Why remove the white whiskers of watercress. Can t you eat it?

There are many ways to make watercress, but watercress also has a certain cleaning process before cooking, if the watercress is not cleaned, it will cause the harmful substances on the watercress to be absorbed by the human body, and there will be a certain adverse impact on human health, so we must pay attention when eating, and then let's take a look at how watercress is cleaned.

1. How to pick and wash watercress.

The cleaning of watercress is actually the same as the cleaning method of a variety of ingredients, but before cleaning, you need to soak the watercress in salt water for a period of time, because watercress is an ingredient that grows in water, and there will be some leeches on the root of the watercress, if you are not careful when cleaning, it will be unfavorable to human health, so when cleaning watercress, soak it in salt water for a period of time is also to let the leeches on the watercress be cleaned up.

How to pick and wash watercress.

Second, how to wash watercress to be clean.

How to clean the watercress, watercress because it is a kind of vegetable that grows in water, so usually before cleaning, the watercress should be soaked in salt water for a period of time and then cleaned in clean water, and when soaking watercress, the roots of the watercress should be removed first, and then soaked in salt water for about an hour, you can find that there will be curled leeches in the pot, and then the watercress will be washed repeatedly in clean water at this time, so as not to cause the watercress to be cleaned not clean enough. There will still be residues of harmful substances.

The origin of watercress is in Europe, and it was only from Guangzhou and Guangxi in the later period. Chaoshan and other regions into China, watercress is an extremely popular vegetable both in foreign countries and in China, there are watercress planting figures in various regions, in China's Sichuan, Fujian, Taiwan and other regions have watercress, so although watercress contains certain harmful substances, and the nature of the content, but the nutritional value is rich in human health has a certain help, so people are still in a welcome attitude about watercress.

Three: the efficacy and role of watercress.

Watercress is rich in nutritional value, has different effects on different groups of people, the nature of watercress, for people suffering from fever or some systems of deficiency heat is a good therapeutic product, can play a role in clearing heat and reducing fire, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, for some dry heat caused by cough or hemoptysis and other bleeding symptoms have a certain inhibitory effect, and women have less menstrual flow, or have symptoms of dysmenorrhea can have a certain effect by eating some watercress, Watercress has a certain effect on menstrual cramps.

Watercress needs to be paid attention to when cleaning in daily life, before cleaning, you need to soak the watercress in salt water for a period of time, but if you buy an artificially cultivated watercress, you can not soak it in salt water, watercress is an ingredient that grows in raw water, and there will be certain harmful substances attached to the watercress, so it should be soaked in salt water for disinfection and cleaning to ensure that you can be more assured when eating.

Watercress whiskers are edible, but they are usually removed for better taste and easier cleanup. The process of removing the watercress whiskers is actually a certain skill, you need to pinch the part of the watercress close to the rhizome with your fingers, and then remove the watercress whiskers vigorously, so that the watercress whiskers are neither too short nor too long, and there are not too many stems left.

It is important to note that although the picked watercress whiskers are edible, the taste may be affected to some extent, so some people may choose to discard them. If you like the texture and taste of the watercress whiskers, you can also choose to keep them, but you need to pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene to ensure food safety and hygiene.

My family eats without picking white whiskers, but only plucking off old leaves and stems.