Some people like summer because they can eat a lot of fruits in this season, such as watermelon, lychee, peach and so on. However, when it comes to a fruit, people who love to eat will say that the sweet and sour is very bitter, and the nasty people are full of disgust: "It's too dirty, a lot of bugs."
This fruit is the bayberry.
There has always been a saying on the Internet that eating a bayberry is equivalent to eating a stomach of parasites, especially children, and resolutely cannot eat bayberry.
What is the truth of the matter? Let's move on.
Where did the bugs on the bayberry come from?
In order to prove whether there are insects on bayberry, someone has done an experiment. After soaking the freshly bought bayberry in salt water for a period of time, observing its surface, there are indeed many white larvae crawling out, which makes people get goosebumps when they see it.
Where exactly did these insects come from?
When the bayberry is ripe, the fragrance will attract the favor of some insects, especially fruit flies, which will lay eggs on it, and their eggs will hatch into larvae and will directly burrow into the flesh of the fruit.
In other words, most of the bugs on the bayberry are actually fruit fly larvae. Fruit flies and flies are not a family, fruit flies larvae from birth to growth, are in a pollution-free environment, rarely carry germs, basically harmless to the human body. Cherries, grapes, watermelons and other fruits with high sugar content, as well as bayberry, blueberry, strawberry and other berries, can be found in this larvae.
And fruit flies are high-protein, nutrient-rich insects, that is, this larva may look uncomfortable, but eating it is not harmful to the human body, but it can supplement protein.
Of course, that being said, seeing these bugs is still uncomfortable, so it's important to do a good job of cleaning the bayberry.
How to wash bayberry
Step 1: Put the bayberry in a basin and rinse it several times with running water to wash away the dust on the surface of the bayberry.
Step 2: Add some corn starch to the basin, then put the bayberry in, stir a few times, and finally rinse again with water.
Step 3: If you are still worried about not cleaning, you can add some salt to soak for 20 minutes and then rinse with water several times, but this may affect the taste of bayberry.
In addition, the arbutus that cannot be eaten should be washed and then put in the refrigerator, otherwise the larvae in the bayberry will die in the refrigerator, and it will not be cleaned when it is taken out to clean.
How to buy and store bayberry
When buying bayberry, we can choose comprehensively through color, feel, and pulp.
1. Look at the color first: the bayberry is not sweet, look at the color of the bayberry to know, in general, the more ripe the bayberry, the sweeter.
The reddish color indicates that it is not mature enough, and the sour taste is very heavy when eaten; Red indicates ripeness, but the sweetness is still less than the sour taste; Half red and half purple means that bayberry has the highest sweetness and is suitable for eating; Dark purple with a hint of blackening, it means that it is overcooked, the taste is not good, and it is not suitable for consumption.
2. Look at the feel: Generally speaking, the bayberry that is not mature enough, as long as it is gently pressed with the hand, it is still hard and strong, and the taste is jerky; If pressed down is very soft, although very sweet but bad fruit is more, it is not recommended to eat.
3. Finally look at the flesh: the immature flesh will be grouped together one by one, one by one, and there will be layers of pointed fluff on the outside, which is quite sticky; The ripe flesh, the fluff is relatively soft, it looks round and moist.
Remember the above 3 tips, you can easily choose a delicious bayberry.
Finally, it should be reminded that although the larvae in the bayberry are not harmful to the human body, it is not recommended to eat more, adults eat about 7 a day, and children eat 3-4 is enough.
Also, if you give it to your child to eat, remember to cut small pieces to prevent choking your child!