The first question of the New Year soul: When you eat dumplings in the New Year, will you not garlic?
Good little friends of this mouth, did you see the word "garlic" and the saliva flowed out?
After all, when eating dumplings, buns, noodles, and meat, take a bite of garlic, this meal is called consummation.
Garlic, don't look at it now is nothing more than a "seasoning" for cooking.
Throughout history, people have been the "vegetable handles" in the world.
Garlic was grown in ancient Babylon as early as 6,000 years ago.
The ancient Egyptians relied on garlic to cure diseases and drive away plagues.
And the ancient Indians said: After eating garlic, the song and dance are more energetic.
Our ancient Chinese eat garlic a little late:
In 139 BC, when the Western Han dynasty envoy Zhang Qian went out to the Western Regions, he brought back the "gourd grass", that is, garlic.
Therefore, it is rumored on the Internet that "the four ancient civilizations eat garlic together", which is really not a joke.
Until now, there are still many people in North America and Europe who advocate the custom of "eating garlic and half the happiness".
Garlic is delicious, but it should also be eaten
People all over the world love to eat garlic, but if you want to eat it, it really depends on Chinese.
Garlic, a plant of the lily family Onion, can be made into a dish from top to bottom.
In the eyes of Chinese, it can be said that garlic can be delicious at each stage of growth.
Spring garlic seedlings - that is the leaves of garlic;
Summer food garlic - this is the flower of garlic;
Eat garlic in autumn and winter - here, is the real garlic.
Increasingly casual schematics
Nutritionists recommend eating garlic "raiders"
1. Selection
Purple garlic tastes more spicy than white garlic,
Active substances such as allicinine and allicin are more abundant, and the bacteriostatic effect is more pronounced
2. Storage
New garlic has a high water content, so don't put it in a plastic bag to store when you buy it home.
After laying flat to dry, store in a ventilated, dry, dark place.
Also, when storing, take care to keep the outer skin intact.
3. Consumption
Eat no more than 2 cloves raw per day.
The general population can eat 1 to 2 cloves of garlic per day, and eating too much may irritate the gastrointestinal tract and even cause gastritis.
4. The best way to eat
Adding some sugar to the garlic pan can reduce the destruction of allicin by high temperature.
5, the following people should be careful when eating garlic
People with liver disease, eye disease, gastrointestinal disease,
Patients with cerebral hemorrhage, patients with mouth, teeth, throat, tongue diseases, and patients during the medication can not eat garlic without eating.
Two more cloves of garlic not only can your livestock eat a few more bowls of rice
Garlic has many aspects of biological activity, not only can prevent cardiovascular disease, anti-tumor anti-pathogenic microorganisms.
It has another Buff: a strong food-attracting effect.
Now you know, right? When eating dumplings and sucking noodles, why do you think about this little garlic clove?
Because once you eat it, you can never forget its taste!
This "food-sucking effect" is not only effective for humans.
Chopping fresh garlic and mixing it in chicken, pig, cow and even fish feed can also significantly increase weight and yield.
Garlic mashed into puree taste "doubled"
Draw a point: eat garlic must be crushed and mashed, wait for ten minutes before eating.
Because only in this way can the special substances in garlic, alliine and allicin, activate and combine into the beneficial ingredient allicin.
However, mashing it up also brings another problem – the garlic-flavored tone.
This unique spicy pungency and smell is actually sealed in colorless and odorless alliine.
As a plant of the genus Allium, the whole garlic plant has a strong and spicy garlic odor (xiang) smell.
When not disturbed, they appear unusually mild,
Even the white fat garlic cloves that have been stripped of their "coats" will not give off the slightest spicy taste.
But once the garlic cells are destroyed – say, chew in your mouth,
They break down under the action of special proteins to produce allicin.
The smell of garlic that makes people happy and sad lingers for a long time.
You think garlic flavor only stays in the mouth?
No, no, no
After garlic is digested by the internal organs, it produces a compound called methyl allyl sulfide,
The smell of this compound follows the bloodstream through various parts of the body.
So, brush your teeth, eat peanuts, drink milk, and even eat tea stems,
Theoretically, it is useless to eliminate the taste of garlic.
So, feel free to eat garlic boldly,
After all
As long as the body is still digesting garlic, the taste will definitely come back.
Editor: Junjie