Worried about worms in bayberry? Actually, bayberry worms are nothing to be afraid of

It is currently peak season for bayberries, but lately many friends have said that "eating bayberries takes courage." Why is that? Because bayberries always hide a lot of tiny worms. Some netizens even joke that "a bayberry without worms has no soul." Here we will talk about the issue of bayberries.

Why are there worms inside bayberries?

There are many videos online of small white worms soaking out of bayberries, which make some people feel a bit uncomfortable when watching. After all, this is a fruit meant for eating, and thinking about worms inside the fruit you eat is indeed quite unpleasant.

In fact, this kind of small white worm does exist in bayberries. This worm is actually the larva of the fruit fly. This is because when bayberry fruits ripen, they give off a special odor, and this odor is very attractive to fruit flies. Fruit flies lay eggs on the surface of the bayberry. The bayberry itself has no peel. So after the fruit fly eggs hatch, the larvae bore into the bayberry and feed on the bayberry juice. After the larvae grow and mature, they turn white-black, bore out of the bayberry, become fruit flies, and fly away.

This kind of small worm is actually quite common, because bayberry orchards are relatively poor at preventing fruit flies, and combined with the special odor of bayberries, it is very easy to attract fruit flies, so this small white worm exists in almost many orchards. Eating this kind of bayberry worm is not harmful to the body, because the larva of this fruit fly grows in the bayberry from the very beginning, so it is almost uncontaminated, and therefore does not itself contain disease-causing bacteria, and is also a very high-quality protein.

However, for many people, eating worms still leaves some psychological discomfort. Still, some small methods can be used to remove worms from bayberries. Friends who like eating bayberries can add salt to cool boiled water, put the fresh bayberries they bought into the water, and soak them for a period of time, and the worms will be forced out. Remember, do not put them in the refrigerator, otherwise the worms will not come out, because they have already been frozen to death.

In fact, in recent years, planting technology has continued to improve and management methods have continued to advance. In many places, bayberry orchards have adopted pollution-free, high-quality planting methods, and many orchards are able to achieve worm-free cultivation. Friends who are afraid of eating worms can buy this kind of pollution-free, worm-free bayberry.

The above comes from the original content of Science Xingnong.