Description of golden scales, names, synonyms, places of growth. Calorie content, useful properties and composition of royal honey agarics, who should not include them in the diet. Mushroom recipes and interesting facts about golden flakes. Royal mushrooms are used for culinary purposes, they are used as an ingredient in fungotherapy preparations. The properties of a mushroom growing in different conditions do not change, but the taste may differ. Golden scales collected in coniferous forests can taste a little bitter, but in deciduous ones they taste pleasant, the pulp can even be sweetish.
Useful properties of golden flakes
The benefits of golden scales were noticed not only by healers, but also by those who regularly include mushrooms in the seasonal menu and prepare for the winter.
Action on the body:
- Improve impulse conduction in nerve fibers regardless of the depth of occurrence;
- They have bacterial and antifungal activity due to mucus, which is on the surface of the cap and is absorbed into the pulp;
- Eliminate lethargy, fatigue, increase overall tone and performance;
- Promote the strengthening of immunity, stimulate the production of phagocytes;
- Prevent the appearance of strokes and heart attacks by stabilizing cerebral circulation;
- Reduce the likelihood of developing thrombophlebitis, atherosclerosis and varicose veins;
- Improves the general condition of diabetes;
- Prevents the growth of benign neoplasms.
In the pulp of the fruit body of royal honey agarics there is a substance squarrozidine, which inhibits the enzyme xanthine oxidase - because of it, urate salts are deposited in the joints of the joints. If you have a history of gout, it is recommended to eat mushrooms at least 4 times a week. This will help reduce the frequency of attacks and reduce pain if they do occur.
Harm and contraindications to the use of golden scales
The main contraindications for golden flakes is the inability to collect them. If the basket is filled with mushrooms grown in an environmentally polluted area or near busy roads, there is a high risk of intoxication. Fruiting bodies absorb heavy metal salts, toxins and carbon monoxide.
You can not introduce royal mushrooms into the diet with pancreatitis and diseases of the stomach or intestines in the acute stage - with the improvement of the condition, a single use does not affect the state of health.
Children under 3 years old and pregnant women should not feast on golden flakes. Children do not have enough enzymes for processing, and during pregnancy, you should choose lighter foods, do not put yourself at risk - the accumulation of harmful substances cannot be predicted.
An absolute contraindication to the use of royal honey agaric is an individual intolerance to mushrooms or fruit bodies of this species.
The golden flake is not combined with alcohol. With abundant alcoholic libations, these mushrooms are not suitable for snacks.
Symptoms may appear:
- Redness of the face;
- Abdominal cramps and pain, nausea and vomiting;
- Temperature increase;
- Difficulty breathing and tachycardia;
- Visual hallucinations;
- Tremor of the limbs.
Severe intoxication causes a coma and a disorder of consciousness - if severe symptoms appear, it is necessary to call an "ambulance".
The increase in alcohol intoxication is due to meconic acid, which is contained in the composition of the mushroom pulp. This substance is a derivative of opium. Joint action with alcohol and causes dangerous symptoms.
Golden scale recipes
Before preparing the main course, royal mushrooms need preliminary culinary processing. The legs are cut almost completely, then the mushrooms are soaked for at least 20 minutes to completely remove debris and insects that have got into the plates. Then they are boiled in salted water and put in a colander so that the glass has excess moisture. It is believed that during preliminary cooking it is necessary to put an onion in a saucepan: if it darkens, then a poisonous honey fungus has "crept in" among the mushrooms. Unfortunately, it is impossible to identify a poisonous individual in this way.
Golden Scale Recipes:
- Pickled mushrooms … Prepared mushrooms are boiled 2 more times for 20 minutes, each time rinsing with running water and filling with new ones. The jars are sterilized along with the lids, while the marinade is boiled. Proportions: 1 kg of mushrooms, pure water - 600 ml, salt - 2 tablespoons, the same amount of sugar, 12 black peppercorns, 5 bay leaves and vinegar 9% - 2 tablespoons. The marinade is boiled for 5 minutes, 3-4 crushed large cloves of garlic are added, boiled for another 2 minutes. Mushrooms are transferred to jars, poured with boiling marinade and the lids are tightened. Preservation is put to cool upside down, under the blanket.
