Bought tremella, and then came back to find that it turned yellow, how to do? Can you eat it? Can dried Tremella be poisoned when it turns yellow after a period of time? Tremella is a special ingredient that many people like to put in soup, is the lotus seed soup of tremella, stewed pear of Tremella your favorite? So you must choose high-quality Tremella.
Is the color of Tremella very yellow
It should be said that the normal Tremella is slightly yellow, but some vendors use fumigation to remove the color. When the tremella is sold, it is found that it is better to sell than the yellow one, which causes people to fall in love with the white instead of the yellow one. In terms of shape, the smell of good Tremella should be natural. If you can smell the pungent smell, it is recommended not to buy it. Tremella itself has no taste. You can try it a little when you buy it. For example, it's irritating or spicy to the tongue. It's probably fumigated with sulfur. The fresh products of Tremella are white, but not suitable for long-term preservation. Drying method can effectively prolong the preservation period. However, if the fresh products are not well preserved, the dried products will be orange red, or even black. Illegal traders can earn illegal profits by fumigating and bleaching with sulfur dioxide, mixing fish and eyeballs, and sacrificing the interests of consumers.
Can you eat Tremella even if it's very yellow
The problem that Tremella turns yellow should be taken seriously. If it goes bad, it must not be eaten. The natural color of Tremella should be ordinary white, the root is light yellow, and the taste is tasteless or slightly earthy. High quality tremella, big and loose ear flowers, fat ear flesh, white or slightly yellow color, no black spots and impurities on the tip, round and round shape, large and beautiful. The deteriorated and yellowing Tremella is caused by the contamination of xanthobacteria. Once it is deteriorated, it will never be eaten. Because the toxicant in the modified Tremella is xanthobacterium cerevisiae, there is no effective drug treatment, so we must pay attention to the identification. Eating can cause dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other poisoning.
What kind of Tremella has gone bad
If the deteriorated Tremella is not dry, it will feel moist. When the tremella is damp, it will get moldy and go bad. It can smell sour or other unpleasant smell. The taste of the deteriorated Tremella is spicy. The volume of Tremella increased 5-10 times rapidly after soaking in warm water. However, the volume of modified Tremella did not increase much. If it was found that the tremella disintegrated and dispersed after the blister, it indicated that the tremella was made of broken Tremella.
Remind, tremella is not the whiter the better. The tremella smoked with sulfur dioxide is very clear in yellow and white, which looks like the contrast between snow white and extra yellow, and the taste shows the pungent smell. When you buy tremella, you must pay attention to the color of the product. It is better to have white or yellowish color. If the color of Tremella is too white, it may be the result of chemical agent fumigation, so it is not suitable for purchase.
The sensory differences of different quality Tremella are very big: high quality Tremella is dry, white in color, thick and whole in flesh, with round umbrella cover, diameter more than 3cm, without pedicle and impurity. The common Tremella is white with a slight beige color, the whole one is slightly thin, with a diameter of more than 1.3cm, without pedicle and impurities. The poor Tremella is white or beige in color, but not dry, with thin flesh, speckled, pedicled head, impurity, irregular flower shape and diameter less than 1.3cm. The natural color of Tremella should be ordinary white, the root is light yellow, and the taste is tasteless or slightly earthy; while the tremella smoked with sulfur dioxide is very clear, which looks like the contrast between white and extra yellow, and the taste is pungent.