Cordyceps is now more and more respected by people’s health. Once someone asked: ‘If a gram of Cordyceps and a gram of gold together, what do you choose?’ And people who really know how to take care of their health choose Cordyceps. The end of the year is here, many people will buy Cordyceps for gifts, and some families may buy more than not finished, hoarding quite a lot of Cordyceps, resulting in moisture and mould, which is a very significant loss for some people. Today, Three Cordyceps will talk to you about what to do if Cordyceps is mouldy and how to save it to avoid mouldy Cordyceps.
Why does Cordyceps go mouldy?
1. Internal chemical reaction leads to discolouration
First of all, the first cause of mouldy Cordyceps is the oxidation of its internal substances under unfavourable preservation conditions, which produces a chemical reaction, and the oxidation leads to discolouration and strange odour, which is due to improper preservation and hence mouldy phenomenon.
2. Microbiological contamination
For the concept of microorganisms, I believe we are not unfamiliar, after all, microorganisms are everywhere. Cordyceps is easily contaminated by microorganisms in the process of picking, transporting, storing and selling. Coupled with long-term placement, microorganisms will multiply and grow at the right temperature, eating the nutrition of Cordyceps and destroying its proteins. Microorganisms will dissolve the nutrients in Cordyceps, and the decomposition will produce a foul and sour smell, causing Cordyceps to become soft and shrivelled, and the colour will change.
3. Enzyme decomposition
There are many kinds of enzymes in Cordyceps, under unfavourable preservation conditions, the enzymes will decompose the nutrients in Cordyceps into low-grade products, so that Cordyceps loses its original nutrients and its efficacy is greatly reduced. Therefore, when preserving Cordyceps, the environment must be prevented from humidity, high temperature or contact with microorganisms.
What should I do if my Cordyceps is mouldy? Can I still eat it?
To distinguish: from the colour, Cordyceps sinensis, if the inner core is yellow or black, it proves that it has been mouldy can not be eaten and soak wine; if the inner core is white, then it can be dried in direct sunlight, remove the surface dirt of Cordyceps sinensis can be eaten as soon as possible.
The whiter the colour of the section, the less the quality is damaged.
Remedy: If the phenomenon of mould is not too serious, you can wash and dry Cordyceps sinensis, and then eat it as soon as possible to make the best use of it.
2、The more yellow the colour of the section, the more the quality is damaged.
Whether consuming the yellow colour of Cordyceps is harmful to the human body, there is no authoritative clinical experiment to inform, therefore, it is recommended to discard the treatment. When Cordyceps is mouldy, it does not only reduce the effect or have no effect, but also may lead to various side effects or cause disease due to mould.
How to deal with Cordyceps sinensis after getting mouldy?
1, mouldy very serious situation
Cordyceps sinensis mouldy is very serious, do not eat, directly throw away, do not shed!
Three Cordyceps analysis: studies have shown that mouldy substances can lead to a significant increase in the incidence of liver and digestive tract cancers, even with white wine, alcohol soaking can not be removed, washing and sunlight is even more unlikely to be eliminated, absolutely can not be consumed again.
From the efficacy of winter wormwood mould is very serious not only the efficacy has been lost, more importantly, even if you remove the surface of the mould, containing the aflatoxin can not be removed. Aflatoxin is a strong carcinogenic agent, animal experiments have proved that aflatoxin carcinogenicity of the shortest time as long as 24 weeks, has a relatively stable chemical properties, only in the high temperature of 280 ℃ or more can be destroyed. It is recommended that for expensive Cordyceps must pay attention to its preservation methods, usually Cordyceps humidity is best kept between 5% -8%, refrigerated preservation of the best.
2, not particularly serious situation
Three Cordyceps Analysis: If the degree of mould is not particularly serious, you can wash it with white wine and then seal it with a ziplock bag. Although the effect may not be obvious, but by washing with white wine, can achieve the effect of disinfection and sterilisation. Again, it should be consumed as soon as possible after washing.
How to save to avoid mouldy Cordyceps sinensis
1. Put it in a cool and dry place
Cordyceps need to pay attention to moisture, mildew and moth, if you only need to save a short period of time, such as a few days or a dozen days, just put it in a cool and dry place.
2、Freezing in plastic bag
If the preservation time is a little long, such as more than 1 month, can be Cordyceps into a clean and intact plastic bag, the bag should have a certain thickness is not too thin, and then seal the bag tightly, in a good Cordyceps outside the plastic bag and then set two layers of plastic bags and seal the mouth, in the refrigerator in the refrigerator (temperature of 2 ~ 8 degrees for good), not frozen.
3, put pepper
Bulk Cordyceps can be good in the sunshine, the bulk of Cordyceps scattered on the sunny ground in the sun, after that, gently pick up the Cordyceps, at this time, the Cordyceps is easy to break, loaded into a plastic film bag, the bottom of the average of every kilogram of Cordyceps into the bottom of the average of 200 grams of about 200 grams of peppercorns bagged a sealed, put in a cool, dry place.
4、Put desiccant
If the amount of large or need to be placed for a longer period of time it is best to put some desiccant in the bag, so that preservation can generally ensure that Cordyceps is intact, the quality will not be reduced. In the preservation should pay attention to the regular inspection, at least 1 month 1 time, in case found damp or mouldy, should be dried immediately and then continue to preserve according to the method.
5. Exposure
If Cordyceps is found to be moist and soft, it should be immediately taken out and exposed to sunlight. This can make Cordyceps reduce moisture at the same time, through the sun to kill the part of mould bacteria attached to Cordyceps itself, etc., which is conducive to safeguarding the existing intrinsic quality of Cordyceps.
6, if Cordyceps sinensis has been worms, if possible with charcoal fire slightly baked, then sieve pest insects and impurities as soon as possible after consumption, should not be preserved for too long, after all, its efficacy has been discounted.
