Mutton is sweet and warm, and has the effects of tonifying deficiency, dispelling cold, warming qi and blood, tonifying kidney, tonifying aging, appetizing and fitness, and helping yuan and essence. Many people think that eating mutton in summer will get angry, but it is not. Summer is the time when the human body consumes the most, especially in the summer when the temperature is the highest and the yang is the highest all year round. It is also the season when the human body has the most metabolism and consumes the most nutrients, so it should be supplemented in summer.
It's hot in summer, so people eat more raw vegetables, fruits and cold drinks, which easily makes people feel cold in the spleen and stomach. Eating mutton at the right time can eliminate moisture, avoid cold, warm the stomach and produce fluid, protect the gastrointestinal tract, drive away cold and detoxify, which is very beneficial to improve people's physique and disease resistance in high temperature days.
Eating mutton in dog days is to heat the body, sweat and detoxify, and drive away the poison and moisture in winter and spring. Therefore, there is a health care experience of "eating sheep for health and strengthening yang in summer" and "eating a bowl of sheep soup without a prescription".
Mutton is suitable for people who are physically weak and cold, especially for the elderly who are weak, yang-deficient, with tepid hands and feet in winter, people who are afraid of cold, backache and impotence, and women who are deficient in both qi and blood, emaciation, postpartum weakness, anemia or galactorrhea, spontaneous sweating or hyperhidrosis. It is also suitable for patients with chronic bronchitis and asthma with spleen and kidney yang deficiency.
Experts say that eating mutton also scores physical fitness. Some people have a cold constitution, and eating mutton in summer will not cause any discomfort. For most people, especially those who always stay in air-conditioned rooms and like to drink cold drinks, eating mutton on dog days is also an option. Hot people should not eat more, and mutton is rich in protein, and some people will be allergic if they eat too much.
In summer, it is advisable to choose the method of stewing mutton. Add a little salt, onion and ginger to the fresh mutton and cook it before eating. This kind of mutton is delicious, not greasy, and because it does not contain spicy seasoning, it not only supplements nutrition, but also does not have to worry about getting angry after eating.
In summer, the amount of mutton should not be too much, so salt can be added before cooking, or a proper amount of cool and sweet food (such as horseshoe, oily wheat, wax gourd, tofu, etc.) can be added. ), can not only prevent fire, but also play the role of cooling, detoxification and fire. You can also drink a proper amount of light salt water and massage "Gu Ran Point" and "Yongquan Point" on the day after meals, which can play a role in igniting fire.
There are four steps in choosing mutton.
Look at the color. Fresh mutton with white skin and red meat. If it is dark red and black, it means it has begun to deteriorate.
Look at the tail Compared with mutton, Shanghai diners prefer goat meat, because goat meat is tender and suitable for hot pot, while goat meat is suitable for home cooking. How to tell the difference? Just look at the tail. The small tail is a goat.
Three selected parts. Hot mutton is not like cold mutton. If you like mutton that is tender, old, strong and has bones, you can choose it yourself. Usually ribs and front legs are the most popular.
Four smells. Some people like mutton, but they just don't like the taste of mutton, so they should choose castrated rams. In order to get rid of the smell, some rams are castrated when they are three months old. In other words, the smell of ewes will be heavier. It is said that tsaoko can be used to smell mutton, and it is enough to put five or six tsaoko together when cooking mutton.
Pay attention to health risks when eating mutton.
For mutton, who can eat it and how to eat it are all particular. We summarized six points for attention.
1, don't add vinegar to mutton soup. Mutton is hot, vinegar is sweet and warm, just like wine. Cooked together, it is easy to make a fire and move blood.
2. bronze can't cook mutton. When copper meets acid or alkali at high temperature, it can undergo chemical changes and generate copper salts. Mutton is a high protein food. When they are cooked, they will produce some toxic substances.
3, mutton warms the yang, don't eat too much at a time, it is best to eat some cabbage and fans at the same time.
Mutton should be cooked thoroughly before eating. Many people eat instant-boiled mutton, just rinse it in the pot, so that the meat is fresh and tender. But there are bacteria and parasites in mutton. If you wash it in the pot once or twice, the parasite will not be killed. You must rinse the mutton well.
5. After eating mutton, you need to drink tea every once in a while, otherwise it may cause constipation.
6. Patients with hepatitis should not eat too much mutton. Eating too much will increase the burden on the liver and lead to illness.
Eating mutton in summer has many benefits, and people with cold body can eat mutton in moderation to strengthen yang! The above dietary taboos should be clarified!