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In daily life, melon seeds are the dried fruits that we come into contact with the most, and melon seeds are also the cheapest dried fruits; it also has many types, including watermelon seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, hanging melon seeds, etc.; in addition to many types, there are many flavors, there are original, spiced, weird, creamy, about to celebrate the Spring Festival, what kind of melon seeds will you buy, what flavor of melon seeds?
The rest time is always good, eating melon seeds and drinking tea is often something that everyone often does during leisure vacations, especially when chasing dramas, whether the melon seeds are delicious or not, you can't stop eating them.
The Spring Festival is about to be celebrated, when visiting relatives and friends, the host will prepare more candy, melon seeds, fruits and other snacks for the guests, but everyone eats the most melon seeds, especially sunflower seeds, which are cravings than watermelon seeds, but what we don't know is that sunflower seeds are delicious at the same time, there are many things we don't know, if the quality of sunflower seeds is not good, eating too much will not only get angry, but also affect physical health.
You can leave a message in the comment area and tell us your opinion? Where do you buy melon seeds during the Spring Festival every year, and are you used to buying original sunflower seeds or "multi-flavored" sunflower seeds?
1. They are all melon seeds, what is the difference between original flavor and multi-flavor?
The Spring Festival is coming soon, everyone will buy some melon seeds, the most common melon seeds are so three, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds, I hated pumpkin seeds the most when I was young, I don't like to eat, I always feel weird, but the family always buys. From the perspective of nutrition, these three kinds of melon seeds are actually similar in nutrition, taking my daughter-in-law's favorite sunflower seeds as an example, its protein content is lower than that of watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds, but the fat content is high.
Since the nutrition of melon seeds is almost the same, when everyone chooses melon seeds, most of them are also based on personal preferences, but there is a question that we cannot avoid, that is, taste, there are many flavors of three kinds of melon seeds, or take sunflower seeds as an example, what is the difference between the original flavor and the multi-flavored one?
1. Should you choose pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds? They are pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, which are different in appearance, but mainly in taste, the taste of pumpkin seeds is more delicate, and the taste of sunflower seeds is thicker and softer.
What you don't know is that our country is one of the largest producers of pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds are mainly produced in Russia and other countries.
2. What is the "multi-flavored" melon seeds? In fact, it refers to the melon seeds of various flavors other than the original flavor, such as creamy melon seeds, which are actually not made of cream, in addition to saving costs, but also in order to produce more economical melon seeds in the process of large-scale production and processing. If the melon seeds fried with spices meet the national standards, they are naturally edible, but you must know that all kinds of "multi-flavored" melon seeds, those caramel flavors, five spices, cream flavors, strange flavors, etc., are added with various food flavors and spices.
3. In addition to the original melon seeds, the "multi-flavored" melon seeds are also easier to go through the "packaging" of various flavors, so that we can buy some aged and mildewy melon seeds. With the "covering" of various food flavors and spices, there is basically no way to distinguish melon seeds when buying them.
If you accidentally buy aged mildew melon seeds, you may produce some substances that are more harmful to the human body because of mildew, which may endanger our health after eating, so when you choose melon seeds, you should know that in addition to the original flavor, other flavors may have these problems.
4. In addition to the original melon seeds, all kinds of "multi-flavored" melon seeds may have the possibility of adding salt, salty and spice flavors are matched together, and when you eat melon seeds, you can feel more delicious, but there is also a risk of excessive salt intake, for example, after you have eaten melon seeds, when you feel thirsty, hot and other symptoms, it may be too much salt intake.
2. Some tips for selecting melon seeds?
Before I introduce you to some tips for selecting melon seeds, I still want to talk about how fried melon seeds are processed and produced. Take sunflower seeds as an example, first of all, drying, and then boiling, the process of boiling is the process of making the melon seeds flavorful, when boiling the melon seeds, various seasonings will be added to cook with the melon seeds, and then dried after cooking, and finally need to be fried, completely fry the boiled melon seeds dry and fragrant, and then you can put them on the shelves for sale.
1. Buy melon seeds, whether it is watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, try to choose to buy in large supermarket chains, buy packaged standard products, that is, the kind of melon seeds that are sealed in packaging bags, have brands and manufacturers with production dates, can view the ingredient list, and have production standard numbers of regular manufacturers, try not to buy loose melon seeds.
2. Try to buy original melon seeds, don't buy "multi-flavored" melon seeds, although "multi-flavored" melon seeds are delicious, but its process is more complicated, if you use old melon seeds, or there are a few moldy melon seeds in the old melon seeds, because of various edible spices and flavors, it is difficult to distinguish when buying, so "multi-flavored" melon seeds should be bought less or not bought.
3. Relatively speaking, the processing and production process of the original melon seeds is simpler than that of the "multi-flavored" melon seeds, I personally understand that there are no added various edible spices and flavors, plus the original melon seeds I have bought, there seems to be no saltiness, from which it can be judged that the original melon seeds may not be fried without adding salt, relatively speaking, the original melon seeds should be better than the "multi-flavored" melon seeds.
