fungus food is a special food. How many kinds of fungus are there? Does fungus have medicinal value? What are the nutritional values of fungi? How about eating more fungus? Let's get to know each other.
Eating mushrooms skillfully can clear the intestines and nourish the stomach
Many kinds of edible fungi were also included in traditional Chinese medicine, such as Auricularia auricula, tremella, elm ear, Pleurotus, Poria cocos, and mabe, which were listed in compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty. And Flammulina velutipes, Lentinus edodes, tremella, mushroom, birch mushroom, Auricularia auricula, Hericium erinaceus, mushroom, etc. are also low-fat, vitamin rich and efficient weight-loss food. Learning to eat fungus food skillfully in ordinary times can not only clear the intestines and nourish the stomach, but also help to lose weight.
1, Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus ostreatus should be light gray, fat, tender and delicious, and the price is very cheap. When buying, select the dry ones and squeeze the roots with your hands. If there is obvious water seepage, it means the quality is not good enough. Second, pay attention to the edge. The edge of good Pleurotus ostreatus is neat and slightly downward. If the edge has flattened and cracked, it is too old. Choose the mushroom with a smaller cap. It tastes better.
Nutritional value: it has the functions of dispelling wind, dispelling cold, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, and has certain therapeutic effects on waist and leg pain, numbness of hands and feet, and discomfort of muscles and collaterals, so it is especially suitable for the elderly. It can also regulate the menopause syndrome of women.
It's more delicious: tear the mushroom into thin strips along the pattern of the mushroom cover by hand (it can make the mushroom taste better than cutting it with a knife), and cook it with chicken or pork slices in high fire. Or blanch until cooked, add some black pepper, sea salt and olive oil and mix well. It tastes like oyster.
2, letinous edodes
It is called "the king of mushrooms". If it's fresh mushroom, the mushroom cover is fresh and the pleats are standing one by one. If the surface is sticky or dripping, don't buy it. If it's air dried, choose the one with a thicker cover, and the cover edge should be rolled inward. A good mushroom has a split pattern on its cover, which is called a mushroom. A bad mushroom has a thin cover.
Nutritional value: among all kinds of mushrooms, Lentinus edodes has the best anti-cancer effect and rich lentinan. The content of vitamin D in Lentinus edodes is also significantly higher than other varieties, which can help the absorption of calcium in the body and is very suitable for menopausal women.
This is more delicious: the taste of fresh mushroom is smooth and soft, you can add some ginger, garlic and scallion, and stir fry with sliced meat in hot oil. Dried shiitake mushroom has a stronger fragrance, which can be shredded into small flowers after hair soaking as' spice ': it can be burnt or stewed with chicken pieces to highlight the flavor of chicken; when steaming fish, it can also be cut into strips and put on the fish.
3. Straw mushroom
The top of straw mushroom is grayish brown, while the root is grayish white. The whole mushroom is oval. When you buy it, you can choose the one with thick and short stem, complete shape and no umbrella. The mushroom with smaller shape and lighter color is usually tender; you can also press the surface with your hand to see if it is solid. If it feels soft, it is not very fresh.
Nutritional value: Volvariella volvacea has the highest vitamin C content in mushrooms, which has the effect of detoxification. In addition, it can also slow down the absorption of carbohydrates by the gastrointestinal tract, which is good for diabetic patients.
This is more delicious: straw mushroom taste tight and elastic, suitable for stir fry, so it is not easy to destroy vitamin C. It can be stir fried or mixed with meat. The stew is also delicious.
4. Flammulina velutipes
There are usually two kinds of Flammulina velutipes on the market, one is yellow and the other is white. The former is slightly deeper in the center than the edge, while the latter is lighter in the upper part and deeper in the lower part; the latter is more opalescent than pure white -- in either case, if the color is uniform and bright, it is likely to be fumigated, bleached, dyed or treated with additives. At this time, you can smell if there is any peculiar smell. In addition, the selection of the cap is hemispherical, not long open, if long open, old, stipe is about 15 cm is the best.
Nutritional value: it contains complete essential amino acids of human body, and the content of lysine and arginine is particularly high, which is beneficial to the development of children's brain cells. It is called "Yizhi mushroom" abroad, so it is particularly suitable for children to eat. People with deficiency of spleen and stomach should not eat more.
This way is more delicious: after blanching, add salt, vinegar, garlic, sesame oil and serve in cold sauce. The taste is fresh, and it can be appetizer in summer. In winter, you can iron the hot pot, boil the soup, or wrap a piece of thin beef, brush the sauce, and bake it. Be sure to cook it thoroughly, otherwise it is easy to be poisoned.
5. Mushrooms
It's also called white mushroom. Its cover is white and hard. When selecting, it is better to have a round cap, a smooth and flat cover, a thick edge and a short and thick stipe. You can also turn the Tricholoma upside down to see if the edge of the cap is connected with the stipe. The quality will be better. In addition, many Tricholoma mushrooms sold in the market are bleached, so try to choose the outer strap with a little dirt, indicating that they have not been washed.
Nutritional value: Tricholoma mushroom rich in trace element selenium is a good selenium supplement food; in addition, it contains a variety of anti-virus ingredients, eat more in spring, which can help improve immunity and resist viruses.
6. Pleurotus eryngii
Pleurotus eryngii mainly eat its stipe. It is named for its plump and smooth flesh, dense and solid tissue, and its shape is similar to that of abalone. The selection is very simple, as long as the mushroom body is solid, the mushroom shape is round, the cover is light brown, the stipe is milky white, and there is no peculiar smell. At the same time, you can knead the surface of the handle by hand to feel whether the texture of the fungus is fine and elastic.
Nutritional value: it is rich in protein, carbohydrate, vitamin, calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc and other minerals, which can improve the immune function of human body, and has the functions of anticancer, hypolipidemic, gastrointestinal and beauty.
This way is more delicious: if you like the original taste, you can slice it, season it with sea salt and black pepper, fry it in olive oil, or mix it with olive oil and bake it in the oven. The food is quite sweet and delicious. Like the taste rich, you can also use ham, chicken soup to simmer, eat delicious mellow. No matter cut or sliced, it must not be too thin or too thin. It's a little thicker and the taste is good enough.