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Cuttlefish

The mollusk a cuttlefish belongs to group of cephalopods, lives in the Atlantic Ocean, the subtropical and tropical seas.

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Useful properties of a cuttlefish

Meat of a cuttlefish is considered a delicacy. It considerably surpasses pork and beef in the nutritiousness.

Vitamins A, B6, V12, D, E, iodine, phosphorus, iron, selenium, zinc, potassium, Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids were found in meat of a cuttlefish.

The regular use of meat of a cuttlefish promotes cholesterol removal, improvement of a metabolism.

Fat of a cuttlefish has antibacterial effect.

Caloric content of 100 grams of meat of a cuttlefish – 79 calories. Proteins in 100 гр. meat 16 g, carbohydrates – 0,82 g, fats – 0,7 g contain.

Preparation of a cuttlefish

The correct approach to preparation of a cuttlefish means much. In Russia there is practically no opportunity to buy a mollusk fresh therefore it is necessary to learn to handle its gentle frozen or cooled meat. It is recommended to defreeze a cuttlefish in cold water. If the mollusk is not cleaned, after defrosting it is cleaned the same as fresh: the stone, interiors, eyes and a mouth are thrown out. The silvery sack with ink if it remained, is accurately taken out as its contents can be used for preparation of risotto or spaghetti with a cuttlefish. After the cuttlefish will be cut, her little body and feelers are washed out in flowing water.

For preparation from a cuttlefish of snack or salads it is the best of all to use meat of small mollusks – it is more gentle. And to cook a main course, for example, soup or spaghetti mentioned already with a cuttlefish, the mollusk weighing 300-500 grams will approach. A cuttlefish weighing more than 600 grams it is better not to buy, meat at her rigid.

In the course of preparation a cuttlefish it is possible to weld previously (half an hour in the boiling water), and it is possible to fry at once to add later to rice or spaghetti.

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Ink of a cuttlefish is added to a dish before it prepares: the sack is accurately ripped up and its contents pour out in a pan or a frying pan. Thanks to such culinary secret the dish gets a sea smell and unusual black color. Of course, it is better to use for giving to a piquancy dish ink of a fresh cuttlefish. If there is no such opportunity, an exit is – it is possible to buy ink separately, they are on sale as a semi-finished product for preparation of sauces.

Ink of a cuttlefish is of interest to homeopathic medicine. Medicine on the basis of liquid of a mollusk Sepia is called. Appoint Sepia at venous zastoyakh in a uterus, shift or a prolapse of the uterus, белях which are followed by an itch, hemorrhoids, locks, gonorrhea, a prolapse of the rectum, dyspepsia, migraine, bronchitis, eczema. The correct dosage is defined by the homeopath.

Ink also is a part of homeopathic medicine of Klimakt Heel from the famous German producer Heel who appoint at deterioration in work of ovaries, disturbances in work of a nervous system, at vegeto-vascular dystonia, migraine, sleep disorders connected with a menopause, inflows.

Contraindications

The cuttlefish is contraindicated to people with an allergy to seafood.

 
 
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