Can onions still be eaten when they sprout?
Many vegetables are easy to germinate if they are kept in a cool and ventilated place for a long time. People all know that sprouted potatoes must not be eaten, because they will be poisoned. So is the same for sprouting onions? Can onions still be eaten when they sprout?
Onions that sprout and even grow young can be eaten. It will not produce substances harmful to human body. However, the nutrients of the sprouted onion scales will be transferred to the top for bud growth, resulting in the decline of the original nutrients and edible value of onions, and the taste is not as good as before.
Generally speaking, onions are easy to germinate at 15 degree , so the onions bought can be placed in the sun for a period of time, and then placed in a ventilated and dry place to avoid germination.
Precautions for eating onions
Although the benefits of onions are numerous, it is not easy to keep the nutrients and give full play to the efficacy. For example, if you don't pay attention to the heat when cooking onions, the nutrients will be easily lost and the efficacy will be greatly reduced. So what are the precautions when eating onions?
1. Cooking skills
When cutting onions, soak the kitchen knife in water, cut it for a while and flush it with water, so it won't flow all over your face; When frying onions, they are easy to become soft and stick together. If you mix a small amount of flour in the cut onions, it can be avoided. It has golden color, crisp and tender texture and good taste.
2. Taboo of eating onions
(1) Onion should not be eaten too much, because it is easy to produce volatile gas. Excessive consumption will produce flatulence and excessive exhaust, which will cause unhappiness to people.
(2) onion can be eaten by the general population. It is especially suitable for patients with diabetes, cancer, acute and chronic enteritis, dysentery, and cardiovascular diseases and dyspepsia such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, etc., but special populations must pay more attention when eating.
(3) People suffering from skin pruritus, eye diseases, stomach diseases, lung and stomach inflammation should eat less onions.
(4) Patients with fever should eat onions carefully because they are pungent and warm.
(5) When suffering from eye diseases and eye congestion, it is not suitable to cut onions. The spicy flavor contained in onions can irritate the eyes.
(6) Onions should not be boiled for a long time. Sulfonylurea butyric acid in onion belongs to oily volatile liquid, which is easy to volatilize after cooking for a long time, so it loses the effect of reducing blood sugar.
(7) Onions and honey should not be eaten together. Honey has the function of clearing away heat. Onion contains a variety of bioactive substances. When encountering organic acids and enzymes in honey, it will have a chemical reaction, produce toxic substances, stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, and lead to abdominal distension and diarrhea.