The crab paste of the pike crab usually looks different in its natural state and after steaming. In its natural state, the crab paste is a greenish-white translucent jelly-like liquid, but after steaming, it will feel a bit sticky, and its appearance will become a translucent gelatin. Crab paste is the secretion of the male's paraphysical glands, which is rich in nutrients, and also signifies that the male crab is mature and strong, with a delicate and dense texture, but with a slightly fishy flavor.

A. What does the crab paste of the pike crab look like

1. What does the crab paste look like

(1) In its natural state, the crab paste is a semi-transparent jelly-like liquid with a greenish-white color.

(2) After the crab paste is steamed, it becomes a translucent gelatin, which feels a bit sticky.

2. Crab paste

(1) Crab paste is the substance of male crab, it is the male parasympathetic gland and its secretion, and it is also the sign of male crab's strength and maturity, and it contains protein, fat, phospholipids, vitamins and other nutrients. It is important to note that crab roe does not usually appear on the body of male crabs, because crab roe is a substance only found in mature female crabs.

(2) can usually be judged from the color of the crab paste and crab yolk, the color of the crab yolk is usually orange, while the crab paste is a greenish-white semi-transparent liquid, but also can be judged from the taste, when eating crab yolk, will feel a certain degree of granularity, while in the consumption of the crab paste, there will be a little bit of fishy taste, but the texture is usually more delicate than the yolk, dense.

2. How to choose pike crabs

1. Pinch your hand

(1) Pinch the crab shell: Pinch the crab shell with your hand to see how much water is coming out of the pike crab, and if more water is coming out of the pike crab, then it means that it's mostly a false weight, not a real fat one.

(2) pinch crab feet: pinch the middle foot of the crab with your hand, when you feel the muscles of the crab contracted and have a certain degree of elasticity, it indicates that the crab is relatively fat.

2, with the eyes

(1) look at the crab corner: turn over the body of the pike crab, so that its belly up and check the color of the crab corner, if the white part of the crab is more, on behalf of it is more fat, if the grey part of the crab is more, on behalf of it is more thin.

(2) Look at the back of the crab: Pike crabs with a green back and a hard texture are generally fatter.

(3) Look at the umbilicus: The umbilicus of a fat pike crab is usually light red.