As the saying goes, "Qingming cane, poison snakes", Qingming sugarcane will really be poisoned to death?
What contains toxins is not ordinary sugar cane, but moldy and discolored "red heart" or "black heart" sugar cane
Sugarcane is usually marketed around the Mid-Autumn Festival and is not sold out until the following year's Qingming Festival. With the advent of spring, the temperature gradually rises, more suitable for mold reproduction, sugarcane is more likely to mildew, not only sugarcane before and after Qingming will mildew, but no matter what season, as long as sugarcane mildew, do not eat anymore
What are the reactions if poisoned?
After eating moldy sugarcane, temporary digestive tract dysfunction will first appear, manifested as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, melena, and then dizziness, headache, diplopia and other neurological symptoms; In severe cases, symptoms such as convulsions, stiff limbs, curved toes, and dilated pupils occur. Severe cases can lead to death due to ischemia and respiratory failure. There are also some people who will have sequelae such as speech and movement disorders.
Can you still eat the moldy part of the sugar cane?
Soft, discolored, wine-like, hairy, red heart sugar cane is not recommended to eat.
Many people believe that as long as the moldy sugar cane is cut off, the leftover can be eaten. In fact, this is a big mistake. When bacteria invade the sugar cane, the mycelium will spread, and even if the moldy is cut off, the residual sugar cane will contain a lot of toxins that cannot be seen by the naked eye.
Toxins cannot be eliminated by cooking, etc., and moldy parts cannot be eaten after being cut off
Therefore, it is best not to drink the sugarcane juice pressed on the street, you are not sure whether the sugarcane is fresh or not.
How to choose good sugar cane?
1. Look at the appearance and center part
The skin is black with red, smooth, white frosted sugar cane, relatively fresh. If the color of sugarcane is poor, flocculent or hairy white substance appears at the end, and if there are reddish yellow, tan, or blue-black spots on the cut profile, it means that it has mildew, so don't buy sugarcane!!!
2. Touch the hardness
Fresh sucrose has a hard texture and moldy sucrose has a soft texture. If it is a soft sugar cane, be careful
Several mold spots have been found on a sugarcane, while other parts look good, there are no signs of mold, and they are not edible, because the sugarcane has a high water content, mycotoxins will freely penetrate in it and transfer to other places.
Although sugarcane is delicious, it must be carefully observed and discarded immediately once it is found to have deteriorated, so as not to cause harm to the body