In spring, many wild vegetables grow out, and bracken is definitely a popular one. Whether it's stir fried or used for salad, it's delicious. But there are many small hairs on the fern, so how to remove the hairs on the fern? Let's get to know.
How to remove the hairs of Pteridium aquilinum L
In fact, it's very simple to remove the small fluff. You can boil the water, put down the fern, and blanch it for one minute. If you don't think it has been removed, blanch it for several times. In this way, you can not only remove some fishy smell, but also taste fluffy.
Pteridium aquilinum is a very delicious wild vegetable, but it belongs to the cold. Some people's spleen and stomach are not very good. If they eat too much fern, they will definitely have diarrhea. Also, when we eat Pteridium aquilinum, we usually eat tender parts. If the roots of the Pteridium aquilinum we buy are old, we have to pinch them off, because the old rhizomes are highly toxic and the taste is not very good.
The efficacy and function of Pteridium aquilinum L
Pteridium as a kind of wild vegetables, it can help us to remove some of the toxins, and also help us heat, if there is a slight cold, eating or some benefits.
The content of vitamin in Pteridium aquilinum is relatively high. As we all know, vitamin is a good thing. It can help reduce blood pressure and lower cholesterol.
The food fiber contained in Pteridium is also very high, and the crude fiber is very good for our intestines and stomach, so many people think that defecation will be better after eating, and it can also improve diarrhea.
Is it true that pteridophytes cause cancer
A lot of news, a lot of news are saying that eating too much pteridophyte, in fact, has a certain carcinogenicity, many people are more suspicious of this statement, in fact, this statement has been confirmed by medicine. Because there are a lot of phenyloxalic acid and fern lactam in Pteridium aquilinum, these substances are identified as carcinogens, but these substances generally exist in the root of Pteridium aquilinum. We eat the sprouts of Pteridium aquilinum, so don't worry.
However, pteridophytes are not allowed to be eaten raw. When we eat them, we usually blanch them. Carcinogens do not exist because they are cooked at high temperature. However, there are still some slight ones, so we can't eat too much pteridophytes.