When the season is in season, the plants and trees sprout, it is the season to pick edible wild vegetables, and it is the season to pick edible wild vegetables. Wild vegetables are grown in unpolluted mountainous or hilly areas with fresh air, so this pure green organic food is very popular. However, wild vegetables are delicious, and not all wild vegetables can be eaten, and if they are not done well, they will cause foodborne diseases and even be life-threatening. So how do you eat wild vegetables?
1. Which wild vegetables can be eaten, and how to eat them?
1. Koji hemp green: Wash the whole herb and cut it into sections, blanch it cold or dip it in sauce to eat.
2. Bitter vein vegetables (bitter cabbage, bitter dish): wash the whole herb and cut it into sections, blanch it cold dressing or dip it in sauce to eat.
3. Dandelion (mother-in-law): can be eaten raw, fried, made into soup, boiled, dumplings or buns.
4. Capsule: dumplings, buns, wontons. In addition, shepherd's cabbage should not be eaten raw, nor should it be eaten too much.
5. Amaranth: cold dressing, stir-frying, making vegetable cakes, wrapping dumplings, making hot vegetables, making porridge, pickled pickles.
6. Elm money: elm money soup, elm money cake, elm money soup, etc.
7. Mint: Peppermint can be used to make mint porridge, fresh mint tofu, mint chicken breast, etc.
2. What are the precautions for eating wild vegetables?
1. People with allergies should eat as little as possible. Allergies are more susceptible to uncertainties, and the ingredients contained in wild vegetables are more complex and unknown than cultivated vegetables, which is not a good thing for people with allergies. Therefore, for the sake of their own health and safety, people with allergies should try to eat less wild vegetables and control their greedy mouths.
2. Do not pick wild vegetables that you don't know. Just like wild mushrooms, many wild vegetables are not necessarily edible, although they are green and pleasant. When we choose wild vegetable varieties, we must choose varieties that are already well-known to the public and can be eaten. For example, toon leaves, purslane, camellia, dandelion, etc.
3. Pay attention to the growing environment of wild vegetables. Do not pick wild vegetables that grow near factories, roadsides, garbage sites, and other places where the soil quality is very poor. Wild vegetables in these places are susceptible to contamination with toxic substances, which can affect human health after consumption.
4. Handle the wild vegetables correctly. Some wild vegetables need to be blanched and soaked before they can be eaten, and if you pick such wild vegetables, the correct handling steps cannot be omitted.
5. Don't eat too much at once. The purpose of eating wild vegetables is to "try the fresh", and you can eat it in moderation to satisfy your taste buds. Eating too much may cause discomfort due to high blood concentrations of certain substances in the body.
6. If you feel unwell, seek medical attention in time. If you have symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, it is the best choice to seek medical attention as soon as possible, because time is of the essence at this time, and once the best time for treatment is missed, the consequences are difficult to predict.
Author: Liu Fengyu
Source: Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Editor: Bai Bing, Sun Kaifeng
Proofreading: Qiu Wei, Chen Zeming
Preliminary review: Sun Baijun
Review: Xu Jiang