Is it safe to eat bayberry without washing? Here's how to wash it properly to remove the bugs

Jingzhou bayberries are about to turn red again, and the season for eating bayberries is almost here

Do you know the right way to eat bayberries?

That is, without washing, picked straight from the tree and eaten right away

This is how the local bayberry farmers of Jingzhou in Huaihua eat them

Many people will have doubts and debates

Don't bayberries have bugs?

If you don't pull the bugs out, what happens if you swallow them?

In fact, almost all bayberries may have bugs

The little white worms inside bayberries are actually the larvae of fruit flies and are not harmful to the human body

Fruit flies usually feed on honey, fruit and so on, and are themselves fairly clean

During the breeding season, they are attracted by the smell of bayberries and lay eggs on the surface of the fruit

After the fruit fly eggs hatch into larvae, they burrow into the flesh and feed on it

If left to grow naturally, they only fly away after the larvae mature into fruit flies

From birth to growth, fruit fly larvae are almost always in an unpolluted environment

Therefore, there are almost no germs harmful to the human body, so eating bayberries won't give you a stomachache

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Bayberries ripen in several stages, and not every stage has bugs

Generally, bayberries only develop bugs when the season is almost over. At this time, the bayberries often don't taste as plump,

and once soaked in water, many fine, long white little worms will crawl out

As long as you eat them at the right time, there won't be any bugs

Moreover, bayberries don't keep well, so try to eat them as soon as possible while they are fresh

If you want to eat fresh and delicious bayberries

Straight from the tip of the branch to the tip of the tongue

In June, remember to come to the Jingzhou Bayberry Festival