Can river snails (Oncomelania) be eaten after being cooked? Do they have parasites? What should they not be eaten with? How do you get the meat out? How much do they cost per jin?
River snails belong to the mollusks and are divided into male and female. They are amphibious, consisting of two parts, the shell and the soft body. They are dioecious and oviparous, with the peak spawning period from April to May.So can river snails be eaten after being cooked? Do they have parasites? What should they not be eaten with? How do you get the meat out? How much do they cost per jin?According to the seafood market in Weihai, Shandong, the current price of river snails is around 5 yuan per jin.
Can river snails be eaten after being cooked? Do they have parasites?
Generally, if they are not thoroughly stir-fried, there is a risk of parasite infection. So those who eat river snails must make sure they are thoroughly cooked, and should not eat too many.
What should river snails not be eaten with?
1. Eating river snails with beer can cause gout
When eating seafood, it is best not to drink beer. Shrimp, crab and other seafood form uric acid after being metabolized by the human body, and too much uric acid can cause conditions such as gout and kidney stones. If you eat a large amount of seafood and drink beer at the same time, it will accelerate the formation of uric acid in the body. So when eating a large amount of seafood, never drink beer, otherwise it will have adverse effects on the body.
2. Eating river snails with fruit can cause abdominal pain
Fish, shrimp, crab and other seafood are rich in nutrients such as protein and calcium. Fruit contains a relatively large amount of tannic acid. If you eat fruit right after eating seafood, it will not only affect the body's absorption of protein, but the calcium in the seafood will also combine with the tannic acid in the fruit to form insoluble calcium. This can irritate the gastrointestinal tract and even cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. The calcium in seafood will also combine with the tannic acid in fruit, so it is best to wait at least 2 hours before eating.
3. Drinking tea after eating river snails can cause stones
The reason it is inadvisable to drink tea after eating seafood is similar to the reason it is inadvisable to eat fruit. This is because tea leaves also contain tannic acid, which can likewise form insoluble calcium with the calcium in seafood. Eating seafood before or after drinking tea will increase the chance of calcium combining with tannic acid. Therefore, when eating seafood, it is best not to drink tea, and it is best to wait at least 2 hours.
4. Eating river snails with vitamin C can cause poisoning
Many kinds of seafood, such as shrimp, crab, clams and oysters, contain the chemical element arsenic in their bodies. Under normal circumstances the content is very small, but increasingly serious environmental pollution may cause the arsenic content in these animals to reach relatively high levels. The arsenic contained in shrimp is in the pentavalent state, and under normal circumstances pentavalent arsenic is not harmful to the human body. Theoretically, a high dose of vitamin C and pentavalent arsenic undergo a complex chemical reaction and transform into toxic trivalent arsenic, namely “arsenic trioxide”, and when trivalent arsenic reaches a certain dose it can cause poisoning in the human body.
How do you get the meat out of river snails?
River snails sometimes leave you at a loss. If you keep sucking only at the large opening end of the river snail, sometimes no matter how much force you use, the snail meat will not budge. You only need to turn it around and suck at the tip of the broken opening (the tail ends of the river snails you buy have all been broken, and this is the reason) and then turn it back around and suck at the large opening end, and the snail meat will easily become a tasty morsel in your mouth.