Can wild bracken in rural mountainous areas be eaten?

Every spring, under the nourishment of the spring rain, a large number of wild bracken will emerge quietly under the hillside forest and gentle mountains and rivers. At this time, it is the season when the countryside is green and yellow. Hard-working and simple villagers will get up early and go to the mountains to pick bracken at night, which can be eaten and sold, killing two birds with one stone.

Wild bracken is still very abundant in Jilin, especially in Changbai Mountain. Every year, in the season when bracken is on the market, there are many people who sell bracken, all of them are picked in the deep mountains and forests, but they are very popular and popular in the market.

Pteridium is a fern. The cellulose content of epidermis is relatively good. If it is not treated in time after picking, the whole plant may be fibrotic and aging in one afternoon, and it is basically inedible. Therefore, after picking, either blanch it with boiling water and freeze it, or marinate it with salt to prevent the bracken from fibrosis. Pteridium aquilinum generally grows in natural forests, and it is far away from human primeval forests, and there will be no pollution. Moreover, the contents of vitamins, amino acids and trace elements in bracken are relatively high.

Wild bracken does not need special treatment and can be eaten after cleaning. Fresh bracken smells earthy, so you can eat it directly if you don't mind. Scald it with boiling water and then supercool it to remove the earthy smell. You can also make dried vegetables, blanch them with boiling water and then dry them. Soak your hair in warm water when you eat, and then cook all kinds of delicious dishes.

As for whether bracken can be eaten, it is mainly the rumor that bracken causes cancer in the past two years. Personally, I think the problem is not big. After all, bracken is just a wild vegetable, and it can't be eaten several times a year. Even if there is carcinogen, it will not be too high. Moreover, in the mountainous areas of southern Jilin, we all have the habit of eating fresh bracken or processing bracken. After eating for so many years, I have never heard that eating bracken causes cancer. The most important thing is that the picking period of bracken is only a few days, probably less than half a month, which means you can eat bracken for half a month in a year. How much can I eat?