Why can't I eat sea cucumber in summer? When is the best time to eat sea cucumber?
Sea cucumber is sweet, salty and warm. From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, summer is hot and the human body is hot. Diet should be light, cold and reduce fire, while sea cucumber is a warm food. If you eat it in summer, it is easy to increase the calories in your body, and it is easy to get angry and make you uncomfortable. So there is a saying that you can't eat sea cucumber in summer, but in fact, as long as you eat a light diet and eat it in moderation, your body will metabolize quickly in summer, and eating sea cucumber can also replenish nutrition and improve your body in time.
2 Simple and Best Method for Eating Sea Cucumber in Summer Summer is not the season for fresh sea cucumbers, but dry sea cucumber is generally eaten, and its operation and eating methods should be carried out according to the following procedures and practices.
1, dry sea cucumber treatment method (1) soaked sea cucumber.
Pour water without sea cucumber into the container (purified water is preferred), soak in 0-5 environment for 48 hours, and change the water 1-2 times a day.
Note: you should not touch oil and salt in the whole process of soaking sea cucumber. It is best to choose a larger container.
(2) cutting and cleaning the sea cucumber
Cut the soaked sea cucumber longitudinally along the waist, cut off the sand mouth and clean the inside of the sea cucumber. Note: there are white sea cucumber tendons on the inner wall of sea cucumber, which are edible and nutritious, but will affect the expansion of sea cucumber, so it is not necessary to remove them. Just cut the sea cucumber tendons into several sections with a knife.
(3) Boiled sea cucumber
After the sea cucumber is cooked, it should be boiled for about 30 minutes, and then taken out after natural cooling. Because the size of sea cucumber is different, the heat is also different. If some sea cucumbers are not completely cooked, you can take out the cooked sea cucumbers and change the water before cooking.
(4) soaking the sea cucumber
Put the sea cucumber in a container, pour in purified water without sea cucumber, put it in the refrigerator and soak it for about 48 hours, and change the water every 12 hours.
(5) foaming is completed
It takes time for sea cucumbers to soak. It is suggested that more than one sea cucumber can be soaked at a time, and the frozen sea cucumber can be stored for later consumption.
Take it out and thaw it before eating, and then cook it according to your personal preference.
2, sea cucumber eating practices In summer, the temperature is high and the diet is light. The practice of sea cucumber should be eaten by cold salad, porridge and other methods.
(1) cold sea cucumber
Ingredients: sea cucumber, coriander, sesame oil, soy sauce, cooking wine, garlic, salt, monosodium glutamate and sugar.
working methods
1. Peel garlic and pound it into minced garlic, put it in a large bowl, and add cooking wine, soy sauce, refined salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil to make a flavor juice.
2. Dried sea cucumber, sliced, and mixed with the prepared flavor juice.
(2) Steamed eggs with sea cucumber
Ingredients: sea cucumber, eggs, salt, pepper, etc.
working methods
1. Pour a little water into a porcelain bowl, beat in eggs, add diced sea cucumber, add a little salt and pepper, and mix well. If you like coriander and ginger, you can add a little to cover up the delicious smell of eggs and sea cucumbers.
2. Put the porcelain bowl into the pot and steam it for 10- 15 minutes, and then take it out. You can also steam 10- 15 minutes in the microwave oven.
(3) Sea cucumber millet porridge
Raw materials: sea cucumber, millet and medlar.
working methods
1. Put water in the pot, add the washed millet after the water boils, and then turn to low heat and cook until it is slightly sticky.
2. Add sea cucumber, medlar, shredded ginger and salt, cook for another 5 minutes, and finally season with pepper and chopped green onion.
How many times should I eat sea cucumber a week? It is recommended to eat 3-7 times a week.
Sea cucumber is not small. According to the above-mentioned sea cucumber millet porridge, a medium-sized sea cucumber can be used as an adult's food intake for a meal as long as one and a proper amount of millet are put. Generally, eating one at a time can meet the nutritional needs of the human body for sea cucumbers. If you eat too much, it will be difficult to digest, and calories will aggravate your discomfort. It is better to eat 3-7 sea cucumbers a week. Note that people who are allergic to protein, people who get angry, people with spleen deficiency and children should not eat sea cucumber.
When is the best season to eat sea cucumber? Spring and autumn are the best.
Although there is no obvious seasonal difference in nourishing the body, the best season to eat fresh sea cucumbers is the season to catch sea cucumbers every year. In spring and autumn, sea cucumbers have two periods: summer sleep and hibernation. If you eat sea cucumber in summer and winter, the taste of sea cucumber at this time is not fat enough, and the nutrition is greatly reduced, so April-May is chosen in spring and 10 is finished in autumn.