After winter, a seasonal fruit is on the market! It looks like bamboo, but the taste is particularly sweet, and in the dry climate, eating it is sweet and not greasy, and can replenish moisture.
That's right, it's sugar cane! Sugarcane is not only sweet and juicy, but also has a good effect on moisturizing the yin and dryness.
But some friends feel that sugarcane is directly nibbled or juiced to drink a little cold, which will stimulate the spleen and stomach. To this end, Xiao Er brings everyone a "new way to eat sugarcane".
Three new ways to eat sugar cane
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Roasted sugar cane
Roasted sugar cane, in fact, is an authentic snack in Taiwan and Hainan, which was very popular in the early years, generally roasted in a special oven, and now some are grilled in a tin box similar to a kebab.
Today, Xiao Er will tell the rice balls an easier way - wash and cut the sugarcane and bake it in the oven at 180°C for about 20 minutes. Isn't it much more convenient?
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Sugarcane water chestnut water
This is a common sweet soup for clearing the lungs in autumn and winter, which helps to clear heat and moisturize, nourish and quench thirst, and is also very simple.
Peel and cut the sugarcane, wash and peel the water chestnuts, put them in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water to boil, and then continue to simmer for 30 minutes on low heat. You can eat water chestnuts, gnaw sugar cane, and drink sweet soup, killing two birds with one stone~
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Vietnamese sugarcane shrimp
Sugarcane is added to the dish, making the famous Vietnamese food - sugarcane shrimp. Traditional Vietnamese sugarcane shrimp is to first beat the shrimp meat into shrimp puree, add sugar cane, wrap it in rice mesh skin, and fry it in a pan.
But the sugarcane shrimp shared by Xiao Er this time is a mixture of fresh shrimp and shrimp puree, and the shrimp meat (similar to popsicles) is supported by sugarcane to take its flavor, and it does not eat its body, the taste is sweet and delicious, enhancing freshness, and then accompanied by a dipping sauce made of fish sauce, millet spicy and minced garlic. This taste is even more wonderful~
"Red heart" sugar cane, no matter how sweet it is, don't eat it
Xiao Er wants to remind that although sugarcane is sweet and juicy, if you encounter this "red heart" sugarcane, don't eat it no matter how sweet it is!
This kind of sugar cane is actually moldy sugar cane, and turning red is the manifestation of its mildew.
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Why does sugar cane also become moldy?
Although the skin of sugar cane is hard, at harvest there are cuts due to "chopping", and the flesh is exposed.
Due to the influence of storage conditions (temperature, humidity changes) and transportation environment, there is a risk of mold contamination of exposed pulp, and reddish-brown flesh will appear after contamination.
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What happens if you eat moldy sugar cane?
Sugarcane contaminated with mold will produce a toxin with "3-nitropropionic acid" as the main component, which can cause human poisoning after ingestion. If the amount ingested is large, it will also affect the body's nerve function and will be life-threatening!
Source: @CCTV News
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Can I still eat it without the moldy part?
Don't take a "fluke" mentality and think that it will be fine to remove the moldy part of the sugar cane and eat the remaining clean part. When the bacteria invade the sugar cane, the hyphae can be extended, and even if the moldy part is cut off, the remaining sugar cane has a large number of toxins that are invisible to the naked eye.
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How to tell if it is mildew?
In addition to looking at the pulp, what other aspects can be distinguished?
(1) Smell: Fresh sugar cane smells of a clear fragrance. If it is sugarcane with a light degree of mildew, it may smell no taste, and if the mold is serious, it may have a sour mold smell or sake lees.
(2) Look at the appearance: the skin of sugarcane is complete and looks very smooth, and the surface of sugarcane has more white frost, this sugarcane is very fresh. Mildew sugarcane is generally not bright in color and soft in texture.
Source: CCTV Home for Dinner