Oysters are shellfish found in warm seas. The taste is rather unusual, and not everyone can become a fan of this delicacy.
Composition and useful properties of oysters
Meat of oysters contains:
- huge amount of protein;
- carbohydrates;
- vitamins A, D, C, and B;
- zinc;
- phosphorus;
- iodine and many other microelements.
Oyster Benefits:
- Oyster meat has a good effect on the nervous system.
- Increased body metabolism.
- Prevention of thyroid diseases, due to the large content of iodine.
- Favorable effect on the heart and blood vessels.
- It is also believed that oysters are a good tool for the prevention of cancer.
Due to the high content of zinc in this product, sexual attraction increases, and this can give an excessive stimulating effect that will provoke insomnia.
Damage to oysters:
- This product should not be used in any way for people with an individual intolerance of any of the substances in the composition.
- People who are allergic to seafood, it is better not to try oysters in any form.
- Those who have a tendency to various diseases of the stomach, also prohibited from eating this delicacy.
- Pregnant and lactating mothers also do not recommend eating oysters.
However, oysters retain all their useful properties only if they are used fresh. If the oyster does not move when opening the oyster shell, it means that it has already died and it is not recommended to eat it.
How to eat fresh oysters
To achieve a more saturated taste, oysters are served cooled and poured a small amount of lemon juice.
- Oyster should be taken with a napkin in a comfortable hand, and then place on a plate flat side up.
- In order to open the oyster, you need a special knife. Its blade is inserted between the shells of the shell and turns, until the moment when a click is heard.
- Next, you have to knife in the middle of the oyster from the flat side to cut the muscle that closes the sink. Open the sink should be neat, you can not turn it, otherwise the juice will flow out.
- If there are any fragments inside, they should be carefully removed with a knife.
- Valves with oysters are placed on ice and sprinkled with lemon juice. It should be seen how the oysters begin to shrink from the lemon.
- You can pre-cut the oyster at the bottom, in order to eat it quickly and with one movement after drinking from the shell. You can also extract the meat using special devices.
If to sum up, then the oyster should be fresh and still alive. If slightly open the sink, then it should strive to close as soon as possible. Also inside, in addition to meat, there must be juice, which is drunk with the oyster.
Some prefer to remove part of the clam with the gills and muscles.
If the oyster meat is stale, then this juice will flow and they will be much lighter than fresh. If there are any doubts as to whether these oysters are fresh, it is better not to eat them.
There are oysters should be used with extreme caution. You need to have full confidence that the product is fresh. It is also necessary to carefully inspect the oyster after opening the shell, since fragments may remain, which, if ingested, can severely damage the gastric mucosa.