Under the hot search, the reporter visited the Leshan deep-fried restaurant on the spot: the vegetables are cut and skewered, and the oil is changed every day
Recently, some netizens posted that most of the fried food in Leshan is not hygienic, and fried food is a carcinogen, suggesting that the relevant departments should ban it.
After this incident was exclusively reported by our newspaper, it aroused intense attention and discussion among netizens, and it was also featured on Weibo hot searches that day.
So, what do the local fried food merchants in Leshan think of this?
Are their dishes really hygienic?
On February 15th, the reporter visited many well-known frying merchants in Leshan.
Many merchants said that the oil for deep-fried skewers is changed every day, so everyone can eat with confidence.
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Please rest assured to eat fresh dishes and safe oil products
Leshan Fried Skewers originated from the entrepreneurship of laid-off workers of the Changzheng Pharmaceutical Factory.
Today, there are many shops on the streets of Leshan with the sign of "Changyao Fried".
Sister Xia has been operating "Changyao Lucky Fried" near the Changyao Farmer's Market for about 20 years. She feels that it is not worth refuting the statement that fried food is unhealthy and unsafe.
"All the dishes are freshly cut and skewered every day to ensure freshness." Sister Xia told the reporter that the oil they use to fry the skewers is a mixture of marinated oil and rapeseed oil. It takes seventy to eighty catties a day and is replaced every day. .
The heat is also controlled during the frying process to ensure that the oil is not greasy, crisp but not burnt.
"Yingzi Fried Yangjia Garden Main Store" is also an old store that local citizens have eaten for many years.
At 2 pm on the 15th, the reporter saw that more than 10 workers in the store were busy skewering dishes, and customers kept coming to order fried skewers, and the aroma was overflowing from the tumbling oil pan.
A clerk of the store said, "I buy one or two hundred catties of pork belly and fifty or sixty catties of beef every day, all of which are fresh." Ms. Zhu, the person in charge of the store, said that they use fresh rapeseed oil, and the daily consumption is 50 More than 100 catties, the oil will be replaced in time according to the frying situation.
In the process of frying skewers, the control of heat and duration is very important.
Therefore, when the customer chooses the skewers, the service staff will classify them according to the oiling time, and then cook them one after another.
Many merchants said that as a local Leshan snack, fresh dishes are used for Leshan fried dishes, and the oil for deep-fried skewers is also changed in time every day, so please rest assured to eat.
“Papa Deep Fried”
Change the oil several times a day and the leftovers will be disposed of on the same day
"Di Pa Fried" is located in the delicious street of Zhanggongqiao, Leshan City. It is a well-known local fried skewer shop. It is often crowded with customers. Many customers are fans of the famous actor Wang Hedi. They traveled thousands of miles to Leshan to taste the food. Let this fried shop become Leshan's new "net celebrity check-in place".
On the afternoon of February 15, when the reporter came to "Di Pa Fried", the store was busy.
According to the staff, the oil used in the store is a large amount of rapeseed oil mixed with a small amount of brine. In order to ensure food hygiene, it has to be changed many times a day; the dishes are also very fresh, and if there are leftovers on the day, they will be disposed of.
According to Tianyan Check, there are a total of 336 fried shops (with "fried" in the name or business scope) in Leshan City, of which 247 are still in existence.
As a local specialty, Leshan Fried, Leshan Bobo Chicken, Niuhua Malatang, and Leshan Barbecue are also called "Leshan Four Famous Skewers".
Photo report by Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Gu Aigang
West China experts:
Occasionally "flaunting" a meal, the health benefits may outweigh the risks
Are Fried Foods Carcinogens?
Are fried foods really unhealthy?
The reporter interviewed Professor Lu Xiaohua, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, West China School of Public Health (West China Fourth Hospital), Sichuan University.
Lv Xiaohua said that the originator of toxicology and Swiss doctor Barcelsus has a famous saying: "Everything is poisonous, the key is the dose." The basic principle of a healthy diet is to have variety, moderation and balance. "There is an idiom—— Too much is too much, just to remind us that everything is in moderation, and eating is the same."
Compared with cooking methods such as steaming, boiling, and stewing, fried foods will indeed lose some nutrients after being cooked at high temperatures.
However, the three major functions of food, satisfying the physiological functions of maintaining the normal and healthy operation of the human body, only account for one of them.
"Let the health benefits of food outweigh the health risks." Lu Xiaohua explained, for example, baked pastries usually have a golden appearance, are they more attractive than big white steamed buns?
The fried chicken drumsticks wrapped in a starch shell tasted "crack-crack". Isn't this sound very pleasant?
The good enjoyment brought by food can make people feel happy, and the human body secretes more dopamine, which is beneficial to enhance immunity.
Therefore, the health benefits of occasionally eating foods with pleasing color and aroma, such as fried foods, may offset or outweigh the health risks of consuming fried foods.
Lv Xiaohua said that as long as fried food does not account for a high proportion of the three meals a day, even if the cooking method of frying causes nutrients to be lost, it can be supplemented by other cooking methods.
Some netizens also said that the oil used to fry skewers is often used repeatedly, worrying about the production of carcinogens.
In this regard, Lu Xiaohua explained that high-temperature frying will cause the food and oil itself to pyrolyze, and the decomposition process may produce some harmful substances, and may even contain carcinogens.
However, the country has requirements for food frying oil, and the market supervision department will also conduct spot checks. If it exceeds the standard, it will be punished accordingly.
Lu Xiaohua believes that some netizens have only a half-knowledge about food safety, and rumors about carcinogens and harmful substances from the Internet often make people feel anxious. more adverse health effects.
Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Yu Zunsu