In the countryside in spring, all kinds of wild vegetables will also be vigorous and strong, and they will bloom particularly luxuriantly, and friends who like to eat wild vegetables will pick them and cook a few delicious wild vegetables to taste.
Xiaomei especially likes to eat bracken, whether it is stir-fried or dumplings, they are tender and juicy, making people salivate.
Xiaomei, who can't wait, is ready to ask a few colleagues to go to the countryside to pick wild vegetables on the weekend.
When my colleague heard it, he was shocked and told Xiaomei not to eat bracken casually, and now experts say that it is highly toxic.
Xiaomei, who looked puzzled, was particularly surprised, and in order to find out, she immediately popularized science.
Once a lifesaver for the poor, it has been eaten for more than 1,000 years, why is there such news? Follow in the footsteps of the author and reveal it together.
1. Was the former life-saving dish highly toxic?
Bracken has a history of thousands of years, and it has been very popular since ancient times, and it is a treasure for many people.
The precious bracken is an indispensable dish on the table, but now there are frequent rumors that bracken is highly poisonous.
This is not calm for bracken lovers, after all, these friends are from the older generation, and the taste of bracken is also delicious, for them bracken is an important food to fill their stomachs.
In that era of famine, many people could not have enough to eat, and everyone was trying to survive in order to survive.
The hard life made them begin to search for all kinds of food that could resist hunger, crossing one mountain after another, the vitality of bracken was extremely strong at that time, and the appearance of bracken was their life-saving wild vegetable in that hungry famine era.
After countless explorations and attempts, it was confirmed that it could be edible, and then it was honorably recorded in the recipes of history, and it has been passed down for thousands of years, and everyone thinks that the nutritional value of bracken has been deeply ingrained and will not be shaken.
When spring comes, when the bracken grows at its most luxuriant, the young green shoots bloom all over the country roads, and the local farmers travel together to pick them, and after processing and cooking, these bracken become their most precious ingredients at that time.
In fact, bracken is rumored to be highly toxic because in 1983, Japanese scholars discovered that bracken contains a harmful component called protofernin, which was later identified as a class 2B carcinogen.
Once this substance is overtaken into the body, it is easy to cause cell dysfunction, and the harm of various diseases will easily invade everyone's body, and if you accidentally ingest untreated bracken, it will also induce the risk of stomach cancer.
However, the content of protofern glycosides is limited, and everyone will not eat more than the amount harmful to the body every day, after all, no one eats pounds and pounds every day.
In addition, now that science and technology are becoming more and more developed, food safety is more secure and strict, bracken can be better handled, and more potential hazards will be found out in time.
Therefore, even if there are harmful substances in bracken, as long as it is processed strictly, it can be eaten in moderation and does not need to be completely discarded.
When eating, we can use baking soda powder to wash it thoroughly, or soak it, so that we can clean the harmful substances inside, and we can be relatively safe when eating.
2. How to eat wild vegetables correctly
When picking wild vegetables, we need to learn to observe and not pick them easily, because some poisonous wild vegetables are very similar to edible wild vegetables.
Some wild plants have beautiful flowers and attractive fruits, but they can be poisoned and dangerous when touched.
When encountering wild vegetables that we don't understand, we need to immediately popularize science, or ask relevant professionals to understand clearly before picking.
All edible wild vegetables are not recommended to be eaten raw, because plants that have grown outside for a long time are susceptible to bacterial infections due to wind and sun exposure and rain erosion, and the surface will be covered with mud and sand.
In addition, the wild vegetables planted may have just been sprayed with fertilizer, and if they are eaten raw, it will affect gastrointestinal discomfort and bring a burden to the body.
We need to wash it thoroughly several times after picking, and blanch it again when cooking, which can effectively remove some harmful substances on the surface.
Although many wild vegetables are good for health, they do not mean that everyone can eat them, and we need to choose according to our own situation.
If we have chronic diseases or allergies, we should know whether we can eat it before we try it.
If you try it rashly, it may be life-threatening if it causes allergy poisoning problems.
Some supermarkets will also sell wild vegetables, so you need to check whether they contain green safety signs and carefully identify them before purchasing.
Avoid buying wild vegetables with contaminated residues, once eaten, if there is any adverse reaction, do not delay, you must seek medical attention immediately, find out the situation before you can take immediate measures.
Epilogue:
There is no need to panic and worry too much about bracken, which has been eaten for thousands of years and is deeply loved by the ancients, and is a very precious ingredient for them at that time.
At present, our healthy handling of food has become more and more perfect, as long as it is processed safely and eaten in moderation according to the physical condition, we can still enjoy the delicious taste of bracken.
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