Silver ear soup is a very popular snack, with a sweet and mellow taste. Not only that, it is also very nutritious and has excellent health benefits. It is recommended that women of all ages eat more silver ear soup as it has great beauty benefits. Some people like to make a lot of silver ear soup at once, hoping to keep it for a longer time, but experts say that silver ear soup is not suitable for overnight storage.

Whether it is wild-cultivated silver ear or indoor-cultivated silver ear, it contains a lot of nitrates. If it is cooked and stored for a long time, these nitrates will be reduced to nitrites under the action of bacterial decomposition.

It is known that nitrites are very harmful to the human body. After ingesting food containing nitrites, they enter the blood and participate in body activities, causing normal hemoglobin in the human body to be oxidized into methemoglobin, losing the ability to carry oxygen, causing the human body to lack normal hematopoietic function!

Of course, the amount of nitrites produced in silver ear soup left overnight is very small, and the impact on the human body from eating it occasionally is negligible. However, if done repeatedly, it can cause serious damage to the human body.

Therefore, silver ear soup is not suitable for being left overnight, and it is best to make and eat it immediately.

If there is too much silver ear soup, it can be sealed and stored in the refrigerator, but be careful not to keep it for too long, as it can lead to bacterial growth and harm human health.

Of course, you can also make a facial mask with the extra silver ear soup, so you won’t feel wasteful.

The method of using silver ear soup to make a facial mask is very simple. You can soak a compressed facial mask paper in the silver ear soup until it is fully absorbed and then apply it to the face for a mask. You can also directly apply the silver ear soup to the face and wash it off after 10-15 minutes.

It is recommended that half a piece to one piece of silver ear is enough when there are not many people, as it is easy to eat too much and not finish it, especially when there is only one or two people.

Also, some experts say that 10-15 grams (about two-thirds of a piece) of silver ear per day is enough. Eating too much can easily cause the accumulation of energy, which is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of the human body.

If you need to add ingredients such as lotus seeds, red dates, and goji berries, you can reduce the amount of silver ear, as it takes about 6-7 bowls of water to cook one piece of silver ear, and drinking silver ear soup is easy to make you feel full.

When cooking silver ear soup, you also need to choose the amount of silver ear according to the number of people and their appetite. For example, one piece is enough for three people or fewer. For more than three people, the amount of silver ear should be determined based on the number of people and their appetite, as well as the amount of other ingredients.

Before cooking silver ear soup, it is necessary to ensure that the silver ear is fully soaked, as it is difficult to achieve a good taste if the silver ear is not fully soaked, and it may not cook properly.

Additionally, when the silver ear is fully soaked, it is important to remove the root and the slightly yellowish unsoaked part, as this part contains more gelatin and is difficult to cook out. Eating it can be harmful to health.

Moreover, whether using a slow cooker or a pressure cooker, the silver ear must be cooked until it is soft and mushy, which is when the soup becomes very thick, indicating that the gelatin has been fully cooked out.

Finally, rock sugar must be added when the silver ear is almost cooked, and it is the same whether you add goji berries or red dates. It should not be cooked together with the silver ear, as it may result in the silver ear not being cooked while other ingredients are done, which can affect the taste.