Yam is a favorite food in many families because it is delicious, nutritious and nourishing. But in addition to yam skin, the hands will be extremely itchy. In the face of the long and thin "yam king", many housewives really love and hate. Today, I'd like to introduce some simple and practical ways to peel Chinese yam.
First of all, we need to know why cutting yam skin with bare hands can cause itching? It is believed that people who have peeled the yam will know that after the yam is peeled, its surface will become slippery, and it will easily fall to the ground if it is not held firmly. Why? This is because yam itself contains saponin. Once the skin is removed, there will be a kind of mucus on the surface. The protein and saponin in mucus will stimulate the skin and cause allergy. The most direct feeling is that the hands are itchy.
How to prevent hands from being hurt when cutting yams? The easiest way to do this is to put on gloves or bags, as long as you make sure your hands don't come in direct contact with mucus. If you feel that you can't hold the yam after wearing gloves, you can boil a pot of hot water, and then put the cleaned yam into boiling water. The far principle of this method is to destroy the allergen of the yam mentioned above, so that even if you directly touch the peeled yam surface with your hand, it will not itch. In addition, the principle of chemical neutralization can be used to solve the problem of itching. It's vinegar, a good helper in the kitchen. Before peeling, you can put the whole hand full of vinegar or put the hand into vinegar to soak for a while. In this way, you won't be allergic when peeling.
If you are still unlucky and sensitive to itching, you must not be forced to handle it. A couple of little tricks to stop itching. After peeling the yam skin, wash your hands, bake them on the fire, or soak them in hot water. When the temperature of your hands is high, the remaining alkaloids in your hands will be slowly broken down, and the itching on your hands will be weakened. It can also be scrubbed in Taomi water, which can also effectively relieve itching.