What are the tricks of salt in life? Salt is an indispensable seasoning sacred product in life, whether it is cooking stew or making cakes, but it has many uses in life besides eating. Let's talk about what tricks salt has in life.

What are the tricks of salt in life 1 1. Ripening effect, such as Xiantao.

The peaches bought back will have to wait for a while, and the flesh will naturally soften. Salt also has ripening effect. Dig a hole in the pedicle of Xiantao → put it in salt → put it in a container → wrap it with plastic wrap. After a few days, the pulp will gradually soften ~ Salt is not an ordinary seasoning, but it has rich functions! The peel can be eaten with 3 ~ 4 cracks, and the most delicious taste can be eaten with softness. The flesh is slightly salty, sweet and salty. But there is a disadvantage, the pedicle will become hard around and need to be discarded when eating.

Second, isolate the air, such as apples and pears.

Apples and pears are both open and turn brown when exposed to air. Therefore, we can achieve the effect of blocking the air by coating some salt water on the cut surface of the fruit, and the cut surface of the fruit still retains its original color (to prevent the cut surface from discoloring, we can also coat it with lemon juice).

Third, enhance the sweetness: for example, put some salt on the fruit.

Some fruits, such as watermelon, guava, carambola, pineapple and so on. All of them are smeared with some salt, which can achieve the balance of potassium and sodium and bring out sweetness, but it is best to smear a little, not too much.

Fourth, add flavor: for example, barbecue.

Before barbecue or grilled fish, put some salt on the meat, and the roasted meat has a unique flavor.

5. Shorten frying time, such as dry frying peanuts with salt.

Dry frying peanuts by heat transfer of salt, and adding salt can shorten the time of frying peanuts.

How to fry?

(1) Turn on the small fire, put the salt first, then the peanuts, and keep stirring. You can hear crackling when cooking.

(2) When there is no sonic boom, the sound of peanuts falling on the side of the pot becomes lighter and brittle.

(3) It's almost ready. Turn off the heat and stir fry

6. Remove bitterness, such as making coffee.

If it is cooked for too long, the coffee will become bitter. At this time, adding some salt can remove the bitterness in coffee.

Seven, cleaning function, such as: cleaning the large intestine

The marinated large intestine is delicious, and it is a perfect match to add to the noodles. For the large intestine bought from the market, the intestinal mucus is washed by hand with salt. After washing several times, it can be pickled with hot water and some wine.

What are the tricks of salt in life? 2. Foods related to salt

1, fried mutton with salt

This is a traditional halal dish in Datong area, with mellow taste, fat, tender and fragrant, and unique flavor.

1. Wash the mutton with clear water, cut into pieces, put it in a pot filled with clear water, cook it with slow fire for 5 minutes, and take out the mutton.

2. Pour the soup out of the pot, fill it with water, cook the mutton, and simmer for about 20 minutes.

3. Add appropriate amount of salt and pepper, cook until cooked and dish.

Mutton is warm and sweet, and can be used for food supplement and dietotherapy. It is a good product for strengthening the body and eliminating diseases, and has the effects of invigorating qi, tonifying deficiency, warming the lower body, tonifying kidney, strengthening yang, promoting granulation and resisting cold.

2. Hakka brine chicken

As early as the Qing Dynasty, Hakkas invented the technology of baking food in clay pots with salt, which has a history of more than 300 years.

Hakka salted chicken is extremely simple, but the finished product is salty and fragrant, and the skin is tender and tender, which is truly original. Chinese medicine believes that chicken has the effects of warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, tonifying deficiency and essence, strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting blood circulation and strengthening bones and muscles. It has a good therapeutic effect on malnutrition, chills, fatigue, irregular menstruation, anemia and physical weakness. The steamed chicken juice is particularly delicious and can be used to mix noodles and cook powder.

Third, the wonderful use of life.

1. Soak feet with salt water, wash feet and exfoliate, and treat beriberi.

Salt has good antiviral and antibacterial effects. If salt is put into hot water, the skin can better absorb the antiviral and antibacterial components of salt water by using the heat in the water. Soaking feet with salt water can achieve the effects of treating beriberi, washing feet and exfoliating.

2. Soaking feet with salt water can tonify kidney and resist aging.

Our feet are farthest from the heart, so there is little blood supply. Soaking feet with salt water can make the effective components of salt water enter the kidney and heart, promote blood circulation, and achieve the effect of tonifying kidney and resisting aging.

3, salt water soaking feet can cure colds.

Soaking feet with salt water can promote blood circulation, get rid of cold feet and treat colds after slight sweating.

4. Soaking your feet with salt water can help you sleep and resist aging.

Often washing feet with salt water and massaging acupoints such as Yongquan can promote local blood circulation, help sleep and resist aging, and even enhance memory and make the mind feel relaxed.

5. Hot compress with coarse salt can dispel dampness, dispel cold and relieve pain.

Some people have a lot of moisture in their bodies, so they can wrap the soles of their feet with coarse salt hot compress, and it is better to do it after soaking their feet every time.

For gout patients, you can apply hot compress on your knees to relieve pain, and long-term use of rheumatism will improve.

For the treatment of joint stiffness and pain, wrap two Jin of crude salt on the joint that is painful and afraid of cold, and the hot compress lasts for 15-20 minutes each time until the crude salt gradually cools down.

6, salt fennel hot compress navel has the effect of tonifying kidney.

With the increase of age, many men often suffer from yin deficiency of liver and kidney due to the gradual shortage of vaginal fluid. You can put half a catty of salt and a little fennel together, stir-fry, put it in a cloth bag and apply it to the navel, which can achieve the purpose of regulating and supplementing vaginal fluid and promoting the balance of yin and yang. In addition, eat more black kidney-tonifying foods, such as black soybean milk, sesame seeds, walnuts and so on.

7, hot compress armpit, strong heart and lung

Speaking of fitness, many people know that there are many acupoints on the hands and feet, which can be used for health care. However, I didn't expect the armpit, a part that people seldom touch in their daily activities, to be as healthy as their hands and feet. Covering armpits with hot salt can enhance heart and lung function.

8. Steamed oranges with salt to cure cough

Steamed oranges with salt are a delicious food. The main raw materials are 1 orange and one-third salt. Steamed oranges with salt is a folk remedy, which can relieve cough caused by cold.

(1) Wash oranges and soak them in salt water for a while;

(2) cut the top of the orange, just like an orange cup;

(3) Sprinkle a little salt evenly on the orange meat, poke it a few times with chopsticks to facilitate salt penetration, and insert a toothpick into the orange to fix it;

(4) Put it in a bowl, cover the cut orange top, steam it in a pot, and steam it for about ten minutes after the water is boiled;

(5) Peeling after taking out, taking the pulp and eating it together with steamed water.

The effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm is better than that of dried tangerine peel, which is a good medicine for treating cold and cough, loss of appetite and chest and abdominal pain.