to cook at high temperature, you can eat safely. The reason why no one eats in China is mainly because it is not delicious, no one dares to eat it if it is not cooked, and it is not delicious when it is cooked! Have you ever eaten? What are your thoughts on Fushou Snail?