Are mushrooms mushrooms?
Mushrooms are actually what we often say. Lentinus edodes includes three common mushrooms: flower mushroom, winter mushroom and Lentinus edodes. Their appearance and nutritional value are similar, but their quality is different.
Mushrooms are Hong Kong people's favorite non-staple food. Guangdong people generally call it mushroom, and mainlanders also call it mushroom.
The difference between mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms
There is no obvious difference between mushrooms and winter mushrooms in appearance, but in fact there is not much difference between them. If we want to distinguish between the two, then mushrooms are collectively referred to, while mushrooms are just one kind of mushrooms.
Efficacy of winter mushrooms
1, many ancient books record that mushrooms "benefit qi without hunger, cure wind and break blood, benefit stomach and help food". People use it to help reduce the induction of acne and measles and treat headaches and dizziness.
2. Regular consumption of mushrooms is beneficial to prevent rickets caused by metabolic disorder of blood phosphorus and blood calcium caused by vitamin D deficiency, especially for infants and young children, and can prevent various mucous membranes and dermatitis.
3. Lentinan in Lentinus edodes can promote the production of T lymphocytes, improve the killing activity of T lymphocytes and improve the immune function of the body.
4. The water extract of Lentinus edodes has a scavenging effect on hydrogen peroxide, and has a certain eliminating effect on hydrogen peroxide in the body, which can delay aging.
How to choose mushrooms?
1 Look at the shape
The general requirements for the appearance of dried mushrooms are that the mushroom cover is thick, neat, smooth and uniform in size; The bacterial folds are neat and delicate; Marginal degeneration and hypertrophy; Its mushroom handle is short and thick, and it feels hard.
2 look at the color
Mushrooms are brightly colored, yellowish brown or dark brown, and good mushroom noodles will be slightly frosted. The color of the pleats is light yellow to milky white, and if the color is purple, it is an old pleat.
3 smell the fragrance
The taste is rich and fragrant, which is the unique fragrance of mushrooms; If there is no fragrance or a strange or musty smell, it means that the quality of this mushroom is not good.
4 touch dry.
The suitable amount of water for dried Lentinus edodes is 1 1% ~ 13%. It's best to be crisp but not fragile. If it is too dry, the quality will be bad if it is not pinched well; But it should not be too wet, otherwise it is inconvenient to store and easy to deteriorate.