As we all know, China is a big agricultural country, and Henan Province plays an important role in agriculture. The market has a wide variety of vegetables and is popular with the common people, who use them to cook delicious food.
A vegetable has been eaten in China for thousands of years, and is deeply loved and welcomed by the people, and even used to be a life-saving food for the poor. However, now experts point out that it is highly toxic and can be fatal in severe cases.
What is the name of this dish?How toxic is it, is it true or false?Can we take steps to avoid it?
The appearance of the bracken is quite bizarre, and the tip of the vegetable shows some curved shapes, which are as striking as the head of the dragon. For this reason, some people call it a "dragon head dish", and in other places it is jokingly called a "fist dish". Although the name of it varies from place to place, this does not affect its reputation among the people, so it is known as the "king of mountain vegetables".
This vegetable is often grown in the mountainous areas of the south, and the yield is very high, showing a lush scene. These characteristics made it the main food of people during the famine years**, showing a strong ability to survive.
Some people can't afford food, so they pick these free and not scarce vegetables to fill their stomachs. Despite not being enough, these vegetables are packed with nutrients and can provide the energy that the body needs.
Bracken can be made into food in a variety of simple ways, such as stir-fried or made into bracken root powder, vermicelli, vermicelli and other forms. This variety of processing methods shows the rich imagination of the common people in terms of food, which can also satisfy the taste buds in times when eating is difficult.
There are still many people who are tasting bracken, and the most common way to cook it is to stir-fry it. The method is very simple: first cut off the black part of the tail of the bracken, then blanch it in boiling water for about 3 minutes. This step improves the taste of bracken and has a sterilizing and disinfection effect.
After blanching the bracken, it needs to be soaked in cold water for a while, which is not strictly required, but it is best to soak it for a little longer. Then remove the bracken, cut it into sections, and prepare shredded carrots, shredded pork, soaked sea rice, green onions, ginger, garlic and various seasonings necessary for stir-frying.
Heat the pan with oil, stir-fry the green onion and ginger until fragrant, then add the shredded meat and stir-fry until cooked, then add the shredded carrots and sea rice and stir-fry for two minutes, finally add the bracken and stir-fry, and finally drop in a little butter to enhance the freshness, and stir-fry again to get out of the pot.
As for the use of seasonings, they can be added in moderation according to personal taste. But the aroma of bracken and shredded meat itself is already very tempting, and the aftertaste is endless.
In the minds of many children who grew up in the countryside, there is a picture left in the mind: picking bracken and turning it into a delicacy. Nowadays, however, people are more likely to go to supermarkets or wet markets to buy ingredients, and few people carry baskets to the wild anymore.
Experts point out that this kind of food, which can be used to fill the stomach, is toxic when it is put on the table, which can seriously lead to esophageal cancer. In addition, the risk of stomach cancer after excessive consumption is also greatly increased, because this food is rich in "protofernin".
The toxin is found in higher levels in bracken than those mushrooms that are not suitable for consumption, and it is said that long before public reports of the poison of this wild vegetable were discovered, and it was fed to livestock, resulting in poisoning and even death.
Why do so many people still eat this food, knowing that it is highly toxic and will cause irreversible harm to the body, which makes people wonder. Aren't you worried about poisoning or other diseases?
Although bracken is poisonous, the toxic effects depend on the amount consumed. Consumption of small amounts does not cause serious reactions to the body and therefore does not pose a threat to human life. This is different from poisonous mushrooms, which, no matter how much they are consumed, can quickly cause an uncomfortable reaction in the body.
Poisoning or even death of livestock after eating ferns may be caused by their high intake and large intake of food per meal.
I can't help but think of a news I saw on the Internet not long ago, where a college student dug up something that looked like ginseng. Due to the lack of research in this field, whenever they see something of this shape in their daily life, they will think that it is ginseng.
Ginseng is known to be widely regarded as a great supplement. The college student couldn't help but take a bite, but after eating, he began to get confused. I started to feel sleepy at 4 p.m., didn't wake up until 9 a.m., and slept for more than ten hours.
After waking up, he decisively shared the experience on a certain platform, saying that such a thing actually helped him sleep and made him revel in the joy of discovering the treasure. **After the release, it quickly attracted the attention of many netizens, and the comment area was asking if the student had any other discomfort.
The student was not in a coma from falling asleep, but was poisoned. The so-called "ginseng" turned out to be Shanglu, which is similar in appearance but completely different in function with ginseng. Shanglu was toxic, but fortunately, the amount taken at that time was not much, so it did not cause much harm.
Unlike Shanglu, bracken also contains toxins, but the content is very small, and eating a small amount will not cause much harm to the human body. However, in daily life, it is still necessary to pay extra attention to the food in the mouth and choose carefully to avoid adverse health effects.
Three kinds of wild vegetables, which can be eaten in moderation.
Like bracken, there are several types of wild vegetables that can be eaten in moderation and are often found on people's tables. However, it should be noted that these wild vegetables should be eaten in moderation and should not be excessive.
The first vegetable that the common people are familiar with is toon, which is known as the "perfect vegetable". This vegetable grows on trees and is eaten only with young shoots, and once it grows and ages, the taste also changes. Therefore, during the toon growing season, people will go to the tree to pick the fresh toon buds with a bag or a bamboo basket on their backs.
It has to be mentioned that it is very rich in nutritional value and contains a variety of nutrients that the human body needs. What's more, it is also said to contain glutamate, which has a freshness-enhancing effect. Even if you don't put any seasoning when cooking, you will still have a fragrance in your mouth after eating, which is why many people like to eat toon. But because of its somewhat strong taste, many people still find it difficult to accept.
Dandelions are not common in everyday life, and most people only see them as a kind of "toy" and like to blow away the unscattered flying flakes and let them fly freely. In addition, most people think that dandelion is a Chinese herbal medicine that can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, but few people know that dandelion is also an important ingredient.
This plant is a typical homology of medicine and food, usually can be eaten raw as a wild vegetable, can also be used to stir-fry vegetables or cook soup, has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing heat and dissolving phlegm, etc., which is beneficial to the body. However, be careful not to overdo it.
Capsule, the third vegetable with higher nutritional value, is rich in a variety of nutrients such as fat, protein and dietary fiber. It is not only widely used in home-cooked dishes, but also occupies an important position in the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, and is regarded as an important herbal medicine, which is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". It is important to note that this type of vegetable is not suitable for everyone and should be avoided by those who are pregnant, injured or suffering from inflammation.
These three types of wild vegetables are rich in nutritional value, and moderate consumption is beneficial to health, can supplement the nutrients needed by the human body, and may have the best effect. However, care needs to be taken not to overdo it, as is the case with bracken.
These three wild vegetables, as well as ferns and other foods, should not be consumed in excess. The nutrients the body needs should be obtained through three meals a day, so it makes sense to follow the traditional culture of eating regularly and quantitatively.
Epilogue. It can be seen that although ferns are indeed toxic, and serious cases may lead to the occurrence of diseases such as stomach cancer and esophageal cancer, this does not prevent daily consumption, as long as the intake and frequency are controlled.
Consuming large amounts of supplements is not necessarily good for the body, because things are always the opposite. In daily life, the intake of vegetables and fruits should be controlled, and only the pleasure and satisfaction of the taste buds should be satisfied. After all, drug residues may be present in modern agricultural products, and even before the food reaches our hands, unscrupulous merchants may use additives in large quantities, which can be potentially harmful to the body.