Science in life

Going home from school at noon, I came to the kitchen and asked my mother what delicious potatoes I had. Mom said: "Don't eat potatoes today, look at the potatoes and change them." I said, "How can you buy new potatoes that you just bought a few days ago? Can such potatoes not be eaten?" Mom said that because of the high temperature, the potatoes seem to be eating too well. The specific principle is not too clear.

"Let's go to the computer doctor!" I flew to the computer.

Mr. Computer is very knowledgeable and gave us a satisfactory answer in a short time. It said: "The long buds of potatoes indicate that it has grown up. The toxins contained in the potatoes at this time are a lot of dragons, but they can also be eaten."

"How do you eat it?" I said to my computer with my mother.

Mr. Computer went on to explain: "Potato contains a small amount of toxic substance "longansu". When the potato sprouts, the skin of the potato will turn green or purple, and the toxin will increase sharply, especially in the content of buds and surrounding flesh. Most, so you need to take out the buds, then cook the potatoes at high temperature and break down the toxins in the potatoes so you can eat them."

"Oh, it turned out to be like this!" My mother and I suddenly realized.

"So I am relieved." I breathed a deep breath.

"It seems that we still have a lot of scientific knowledge in the future!" Mom smiled and touched my head.

Here are some precautions we found when eating potatoes:

First, the peeled potatoes are cut into small pieces and immersed in cold water for more than half an hour to dissolve the remaining Solanum nigrum in water.

Second, the use of solanine has a weak alkaline characteristics, in the burning of potatoes in the burning of potatoes, add the right amount of rice vinegar, the use of the acidity of vinegar to break down the solanine, can play a detoxification effect.

Third, if you feel a little numb when eating potatoes, it means that the potatoes contain more solanine, should be stopped immediately to prevent poisoning.

But I still want to remind everyone that the sprouted potatoes should be eaten as little as possible or not. It is best to eat fresh and healthy first.

Science is hidden in our colorful life, we must observe more and discover more. Remember one sentence: "Everything is learned!"