Can the bugs in "Summer Fruit" Waxberry be eaten? How to wash to get rid of insects?

Now is the ripe season of red bayberry, in the face of sweet and sour red bayberry, people who love to eat red bayberry can not resist the temptation, many farmers' markets, fruit stores, various varieties of red bayberry have been on the market. At this time, some people say that the bayberry is full of worms, can the worms in the bayberry be eaten? How to wash to get rid of insects?

Can the bugs in bayberry be eaten?

In fact, the worms in bayberry are the larvae of fruit flies. Mature fruit flies lay eggs on bayberry. Some eggs hatch into larvae and live in the flesh of bayberry. When the larvae grow up, they become fruit flies and fly away. The reason why fruit flies choose to be on the bayberry tree is that they can't stand the fragrance and juicy nutrition of bayberry, which is not only liked by human beings, but also favored by insects.

Fruit flies are "clean" worms, which usually live on honey and fruit, so even if the human body eats these fruit flies, it will not be harmful to the human body. On the contrary, it is a kind of high-quality protein. Drosophila contains antimicrobial peptides, properly eat some insects, may also improve the resistance of the human body. In short, as long as the red bayberry is fresh and pollution-free, you can rest assured to eat it without worrying about the harmful effects of insects on your health.

How can red bayberry be washed to get rid of insects?

Unlike other fruits, such as apples and bananas, bayberry is not protected by peel. Intact bayberry fruit is exposed to air. At the same time, insects are easily hidden in the dense pulp.

For those who are still afraid of bayberry worms, the newly bought bayberry can be soaked in high concentration of salt water for 15 minutes to force the white bugs out of the bayberry. The soaking time is too short to completely force out the worms, and the flavor of bayberry will be greatly reduced if the soaking time is too long. Some people soak red bayberry in clean water or wash it under flowing water, but the effect is not as good as that in salt water.

If you can't finish the bayberry, you should soak the salt water before putting it in the fridge. If you put it in the refrigerator and then wash it, the worm will freeze to death and won't run out again. However, when you put it in the refrigerator, it can not only freeze the insects, but also keep the bayberry fresh and stored. The frozen bayberry tastes better, but it is not recommended to eat more cold fruit.

In addition, the shelf life of red bayberry is very short, only 1-2 days at room temperature. If there are bugs in it, it will mature with the deterioration of red bayberry. Fruit fly larvae in the white larva stage is harmless to the human body, once mature, turn black, climb out, and then eat harmful to the human body. Therefore, red bayberry should be eaten as soon as possible after buying it.

How to choose red bayberry

1. Look at the color. Dark red bayberry, or too black and red bayberry had better not buy, should choose dry fruit, bright red bayberry.

2. Touch with your hands. The flesh of red bayberry is too crisp and soft, but it is too ripe, while the meat is too hard, it is not yet fully ripe, it tastes sour and tastes bad.

3. Look at the flesh. The pulp of red bayberry has obvious protuberances on the surface, and the one that does not shrivel is good bayberry.

4. Smell the fragrance. Fresh bayberry smells fragrant and may have a faint wine smell if it is stored or improperly stored for a long time, affecting the taste.

The efficacy and function of Waxberry

1. The fruit acid contained in red bayberry can not only appetizer Shengjin, relieve summer heat, but also prevent the conversion of sugar in the body to fat, which helps to lose weight.

2. Red bayberry contains vitamin C and B, which plays a positive role in cancer prevention and anti-cancer. Cyanamide and fatty oil in red bayberry kernels can also inhibit cancer cells.

3. Red bayberry has inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli, dysentery bacilli and other bacteria, can treat dysentery abdominal pain, and has a good effect on dysentery.

4. Red bayberry contains a variety of organic acids, and the content of vitamin C is also very rich, which can not only directly participate in the process of sugar metabolism and redox in the body, enhance capillary permeability, but also reduce blood lipids and prevent cancer cells from forming in the body.

5. Myricetin, the effective ingredient of bayberry leaves, has the effects of astringent, stimulant and emetic for diarrhea, cholecystitis, lymphatic tuberculosis, diffuse pharyngitis and so on.

6. Myricetin also has antioxidant activity and eliminates free radicals in the body. Widely used in medicine, food, health products and cosmetics.

7. In terms of food taste, bayberry is warm and sour, entering the two meridians of the lung and stomach, and has the effects of invigorating body and relieving thirst, digestion of stomach, stopping vomiting and stopping dysentery.

Red bayberry can't eat any food together.

1. Bayberry can't be eaten with cucumbers.

Because it is rich in vitamin C in bayberry, it is very nutritious, but it is most afraid of the decomposing enzyme of vitamin C, and cucumbers contain this enzyme. If eaten together, it will make bayberry lose its original nutritional value.

2. Bayberry can't be eaten with milk.

As we all know, we drink milk to supplement protein. However, the fruit acid in bayberry will coagulate the protein, thus affecting absorption, so the two can not be eaten together.

3. Waxberry can't be eaten with green onions.

Although there seems to be no connection between red bayberry and green onions, once they are eaten at the same time, there will be complex chemical reactions, which will have adverse effects on the human body and may cause stomachache.

4. Bayberry can't be eaten with radish.

Because bayberry is rich in plant pigment, if eaten with radish, it will be digested and decomposed in the intestines and stomach, resulting in a substance that inhibits thyroid function, which is likely to cause goiter.

How does red bayberry make wine?

To make bayberry wine, you must first have a good container, usually with a wide-mouthed glass bottle. According to their own number of red bayberry, can hold red bayberry, the general farmers' market has to sell special soak wine large glass bottles, you can also buy Taobao. Especially large families can also choose to use 20 jin of wine jar, but no matter what kind of container, it is appropriate to be able to seal.

Waxberry has no special requirements, ordinary families are inexhaustible bayberry to soak wine, if it is particularly good, you can specially choose and buy good varieties. When buying, it is best to buy a small, dark bayberry variety, the wild one is better, and the big bayberry is slightly inferior in taste.

Bubble steps:

1. Sort out the bayberry, remove the leaves and impurities, and try not to wash it with water. The raw materials of soaking wine should not be put for a long time after soaking in water, which is easy to turn sour and deteriorate. Dry the surface moisture of red bayberry as far as possible after washing.

2. Put the bayberry into a jar and handle it gently so as not to damage it. Friends who like sweet taste can put a layer of bayberry and a layer of rock sugar. Ordinary people's taste, do not put rock sugar, because red bayberry itself has a sweet taste, a touch of sweetness is healthier.

3. Pour in high spirits (above 50 degrees is preferred), bulk spirits like spirits (must be pure grain spirits). It is best to brew your own liquor), the heavily fragrant liquor will cover up part of the original aroma of red bayberry after being soaked. Pour the wine must completely soak the bayberry in the bottle, that is, the height of the wine should exceed the height of the bayberry stack.

4. Seal the glass bottle and store it for about 3 months. If you are not sure, you can use a spoon to taste the wine. When the color of the wine turns red, the taste of red bayberry becomes light, and the flavor of red bayberry has been immersed in the wine.

Time: 2019-04-08 Click: