straw mushroom

There is a kind of mushroom among fungi vegetables. I don’t know if you are familiar with it. So today I will introduce to you the nutritional value of straw mushrooms:

Introduction to straw mushroom knowledge:

Padi-Straw Mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) is the fruiting body of the fungus Volvariella volvacea of ​​the phylum Fungi, belonging to the class Basidiomycetes, the order Agaricales, the family Agrocybe, and the genus Padilla. Padi-Straw Mushroom was first cultivated in my country, with a history of more than 200 years. Padi-Straw Mushroom has the characteristics of tender meat, delicious taste, and strong fragrance. It is known as "one piece, one pot of fragrance". Soon after the advent of Padi-Straw Mushroom, it began to be tributed to the royal family and used as a royal meal. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi "liked it very much". my country's export volume of Padi-Straw Mushroom is relatively large, so it is called "Chinese Mushroom" internationally.

When the mushroom is young, it looks like a bird's egg, with a slightly dark brown top and a lighter color as it goes down. At this time, the cap and stipe are covered with a thin film. As they grow, the film at the top is broken, revealing the stipe and the pedicel. The cap is umbrella-shaped at first, and becomes round when fully expanded. The pedicel is fleshy, light brown, and has no ring.

This small mushroom breeds in damp straw and is available fresh, canned or dehydrated. The straw mushroom industry in Guangdong may have a long history and is one of the main ingredients in vegetarian dishes and steamed or fried chicken.

Nutritional analysis of straw mushrooms:

1. Straw mushrooms are high in vitamin C, which can promote human metabolism, improve the body's immunity, and enhance disease resistance.

2. It also has a detoxifying effect. For example, when lead, arsenic, and benzene enter the human body, they can combine with them to form ascorbic acid and be excreted with urine.

3. In straw mushroom protein, the eight essential amino acids for the human body are neatly arranged and high in content, accounting for 38.2% of the total amino acids.

4. Straw mushrooms also contain a kind of foreign protein substance that can kill human cancer cells. The crude protein contained in them is higher than that of shiitake mushrooms, and other nutrients are roughly the same as those of woody edible fungi. They also have the effect of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, especially for digestive tract tumors, and can enhance the vitality of the liver and kidneys.

5. It can slow down the body's absorption of carbohydrates and is a good food for diabetic patients.

Additional information about straw mushrooms:

1. Quality requirements for straw mushrooms: Whether canned or dried, the best quality products should be thick and uniform, tender, and with the cap not opened or small. Dried products should also be dry, bright yellow in color, and free of mold and impurities;

2. Straw mushrooms are mostly eaten fresh, they are cheap and can be bought everywhere, so they do not need to be soaked for a long time. However, like other green leafy vegetables, straw mushrooms are often sprayed with pesticides during their growth, especially during artificial cultivation. Therefore, it is necessary to find ways to remove the residual toxins, or soak them for a slightly longer time, or soak them in edible alkaline water.

Straw mushrooms are suitable for people:

It can be eaten by the general population and is especially a good food for diabetic patients.

Therapeutic effects of straw mushrooms:

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that straw mushrooms are cold in nature, sweet, slightly salty and non-toxic.

Straw mushrooms can also help digestion and dispel heat, nourish the spleen and replenish qi, clear away summer heat, nourish yin and strengthen yang, increase milk, prevent scurvy, promote wound healing, protect the liver and stomach, and enhance human immunity. They are an excellent nutritional health food that can be used both as food and medicine.

Straw mushroom cooking instructions:

1. Straw mushrooms can be stir-fried, sautéed, stewed, roasted, stuffed, steamed, etc. They can also be used to make soup or as an ingredient in various meat dishes;

2. Suitable for making soup or stir-fry. Whether fresh or dried, it should not be soaked for too long.