- Golden flakes in sour cream … Pre-prepared mushrooms in an amount of 1 kg are spread in a colander or paper towels to remove the remaining moisture, cut a large onion into rings and fry it in vegetable oil until golden brown. Spread the mushrooms, fry for 15 minutes, pour half a glass of fatty, preferably rustic, sour cream into the pan, and stew for 30 minutes. Then sprinkle the fry with chopped herbs - dill and parsley, cover with a lid and let the dish brew for at least 15 minutes. Serve with fried or boiled potatoes.
- Chicken soup with honey agarics … Honey mushrooms are prepared in the usual way, boiling for at least 20 minutes. Finely chop the onions and carrots - it is more convenient to use a blender, as when grated on a grater, the onions "sting" the eyes. Cut the potatoes into small cubes. It is advisable to finely chop the chicken meat and boil it: put the chicken in boiling water, add a whole onion to the container, boil for 15 minutes. At this time, the onion-carrot mixture is fried in a pan with sunflower oil, mushrooms are added and also fried, 15 minutes. Remove the onion from the chicken broth, lay the potatoes, fry in full and cook until tender. To improve the taste, bay leaves, black and allspice peppers, and salt are used. It is better to sprinkle with herbs the soup, already poured into plates.
- Royal mushrooms in a slow cooker … In a modern multicooker pan, you can pre-cook royal mushrooms and prepare a main course. The washed mushrooms are laid out in a bowl, put on a stewing mode for 30 minutes, and then put on a steamer device. While the liquid is draining, chop the onion and carrots. Preheat the bowl on the "frying" mode and pour all the ingredients into it together. The dish can be tasted after 40 minutes - salt, pepper and add herbs to taste.
- Salad with golden flakes … Boiled chicken fillet marinated in soy sauce. Boil diced potatoes, cut carrots. Pickled mushrooms are washed, cut into identical pieces. Stir potato cubes with carrots, mushrooms and fillet pieces. A large onion is cut into rings, each ring is rolled in flour, fried until golden brown, the parsley is washed and torn by hand. The salad is garnished with fried onion rings and parsley sprigs.
- Diet puree soup … Cut the potatoes, boil until half cooked, sauté onions and carrots in a pan with a minimum amount of sunflower oil. Pre-prepared mushrooms are fried with onions and carrots for 20-25 minutes under a lid. The potatoes are taken out of the water - the broth is not poured out, combined with frying, chopped with a blender. Bring the water to a boil, put the grated mass into it, mix well and leave to infuse under the lid, pouring in half a glass of heavy cream. Salt to taste, herbs are added to each plate.
From golden scales, you can prepare a filling for pies, add to a casserole. Mushrooms are harvested for the winter not only by pickling, but also by freezing. Pre-treatment of thawed mushrooms is carried out in the same way as fresh ones.
Interesting facts about golden flakes
Despite the royal title, mushroom pickers do not favor golden flakes. Too high a risk of confusing an edible species with false mushrooms frightens inexperienced gatherers, and experienced collectors of forest gifts prefer more noble mushrooms - porcini or boletus, which do not have to be soaked or boiled before cooking.
Previously, golden flakes were valued much more. Mushrooms were included in the diet during numerous fasts - they contain so much calcium and phosphorus that they are an equivalent analogue of fish dishes.
It is interesting that, unlike honey agarics of other species, royal ones grow one by one or in small groups - up to 5-7 fruiting bodies.
The scales of the golden cap can be prickly - this species is called willows, they grow on willow trunks. The hats of such mushrooms resemble rubber attachments for vibrating massagers.
Poisonous counterparts of royal honey agarics:
- Moth - a brighter hat, bitter flesh with a sweetish odor, mycelium inhabits fireplaces;
- Scaly mucosa - an empty leg and a slimy, sticky, unpleasant to the touch surface of the cap;
- Cinder scales - the skin on the cap is red, the leg is without a ring, brown scales on the base, the infant blanket, which remains on the edges of the cap, does not disappear.
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If inexperienced mushroom pickers remember the main differences - dark spore plates and a pungent smell of dampness, they will be able to safely collect royal mushrooms and harvest for the winter, as the Japanese are already doing. They include these mushrooms in many national dishes.