4. Choose melon seeds with uniform particles, relatively full, and normal color, and try not to buy melon seeds that are of different sizes and too bright in color. Normal melon seeds have natural textures and different degrees of depression to the touch, while melon seeds with an abnormally smooth surface are not recommended to buy.
High-quality melon seeds taste fragrant, no musty smell, no peculiar smell, if there is a faint pungent smell, it may be stored for too long. The shell of the melon seeds should be relatively strong and not easy to break, which means that it is a new melon seed, and if it is easily crushed, it means that it has been stored for too long, and there are more bad particles in the melon seeds.
3. When buying melon seeds, remember "4 don't buy"?
A few days ago, there is a fresh supermarket near the community opened, a large number of bulk dried fruit promotion, buy melon seeds, pistachios, walnuts of the elderly around the promotion platform is three layers inside and three layers outside, everyone is picking bulk nuts, my daughter-in-law said, these bulk melon seeds, peanuts have been touched by countless consumers, this melon seeds are to be knocked directly, can this still be eaten?
1. Take five-spiced melon seeds as an example, before frying, spices such as star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves and salt water will be added to soak and cook, relatively speaking, a lot of salt will definitely be put in, of course, the recipe of different fried food stores is also different, and the salt should be more or less, but what I want to tell you is that it is best not to buy too salty melon seeds, and eating too much salt will really affect your health.
2. Melon seeds that feel more slippery, no matter what the taste, it is not a good thing to feel very slippery, in order to make the melon seeds look smoother and feel good, in the process of frying, will some other ingredients be added. The surface of the melon seeds themselves is rough, and the appearance is not very good, and the melon seeds that are too smooth must not be bought.
3. Caramel, milky, and spiced, are these flavors of melon seeds your favorite flavor? But what everyone doesn't know is that these flavors of melon seeds may have a high content of salt and sugar, in addition to not recommending everyone to eat, it is also recommended that you eat the original melon seeds with packaging and shelf life, so in addition to the loose melon seeds do not buy, the packaged melon seeds other than the original flavor should also be bought and eaten as little as possible.
4. The yellow melon seeds can not be bought, judging the quality of the melon seeds, the usual judgment criteria are that the particles are larger, the kernels are full, white, and the color is normal, while the aged melon seeds can be reprocessed by soaking, adding flavor, etc., such melon seeds, the melon seeds will be slightly yellow, if it is yellow-brown, it has deteriorated, everyone must pay more attention to it when buying.
Fourth, is there more benefits or disadvantages of eating melon seeds?
When visiting relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year, every household will prepare some melon seeds, but have you ever thought about such a question, is there more benefits or disadvantages of eating melon seeds?
1. Different melon seeds, nutrition is different, in addition to containing various nutrients, all kinds of melon seeds are containing oil, whether you eat sunflower seed oil, whether you like to eat sunflower seeds very much, melon seeds eat more, the intake of oil will be more. Watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, Sunflower seeds and other kinds of melon seeds, the oil content of melon seeds is very rich, plus when we eat melon seeds, the amount of food is uncontrollable most of the time, because, delicious melon seeds always make us can't stop, although a single melon seed kernel has a lot of oil content, but a small melon seed kernel even if the oil content is high, the volume of the melon seed kernel is small, but we can't stand to eat more, after eating more, it seems to be drinking oil, eating too much oil, it is definitely not a good thing, from this point of view, there must be a disadvantage in eating more melon seeds。
2. If you eat too many melon seeds, do you have the symptoms of "getting on fire", everyone must have such an experience, in fact, the melon seeds are too salty, eat too much, and the delicious melon seeds can't stop knocking and knocking, so everyone must understand that eating more melon seeds is definitely not beneficial.
3. When eating melon seeds, drink more water, melon seeds are fried and baked, eat too much and easy to get angry, you can drink some chrysanthemum tea or green tea, and drink more water at the same time, it is easy to increase satiety, and unconsciously help us reduce the amount of melon seeds.
Try to avoid eating melon seeds with your mouth, eating melon seeds with your teeth may cause excessive wear and tear on your teeth, and your tongue will also be rubbed by melon seeds.
Not everyone is suitable for eating melon seeds, for example, I have stones, and eating too many nuts, peanuts, and melon seeds may make my body uncomfortable.
At the end of the writing, I still want to say a few words, they are all melon seeds, what is the difference between the original flavor and the multi-flavored one? When buying melon seeds, remember "4 do not buy" and tell your family.
What is "multi-flavored" melon seeds? In fact, it refers to various flavors of melon seeds other than the original flavor, such as creamy melon seeds, which are actually not made of cream, in addition to saving costs, but also in order to produce more economical melon seeds in the process of large-scale production and processing. If the melon seeds fried with spices meet the national standards, they are naturally edible, but you must know that all kinds of "multi-flavored" melon seeds, those caramel flavors, five spices, cream flavors, strange flavors, etc., are added with various food flavors and spices.