Bamboo shoots are a favorite food for many people, but they are often bitter. Why?

Bamboo shoots are a favorite food for many people. There are two kinds of bamboo shoots, one is called sweet bamboo shoots and the other is bitter bamboo shoots.

I usually buy them, or there are sweet bamboo shoots in big supermarkets. There are also some vendors who often sell bitter bamboo shoots as fake sweet bamboo shoots. Because the knowledge of dry goods is indistinguishable. People who don't understand need to be cheated. In fact, bitter bamboo shoots are also edible. It is usually dried and used to pickle kimchi instead of cooking or frying it immediately. We know that the development speed of bamboo shoots is amazing. Generally, the nerves around the branches of vegetables and fruits have growth points, while each node of bamboo shoots has growth points, which makes them develop faster and rot easily. Once bamboo shoots appear on the road, they will continue to harden and liver fibrosis. The most important root cause depends on a large increase in oxalic acid and black blood uric acid. At present, according to scientific research, it is known that oxalic acid will increase two or three times after bamboo shoots are dug for one day, and this rapid increase of oxalic acid is the chief culprit to make bamboo shoots bitter and thick.

Bitter bamboo shoots, also known as sweet bamboo shoots and cool bamboo shoots, are naturally located in mountainous areas and have the same health care effect as bitter gourd. Their picrosides can stimulate the transformation of microglia, and somatic cells can resist cancer and detoxify. Bamboo shoots contain enough methyl cellulose, which can promote gastrointestinal function, and then reduce the residence time of carbohydrates, human fat and other components in the body, so bitter bamboo shoots have the effects of slimming and preventing severe constipation and intestinal cancer.

Ancient people suffered from bamboo shoots for a long time. Su Dongpo has a saying: "It is still a trivial matter to lose Kudzu for a long time. How can bitter bamboo shoots and finless porpoises stand it? " . Huang Luzhi bluntly can't forget the bitter bamboo shoots: "The public is like a bitter bamboo shoot, and the spring shirt can be taken off tomorrow." Slightly bitter bamboo shoots are also beautiful, just like bitter gourd and bitter vegetable, very refreshing and dry.

South Sichuan is rich in soil, which is especially suitable for the growth and development of bitter bamboo shoots. People in southern Sichuan love bitter bamboo shoots and are used to frying shredded chicken by frying, mixing and soaking. The taste is mainly salty and fresh.