Mistakes when processing bamboo shoots cause poisoning for the whole family
Bamboo shoots are a type of food that contains many toxins. If not prepared properly, it will endanger your life.
Eating pickled bamboo shoots is not enough time
Mothers, do you know that each kilogram of bamboo shoots contains about 230 mg of cyanide, a toxic substance that is enough to kill two children over one year old? However, if boiled for about 12 hours, the cyanide content will partially evaporate to only about 160 mg/kg and if boiled or soaked in water for a long time until the bamboo shoots turn yellow and smell sour, the cyanide content will be less than 9 mg/kg.
However, some people have the habit of eating pickled bamboo shoots even when they are not old enough, the bamboo shoots have not yet turned yellow and have a sour smell. Thus, the risk of cyanide poisoning will be much higher.
In case you use dried bamboo shoots or dried bamboo shoots, you should blanch them in hot water or boil them to ensure safety.
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Cover the pot as when cooking bamboo shoots.
Many people have the habit of boiling and stir-frying bamboo shoots with the lid on while cooking, which is extremely dangerous because the toxins in the bamboo shoots cannot escape. To be safe, housewives after buying bamboo shoots need to wash them many times with clean water, soak them in salt, then boil them thoroughly about 3 times before eating and leave the lid open to let the toxins escape.
Do not cook bamboo shoots thoroughly.
According to the recommendations of the Food Safety Department, when cooking fresh bamboo shoots, you need to soak and boil the bamboo shoots many times, change the water many times and remember to open the lid when the water boils. This bamboo shoot preparation step is very important to help remove all toxins in the bamboo shoots, not affecting the health of the eater.
People who should not eat bamboo shoots
- People with stomach pain: Experts recommend that patients with stomach pain or taking stomach medicine should not eat bamboo shoots because the hydrocyanic acid content in bamboo shoots is also harmful to the stomach, making the disease more serious.
- Pregnant women: Although bamboo shoots are a popular dish and loved by many people, doctors recommend that pregnant women should not eat too much, especially in the first trimester. Because in the first months of pregnancy, due to not being able to adapt to changes in the body and having morning sickness, most mothers often cannot eat much. Meanwhile, bamboo shoots contain a lot of fiber, eating a lot leads to feeling full for a long time and bloating.