Eating more fruits and vegetables can supplement the vitamins needed by the human body, and there are many benefits. However, the wrong way of washing vegetables will not only be hygienic, but may also cause nutrient loss! Come and see, have you m...
Eating more fruits and vegetables can supplement the vitamins needed by the human body, and there are many benefits. However, the wrong way of washing vegetables will not only be hygienic, but may also cause nutrient loss! Come and see, have you made these vegetable washing mistakes?
1. 3 common vegetable washing errors1. The longer the vegetables are soaked, the better?
Many people like to use soaking to clean vegetables, and even worse, they will cut the vegetables first and then soak them. Soaking vegetables in water can definitely remove some reproductive medicines and complex substances. However, long-term soaking will cause some bacteria to penetrate into the vegetables, causing secondary pollution and also causing water-soluble vitamins in the vegetables to be lost.
The direct contact area between vegetables and water increases, the chance of being contaminated increases, and the nutrient loss is also increased, so it should be washed first and then cut.
2. Wash it cleaner with fruit and vegetable cleaner?
Some fruit and vegetable cleaners contain surfactants, which have complex ingredients and are easily attached to the tillage layer on the surface of fruit and vegetable and are not easily removed. If it is not washed clean, it will also cause secondary pollution.
3. Wash the salt water cleaner?
Salt water is helpful in removing worm damage in fruits and vegetables. For example, salt water can soak some small worms in fruits and vegetables such as peaches and cauliflower.
But some people add a large handful of salt when soaking. In fact, the concentration is too high, which will damage the cell membrane of the vegetable leaf, not only will it lose nutrients, but may also allow farmers to enter the vegetable.
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2. Master the cleaning tips: reduce the "disease" when entering the mouthMany people clean food by water. It seems that they have washed it, but they may still have invisible bacteria, and even the complexion of the epidermis has not been washed clean. Therefore, we must master the correct cleaning method to reduce the chance of illness entering from the mouth.
1. Root penis, melon vegetables
cucumbers, bitter melons, etc. have uneven surfaces and more gaps, making it difficult to clean. You can first soak them in light salt water for about 3 minutes, then use a brush to brush it, and finally wash it with clean water.
Root-like vegetables such as Husband and Potato are recommended to peel them safely. It should be noted that you should clean it before peeling, otherwise it is easy to bring harmful substances from the outer skin to the edible part.
2. Vegetables with leaves
When spraying agricultural medicine, under the action of gravity, the agricultural medicine will flow down the leaves and croaker, gathering in the vegetable care and vegetable stems.
Therefore, before cleaning the leaves and vegetables, you can remove the outer leaves, remove the roots, soak the internal vegetables in water for about 5 minutes, and then wash them piece by piece with running water.
3. Flower balls
The surface of the green and cauliflower seems to be clean, and many people just suck it in clean water, but the flower spikes are more common, and it is easy to hide agricultural medicines and vegetable spikes in the leaf petals. Simple water spikes may not be able to really clean.
First brush the surface with a brush, then divide it into small pieces and soak it in light salt water for 5 minutes, and finally wash it with running water. It is best to put it in boiling water with salt before cooking, so that it will be greener and safer.
4. Mushrooms
Many people think that mushrooms only need to blow the mud on the surface, but in fact, this will make the mushrooms become more and more dirty as they wash!
It is recommended that you remove the hard stalks at the bottom before cleaning, then soak them in salt water for a while, and then stir with your hands in the same direction to make the fog drop automatically.
5. Meat
Many people like to soak the meat in hot water, thinking that this can eliminate bacteria and be cleaner. Little do they know that hot water will take away some protein, amino acids and vitamins in fresh meat. At the same time, the fresh meat washed with hot water will become more likely to become corrupted and the taste will be reduced.
Soak the meat in a fixed container filled with rice water or flour water for about 5 minutes. Use its adsorption to remove the surface’s complexion.
6. Crabs and shells
Crabs will feed on rotten fish and may contain a large amount of bacteria on the surface and body.
First wash the sludge on the crab's body surface with clean water, then soak it in light salt water to let the crab spit out the dirty things in the stomach and change more water during the soaking period. The same is true for shell cleaning.
7. Fruits with pedicles
Fruits with pedicles such as strawberries, yangmei, etc., do not need to remove the pedicles first when cleaning, and do not rub them to avoid destroying the flesh.
When buying fruits and vegetables, it is best to choose a regular market for higher safety. If you want to buy good vegetables, these three steps are necessary:
1. Look at the color
The fresh vegetables are not as fresh as possible, the better. Green leaves vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, etc., it is better to find green leaves and green colors that are consistent. A smooth and full appearance can indicate a high degree of freshness.
2. Look at the appearance of
vegetables that are not fresh have abnormal conditions such as shrinkage, dryness, and stagnation; while some deformed vegetables are likely to not mature, so choose ones that are of uniform size, leaf or fruit that are relatively full.
3. Taste
If there is a irritating smell on the surface of fruits and vegetables, it may be that there is rotten inside, or even agricultural medicine.
This article is excerpted from Beijing Vision "I am a College Doctor"
