I was drooling over the raw marinated seafood, and I was instantly hooked when I saw the parasites.

What outsiders consider dark cuisine is a feast for the taste buds in the hearts of Chaoshan people.

"Chaoshan pickled crab" is known as the "Chaoshan poison". Once you have tasted this "poison", you will fall in love with the delicious taste and never give it up. Even the Chinese gourmet director Chen Xiaoqing (director of "A Bite of China") was impressed by it.

Now is the season for eating raw pickled seafood. These raw pickled seafood are essential cold dishes in many night market stalls, but is it really okay to eat seafood raw? Eating raw pickled seafood in Chaoshan actually has great safety risks.

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Eating raw seafood? There are great safety risks

The first thing we need to pay attention to when eating raw seafood is the excessive microbial bacteria.
Yes, that's right. Raw and marinated seafood also cannot avoid the problem of hygiene. In fact, due to the special food properties of seafood, the problem is even more serious.

Eating raw seafood can easily cause bacterial infection with Vibrio parahaemolyticus. This bacterium can multiply rapidly in an environment with a salt content of 3%, which can easily contaminate fish, shrimp and seafood, producing heat-resistant hemolytic toxins. If people eat seafood contaminated by this bacterium, they may suffer from food poisoning. Image source of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: colorhub

On the other hand, seafood also has parasite problems. Among the seafood parasites that are harmful to human health, Anisakis is the most famous, and many types of seafood are contaminated by it, including the favorites of sashimi lovers: salmon and tuna.

There are also many seafoods we often eat, such as sea bass, hairtail, conger eel, grouper, squid, etc., which are at risk of parasitism. Once these parasites enter the human body, they will cause harm to the human body.

Parasites living in foods such as freshwater shrimp can easily cause liver diseases; there are also some aquatic plants such as water chestnuts and wild rice stems that are eaten raw, and the parasites in them can easily cause abdominal pain, edema, diarrhea, and intestinal obstruction. Severe cases of children eating them may also lead to decreased intelligence; there is also a type of parasite that can cause meningitis after consumption. Therefore, when we eat seafood, it is safer to eat it after it is fully cooked. There is another type of parasite in fish that is more commonly found in shellfish. A parasite called Cryptosporidium is one of the representative species. Cryptosporidium eggs have a super strong ability to survive. When seafood with this parasite is eaten by humans, stomach acid will dissolve the outer layer of the eggs, and the larvae in it can still survive and are alive and well in the stomach and intestines, causing serious damage to everyone's gastrointestinal health.

There is a dish in Chaoshan called pickled blood clams, which is to blanch the blood clams and open their shells, then pickle them with onion, ginger and cooking wine. Students who often eat this kind of pickled blood clams should pay attention. It is best to check your health regularly and reduce the consumption of raw food.

In addition to the parasites and microorganisms that everyone is most concerned about, raw and cold seafood itself has certain safety risks. Everyone's stomach and intestines have different adaptability to raw and cold seafood. Some people have a better digestive system and will not have any adverse reactions to eating raw seafood; some people with weak stomachs are easily irritated. Therefore, people with weak stomachs should take care of themselves and not always think about seeking excitement.

In addition, eating raw seafood is also prone to infection with hepatitis A virus. Hepatitis A virus generally attaches to shellfish. After eating raw seafood, the chance of infection increases significantly. In summary, it can be basically determined that eating raw seafood is very risky, and it is difficult to completely eliminate these hazards by simply marinating with cooking wine, scallions and ginger.

A reporter from the Jiangsu Broadcasting and Television Media Center conducted a special experiment to verify whether the onion, ginger and cooking wine used in raw pickles can completely eliminate parasites. However, authoritative test data from the Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases showed that even canned raw pickles that have been pickled for a long time cannot completely eliminate parasites. It can be seen that the alcohol content of cooking wine is completely incapable of achieving the purpose of sterilization and parasite elimination.

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Be careful when eating seafood

First of all, many people like to drink some wine when eating seafood, such as beer for barbecue and white wine for marinated food, claiming that it has a bactericidal effect.

You should be careful and don't be tempted. The alcohol content of liquor is not high enough to kill parasites and bacteria in raw seafood. And eating seafood and drinking a lot of alcohol can easily cause excessive purine in the body. If you eat like this frequently, purine metabolism will produce uric acid. If uric acid cannot be discharged smoothly from the body, it will accumulate in the body and easily cause gout. Seafood barbecue plus beer, a must for gout

Apart from these taboos, it is necessary to wash and cook it before eating. After all, this way of eating is the safest and healthiest.

If you still can't give up this delicacy and must eat it, you should keep your eyes open and choose freshly cleaned, sterilized and disinfected seafood. But after all, this way of eating has certain risks, and we are still in the epidemic period, so it is better to be cautious. After all, the appetite is small, and health is the most important. There are many delicious ways to cook seafood. You can try more cooked methods. Maybe some cooked methods are more in line with your taste.

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#Review expert Wu Xinsheng, deputy chief physician of the Department of Gastroenterology, 371st Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, original work of Tadpole Five-Line Score, please indicate the source when reprinting. Editor: Xiao Xitu