Recently, a post titled "Woman suspected of accidentally eating Fushou snail, parasite invaded the brain, and was forced to miscarry after half a year of treatment" went viral.
Then a tourist posted the "fried field snail" she bought near the wide and narrow alleys in Chengdu, she said that she felt uncomfortable after eating, and sent a Weibo to ask whether it was a Fushou snail, and then @ Museum Magazine Forward the Weibo reply that the "field snail" is Fushou snail.
The two news followed, netizens who had eaten field snails were panicked, and they posted the "field snails" they had eaten on WeChat and Weibo to ask for the difference between whether they were Fushou snails.
Friends who like to eat supper have also been frightened, after drinking to do nothing wrong in advance to put aside, last night sucked the plate of field snail is not "Fushou snail" This problem is very serious.
The same national sensation of Fushou snail happened as early as 2006, There was a serious Fushou snail incident in Beijing, when more than 160 people ate Fushou snail and infected Guangzhou pipe roundworm, and the restaurant had to pay customers and accept penalties from the health bureau, and finally lost more than 23 million yuan.
So, how to distinguish between Fushou snail and field snail?
Is Fushou snail really as terrifying as poison?
Xiaobian consulted thousands of materials, which is for everyone to popularize one by one.
3 tricks to easily distinguish between Fushou snail and field snail
1, the most important appearance identification: master this point can basically walk the night supper world with confidence
The ass of the conch is like a pagoda, very pointed and three-dimensional; the ass of the Fushou snail is like a stool, very flat and slightly shorter.
2, shell hardness differentiation:
The shell of the Fushou snail is very brittle, and it can be easily pinched and exploded by hand, and it is properly broken on the ground; while the shell of the field snail is hard, not only can it not be broken, but it is also difficult to pinch and explode by hand.
Therefore, when everyone eats, they find that the snail shell is easy to crush, which is most likely to be a non-field snail.
3, the shape of the egg is completely different:
The snail eggs are transparent and have a jelly-like carrier, generally submerged in water; the eggs are pink and generally stick to the surface of the water plants, stones and even on the surface of the water.
Therefore, when you see snails with pink eggs on the shore in the wild, don't think about catching them and stir-frying or grilling them.
The picture shows the Fushou snail egg
The picture shows the field snail eggs
There are many other ways to identify them online, but none of them are entirely correct. You can use it as a certain reference, but not an absolute reference.
For example, it is said that the Fushou snail is larger and the field snail is smaller. In fact, the field snail also has a large growth, and the Fushou snail also has a small head, in case it is a "juvenile" Fushou snail, it is also very small.
It is also said that the shell pattern of the Fushou snail is horizontal, and the grain of the field snail is vertical, but it is a pity that the Fushou snail also has a pattern that is vertical, and even the horizontal vertical crossing.
It is also said that the tentacles and head length of the Fushou snail and the field snail are not the same, and the field snail tentacles are not as slender as the Fushou snail. However, after the frying pan is fried, I am afraid that I will not see what the head minister looks like.
Everyone relies on the above 3 points listed by the editor, which can basically be well distinguished.
However, Xiaobian has to say here that in fact, many organisms in freshwater have parasites, and all freshwater organisms cannot be eaten raw.
If someone's heart is big enough to eat Fushou snail as a sashimi, I am afraid that it is not that the body may have a problem, but that the spirit needs to see a doctor first...
Therefore, we should not just dike the Fushou snail and ignore the aquatic food with high incidence of other parasites. Don't be naïve enough to think that there are no parasites in the field snails.
A little science about Fushou snail
As soon as the "Fushou snail" incident came out, many netizens felt panicked, and the following Xiaobian led everyone to understand the Fushou snail with the correct posture:
1. Fushou snail is not a prohibited food.
On August 5, the Chengdu Municipal Food and Drug Administration issued a consumer reminder on Fushou snail: China's current laws and regulations do not explicitly prohibit the sale of Fushou snail in the food circulation field and the catering industry.
Chengdu a lot of internet red shop "three brothers field snail", "overlord shrimp", "hao shrimp biography", "sunshine courtyard dam crayfish" and so on have been found or admitted to using Fushou snail, Xiaobian temporarily believe that their person in charge said and do not know the difference between Fushou snail and field snail, after all, the price of Fushou snail sold by Qingshiqiao is not much cheaper than the price of field snail. Or believe that they are not selling Fushou snails for more profit.
2, the terrible fushou snail is not because of parasites, but not easy to cook.
In the natural state, frogs, snails, fish, shrimp and other aquatic organisms are common intermediate hosts of parasites, such as nail snails are the hosts of schistosomiasis, and Fushou snails are the hosts of Guangzhou tube roundworm eggs. However, the life force of parasites is very limited, afraid of cold, more afraid of heat, as long as it is fully heated, there is no undead parasite, including eggs. When the central temperature of the food reaches 70 degrees, the protein will denature and coagulate, and the parasite will naturally die.
However, unlike other fish and shrimp aquatic products, Fushou snails have a snail shell, thick flesh, and a hard lid on the snail mouth, so the soup is difficult to enter the snail meat. The spiral-shaped structure inside the snail resembles a labyrinth, which is not conducive to the conduction of heat. Its size is also relatively large, and it is not easy to burn through.
Therefore, compared with other snails, Fushou snails are not easy to cook.
Therefore, it is not that the snail cannot be eaten, but that it should be burned for a while.
3, Fushou snail can be eaten, provided that it is cooked thoroughly.
"In the 1990s, after Fushouluo was introduced to Neijiang and Luzhou, it spread in Sichuan Province." Yang Song, an associate professor at the College of Animal Science and Technology of Sichuan Agricultural University, said that Fushou snails can also reproduce in a very poor water environment, and there is a problem of parasites. Yang Song said that the initial introduction of Fushou snail was as a cultured species, "that is, edible." He said that fushou snails can be eaten, but the premise is to cook thoroughly. ”
Scratch the point, Fushou snail can be eaten, but it must be cooked thoroughly!
4. Eating uncooked Fushou snail may cause parasite infection in the human body.
Eating undercooked and cooked Fushou snails may cause infection in the human body by parasites such as Guangzhou tube roundworm, so it must be cooked thoroughly during catering processing.
Just skin contact will not be infected, please rest assured that "play" Fushou snail.
5, Fushou snail does not all look like the field snail, its color is diverse
Pet aqua in the market generally sells Fushou snails, which are not easy to hybridize and do not have beautiful offspring genes. Due to its species complexity and easy variation, Fushou snail has bred varieties of golden and red flowers, often referred to as golden snails and mysterious snails. And these snails will appear on the menu in a different pattern. Pay attention to discernment.
Here, no matter what freshwater meat you eat, yellow eels, loach, crayfish, frogs, etc. must be cooked thoroughly!
Well, foodies, let's keep going for a late night snack!