Can you eat snake meat

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Many people in the South have the habit of eating snake meat. There is a famous dish in Cantonese cuisine called Dragon and tiger fight. Dragon meat is snake meat, and tiger meat is cat meat. Live snakes are sold in many vegetable markets in the south. There are many kinds of snakes, such as non poisonous vegetable snakes, poisonous cobras and so on. If you want to buy it, the seller can kill it for you now. Hang up the head of the live snake, and the live snake can be opened. Can you eat snake meat? Let's talk about it.

Can you eat snake meat

First: from the perspective of health, snakes are full of parasites due to environmental problems. And the general cooking method is not suitable to kill these parasites, human use will lead to cross infection. In addition, the excessive consumption of game will also lead to the evolution of the virus more easily, so that those diseases that humans should not have also caused harm to the human body.

Second: in addition, from the perspective of superstition, snakes are spiritual and can not be harmed when seen at home. What's more, eating snakes is a very valuable biological resource. If it can be well developed and utilized, it will be of great benefit to mankind. Snake meat is a nutritious delicacy. In particular, Agkistrodon halys and pythons contain many kinds of amino acids necessary for human body, including glutamic acid which can enhance the vitality of brain cells, aspartic acid which can relieve human fatigue and other nutrients.

Third: snake is not only a delicacy, but also a precious Chinese medicine. Snake head, snake eye, snake slough, snake gall, snake liver, snake ointment, snake venom can be used as medicine. Snake meat has the effect of strengthening nerves and prolonging life.

matters needing attention

When you eat snake meat, you must pay attention to boiling it thoroughly to kill parasites. The wild snake is a national protected animal. For the balance of the ecological environment, we should not eat wild snakes. Fortunately, there are artificial snakes in many places now, which can protect everyone's appetite and use the gall of artificial snakes. We are very familiar with the snake gall and Sichuan shellfish liquid.